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

[ozzbike]

Animation was cool. Steam punk for the win....diesel punk...now that I will have to check. 😎

[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.

[Andy40]

I always wanted to do a steampunk style. never got around to it. was going to paint this bird on the back lower part of the guitar body.

[JB RETRO]

I always wanted to do a steampunk style. never got around to it. was going to paint this bird on the back lower part of the guitar body.

So we do a test run tattoo on your back before we think about puting it on my guitar! ok Honey

[Sonic Mountain]

That's pretty cool. I have some ideas for decals on it as well. I'm just waiting for some bits to turn up before I start really thinking about it. I have orders for a nautical theme, so that will be the general direction.

[Sonic Mountain]

Slowly fiddling around with this. I'm still not 100% settled on what I'm going to do...

I did have some stuff arrive finally after a long delay over Christmas. These are casts off antique furniture you can buy online from a company in Tasmania. Silly me thought I was getting resin casts, but they are actually latex - so they are squishy and floppy - not ideal for finishing over! The good news is that they will be perfect for making my own resin casts in a firmer material. I plan to do a brass gild or similar finish on them at this stage.



A bit of mucking around, the flourishes on the side here look cool, but I think they will obstruct the knobs to much - and I'll have to cut reliefs in them.



I ummed and ahhed over the bit where the bridge goes - not much real estate there - so what I'm going to do is make a hinged cover with a clasp that folds over the bridge and have the flourish on top.

You can see some of the pencilling work here - I'm thinking a brass scratch plate (or faux brass at any rate) to tie into the bridge cover. I'm also going to reshape the horns



Anyway, I'm not going to start chopping stuff up until the SG is a bit more finished so lots of time to keep fiddling.

Headstock idea...dunno about it yet.

[FrankenWashie]

I've some spare brass....you may need to hammer it a bit flatter.