3rd Build?! 6 string neck through single cut bass!!!

[SIMpleONe89]

sounds fair Simon, that's the beauty of making the axe scratch you make it to suit your specs and playing style

Yes that's right! I like thin and flat wizard style necks. Can't play fat profiles for nuts!

[Zandit75]

Yes that's right! Zandit I like keeping my thumb up against the neck that's why the middle section is pretty much flat. I don't like C-shape profiles!

Thanks for the response, I'm glad it's not just my eyes playing tricks on me!

[pablopepper]

Great vid, Simon.

[wokkaboy]

cool video Simon, gives people who haven't shaped a neck and idea how much work is involved

love the Timbermate jar used for sanding rounded corners - nice work haha

[SIMpleONe89]

Thanks guys. I discovered the time lapse function on my phone and have been using it so far.

Woks the timbermate jar is definitely useful for rounded parts!

[WeirdBits]

Great video. I was holding my breath everytime you grabbed the chisel for fear it was going to catch and bite too deep.

[SIMpleONe89]

Great video. I was holding my breath everytime you grabbed the chisel for fear it was going to catch and bite too deep.

Haha don't worry I go slow and take off little bits. I think the fast forwarded video makes it look much scarier.

[robin]

Hi Simon, just did some catching up with this build. Amazing job mate, looks awesome, very inspirational.

How is your left hand after using that Shinto rasp so much? I know my fingers were almost raw after my sessions, and that's just working on pine. Yours would have been much worse working on harder timber.

I also liked the Timbermate tub sanding as well. I have an assortment of off-cuts of PVC pipe and pieces of dowel of different thicknesses to help with my sanding. "Necessity, the mother of invention."

Keep it up mate.

rob

[SIMpleONe89]

Thanks Robin. My left hand was alright. I used the rougher surface to carve the neck so my hand was on the finer side.

You could always get some gloves which could help.

[FrankenWashie]

Thanks Robin. My left hand was alright. I used the rougher surface to carve the neck so my hand was on the finer side.

You could always get some gloves which could help.

I love the Shinto rasp! I bought one after you mentioned it on the superstrat build and they are awesome, but yeah, you could take a finger off if you aren't careful. I tend to wear a rigger's glove on my front hand to guide it as I work.