Sonics 4th Build - YB-4 - The Steampunker Bass

[Andy123]

Old style drawer handles work as tailpieces:

[Sonic Mountain]

I spotted these fender violin tuners on instagram - maybe a bit tricky a 6 string but would certainly be different!

Thats pretty interesting. Might be tricky to work with given the shape of the headstock, but this is certainly food for thought.

Old style drawer handles work as tailpieces:

Huh! that's a great idea. I might just use that.

Thanks guys I appreciate the input, not much happening on this one yet, but I am accumulating a lot of different odds and ends. Most of which I probably won't use...

[Sonic Mountain]

Cheers guys. We will see.

I definitely considered carving it. Part of the aesthetic is the mechanical features and metalwork though.

This is turning out to be a lot more work conceptually than I had bargained for.

You may also have noticed that this design will interfere with the bridge. I really like this idea:

Old style drawer handles work as tailpieces:

So I just need to come up with a two post bridge design I can manufacture. I think it's fairly achievable.

[DJP]

Cheers guys. We will see.

I definitely considered carving it. Part of the aesthetic is the mechanical features and metalwork though.

This is turning out to be a lot more work conceptually than I had bargained for.

You may also have noticed that this design will interfere with the bridge. I really like this idea:



So I just need to come up with a two post bridge design I can manufacture. I think it's fairly achievable.

Wow .. what a great idea ... inspiring. I've been thinking about a cigar box type attempt .. this could be awesome.