I got brave (well, impatient really) and did the front too...
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I got brave (well, impatient really) and did the front too...
looks great BG, that pop coat has really popped the grain nicely. Cure for a few days and keep coating !
Nice work looking good and grain popping well
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... or; "Honey, I Ruined The Headstock"...
I probably shouldn't have attempted this with a handheld jigsaw. Needless to say the original design is now impossible.
So- a redesign is in order, which in itself is a blessing in disguise as I wanted to reduce the overall mass of the headstock. At present I am looking to reduce the headstock to a Tune bass type design and replace the Fender-style tuners with smaller Gotoh-style tuners in 2L2R configuration.
We'll see... another bonus is now the maple veneer from Brendan will fit the way I initially wanted it to.
Headstock II to be a slightly chunky version of this.
Wow BG you really ripped into the headstock ! New shape looks cool and if the veneer grain runs the way you want it to thats a bonus. The picture just a bit worried A peg is in the way of the line of the D string, sure you should have more space at the top to avoid this
Yes, the Tune Bass pic is a little too snug for my taste, but it's the general idea. Just ordered some new machine heads, so I'll wait til they arrive before making any final decisions.
yeah good idea BG, with the smaller tuners and a slightly wider top of the headstock should look cool as
BG, if you want to go with your original plan, you could.
You would need to make the top level and glue on a new strip across the top.
I think you are doing a veneer headstock, so that would cover the top and of you use the same timber I think it would work from behind.
I have seen them repaired and changed like this before and it seems to work fine.
Titebond would be more than up the the task. See my Epi headstock repair - glue only, still holds, guitar played near daily.
Which ever way you decide to go, all the best - you will make it look good either way
Yeah it is still possible to get the original idea, just need a little bit extra wood, that's all!
The Tune Bass idea will be cool as well though, as Stan said both will look awesome!
This is peculiar, but at least it works. Not sure I'd be this radical, but it does give one hope...
Wow, there's some strange things all over that bass. What about those "divots" around the top of the pickups?
The headstock just looks a bit strange to me. But it's better than those ugly basses Stu Hamm used to play with the fake headstock.
Ah the Kubicki Factor basses, I loved them! But I will concede they were odd looking, but an elegant solution.
wow that is pretty cool
Still waiting for the 2L2R machine heads to arrive, so I can't finalise the headstock redesign... But whilst the DingoTone is curing on the body (photos in the DingoTone forum) I have been toying with an idea...
Scalloped frets from the 13th fret!
I like the idea to assist bends in soloing (yes, I'm one of those bass players!) but before I launch in headlong has anyone had any experience with scalloping fretboards before? Any pitfalls to avoid? Any hints for young players?
My old drummer has a nice collection of custom shop type guitars from Fender and Gibson that includes a Strat with a scalloped fretboard that I seriously didn't like, I guess the biggest problem is touch because it doesn't take much pressure to bend notes that you want clean.
On bass I often play on the fret with a bit of finger pad in front of the fret to provide damping so scallops wouldn't be an issue in this case.
Have a look at Tal Wilkenfield's work, she bends a lot and doesn't have scallops. ( might add she's rather pleasing to the eye too :D )
Ultimately we build what we want to and with a kit a neck swap won't cost the earth if you don't like it.
Yes I figure that the majority of the most guitaristic playing occurs above the 12th fret (makes sense) so I wouldn't scallop the whole fingerboard- slap playing would be problematic with scallops, I'd imagine.
Worthwhile doing the experiment, methinks. And as you rightly point out- if I make a total hash of it, I could always source a replacement neck.
The Crimson Guitars podcast on scalloping comes to mind, specifics of how he does it towards the end of the video (it's been a while since I watched it).
Haha, I've just spent the weekend drooling all over the iPad watching his channel! Certainly feeling a bit more confident about proceeding!
And wouldn't you know it, what should appear in my letterbox this afternoon? :D
So I have a set of Gotoh-esque 2L2R tuners- pretty good quality for the few dollars I paid for them, and nice and light.
How light? Well, the supplied cloverleafs clock in at 78g each. The newbies are a mere 52g each. A weight reduction of exactly one third even before the drastic headstock shaping. Adding the 50g mass increase to the bridge I'm anticipating a far better balanced instrument with tremendous sustain and "ping".
nice one BG
always a pleasant surprise when there's goodies in the post