Sunday, April 15, 2012
Addittions
Saturday, April 14, 2012
Couple more shots of The 1936. The dots are made from maple scrap from the neck. Drilled the holes with a 1/4" forstner bit and made the dot with a 1/4" tapered plug cutter. The headstock will likely get a little more subtle shaping. Ryan said he wanted it to look "utilitarian" so I took that to mean "like a shovel."
Friday, April 13, 2012
Adventures in resawing
Thursday, April 12, 2012
The 1936
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
On the table...
Hey there. So what we have going here is a mid 60's Kapa Continental Bass that I'll be bringing back from beyond the grave of one of the worst refins I've ever seen. It will be getting a coat of primer and a very opaque finish, something like an Ocean Turquoise. Though I'd really like to match the finish of my parrot vise. Setting up to spray will be thrilling at the least.
In the vise is the neck for Bass Hammer Number One! It's a 5 piece neck made of Jatoba (Brazillian Cherry) which I got as scrap from the local hardwood supplier. It's a little on the thin side (like I said, it's scrap) so I may have to get a little experimental with the truss rod. I'll be making the truss rod myself, look for that in the coming weeks. Months?
And very exciting is a custom build for Ryan Owens. I'll post some more photos of what's going on with that in another entry.
In the vise is the neck for Bass Hammer Number One! It's a 5 piece neck made of Jatoba (Brazillian Cherry) which I got as scrap from the local hardwood supplier. It's a little on the thin side (like I said, it's scrap) so I may have to get a little experimental with the truss rod. I'll be making the truss rod myself, look for that in the coming weeks. Months?
And very exciting is a custom build for Ryan Owens. I'll post some more photos of what's going on with that in another entry.
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