27" Baritone JZA-1

[Dedman]

yup the Bass6 body was more like a P bass size . I'd be tempted to leave a bit more material on the extension that holds your switches and jack, you don't want an accidental yanking on the cable busting the guard.

Bass6 and Jazzmaster

Bass 6 and P bass

[kuanjb]

yup the Bass6 body was more like a P bass size . I'd be tempted to leave a bit more material on the extension that holds your switches and jack, you don't want an accidental yanking on the cable busting the guard.

Bass6 and Jazzmaster

Bass 6 and P bass

Yeah the body definately is a bit more Bass VI shaped. I used templates for P Bass, J Bass, Strat, JM and the supplied pickguard to get the various parts.

I tried to get a bit more room on the extension but I also have to deal with the existing control routing in the body. Extending it changed the curves and either made it look really long and thin or if I went wider then the controls looked odd as they wouldn't be in the middle. So this design is basically doing a sort of 'S' shape for the controls following the shape of the guitar and using the existing control locations with a single extension route for the plug.

There is a bit more room where I can go a bit closer to the edge of the guitar to keep it more consistent with the rest of the lower edge though so might be able to lengthen and thicken it a bit without to much extra routing. I might even be able to do a Jazz Bass style metal control plate which is a bit thinker and sturdier and would separate the controls from the rest of the guard but to do that I think I'd need a lot more routing to move the controls. Might not cover the existing holes though or might leave nowhere to do the screws.

Anyway, I think I'm going to have to do some work on the computer and have a play around rather than doing it all by hand with pencil and paper. Easier to add the pickups etc too to get a better sense of what it'll all look like.

I'll post some more designs as I finish them.

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