Originally Posted by Simon Barden
Yes. I'd definitely have one if I were you.
Yes! Headless basses are one thing but neckless??
Yes. I'd definitely have one if I were you.
Yes! Headless basses are one thing but neckless??
Last edited by Bass Guy; 17-09-2017 at 07:03 PM.
"Music is in the air; it's my job to pull it out."- Jaco Pastorius
Why not! With nothing to compare it to for scale, your bass body template could be 45" long!
A tale told by an idiot, if I might mix literary references.
On the left is the master template- to be used for the body shape on the selected timber.
On the right is the copy of the master template- a bit shonky, but not in the places it matters. This is to mark out pickup placement, neck pocket, chambering and cavities.
"Music is in the air; it's my job to pull it out."- Jaco Pastorius
If you plan to use it for actual routing, you would be better off making the routing template bigger around the neck join area. Big enough so that both sides of the router base can be supported when routing the neck pocket. It makes it a lot easier.
But if it's just for working things out on, then fine.
Erm, this is simply to show that the two templates exist... further decisions require sober consideration -I'm about to finish the second bottle of shiraz for the evening..Updates to follow in the morning!
"Music is in the air; it's my job to pull it out."- Jaco Pastorius
May your morning be hangover-free.
I've sketched out some areas which will be carved away, leaving solid areas where necessary for bridge, pickup and neck join.
The trap? I initially measured the scale length from the back of the bridge- not from where the saddle will be seated. So back to the drawing board for the neck design a little bit. Just glad I caught it before cutting up valuable timber!
"Music is in the air; it's my job to pull it out."- Jaco Pastorius
cool project Bassguy, so why did you move to Tassy ? I presume its fairly permanent ?
tassy blackwood is a very nice timber to use.
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Interesting design. A little bit Status, a little bit Zon, a lot cool.
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Just don't remove too much weight so that it becomes neck heavy. You can take out a lot of weight near the centre of gravity and it won't do much to the balance , but taking it away from the bridge-end, which is a long way away from the CofG, will have a much greater effect on the balance (principle of moments). All very difficult to calculate though, so just bear it in mind.
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