OctoberBass RCA-4 First Build

[OctoberBassRCA-4]

That end grain looks superb.
As for standard MM style bridge I reckon they are pretty good and better than most Ric lookalikes as they are solid and provide more fore & aft travel of the bridge saddles.
Scale length is best measured 34" from inner side of nut on treble side to mid point of G string saddle, ensuring there is still a little bit of forward adjustment available, but more important to have lots more aft adjustment available for low end E string saddle.

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Waz, thanks. I worked hard on that end grain and kept going. The other side too, just kept looking at it and going till what I thought looked good.
As far as the bridge placement, I am still fooling with the where to place it, your advise is sound. I am more worried about the neck position. Making sure I keep it straight to the bridge.

[wazkelly]

Waz, thanks. I worked hard on that end grain and kept going. The other side too, just kept looking at it and going till what I thought looked good.
As far as the bridge placement, I am still fooling with the where to place it, your advise is sound. I am more worried about the neck position. Making sure I keep it straight to the bridge.

Drop in the bridge pickup and run some string or fishing line from the Low E & high G tuners, through the nut, over the pickup, and down to where bridge should be located. This helps to see how everything is lining up and whether neck is sitting at a slight angle in the neck pocket. I would probably place a few strips of masking tape around where you think scale length and bridge should end up and draw lines where the dummy strings would pass on through. Make sure there is an even amount of space on either fretboard edge too as you want as close to perfect parallel lines all the way through to the bridge saddles. Precision over looks is so important with the aspects.