My 11 year old son's crack (with some help from Dad) at a Flying V Bass, his first guitar build.
My 11 year old son's crack (with some help from Dad) at a Flying V Bass, his first guitar build.
Apologies - we forgot to re-install the truss rod cover after setting up!
Top effort for a youngster.Originally Posted by Barking Dog
My 11 year old son's crack (with some help from Dad) at a Flying V Bass, his first guitar build.
Put the truss rod cover on, take another shot and add asap for judging.
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# 1 - EX-5 https://goo.gl/fQJMqh
# 2 - EX-1 https://goo.gl/KSY9W9
# 3 - Non PBG Tele https://goo.gl/W14G5g
# 4 - Non PBG J Bass https://goo.gl/FbBaFy
# 5 - TL-1AR GOTM Aug 2017 https://goo.gl/sUh14s
# 6 - MMB-4 Runner-up GOTM Oct 2018https://goo.gl/gvrPkp
# 7 - ES-1 Runner-up GOTM Aug 2018https://goo.gl/T9BEY8
sweet looking V bass Barking Dog, will have to see what Brendan says it was entered 9:58am Perth time on 1st November so he may end up shifting it to December GOTM and hopefully will give you time to get a shot with the truss rod cover on !
Current Builds and status
scratch end grain pine tele - first clear coat on !
JBA-4 - assembled - final tweaks
Telemonster double scale tele - finish tobacco burst on body and sand neck
Completed builds
scratch oak.rose gum Jazzmaster - assembled needs setup
MK-2 Mosrite - assembled - play in
Ash tele with Baritone neck - neck pup wiring tweaks and play in
All - made a call - given that this was submitted past the 31 Oct deadline, I've moved it into the December GOTM. That should give you a bit of time Barking Dog to get a photo with the truss rod cover on in - there have been comps where that's the difference between #1 & 2.
It'll also lighten the load on the judges - 10 amazing axes is enough! [ed - check emails before making comments like this - I received an email on 30 Oct that I'd missed, so now 11 - apologies lads].
Keep up the builds and keen to see some more great entries for Dec!
Last edited by Brendan; 02-11-2017 at 10:09 PM.
Current builds:
GPB-4B: https://www.buildyourownguitar.com.a...548#post184548
No worries - we'll get that truss rod cover re-installed and some new photos done for December's GOTM!
My First Pitbull guitar
Always wanted a Rick, but not affordable + I have no aptitude for playing, so why not build?.
Inspiration was from a rebuild of a Commodore bass from the early 70s that I found 10 years ago in my late dad's roof. Got the bug from that.
Quite a few issues with this build that I had to overcome i.e tuners not fitting etc (you will see them detained in the build diary). Sphincter twitching moment was the neck placement and gluing. Intonation took a bit of setting up but it is now perfect as measured electronically.
Finish Wudtone Black Magic Woman on the body (that I am told is the hardest to achieve a good finish with) and Wudtone Dark Onyx on the neck.
Thanks to all that assisted me during this build.
Duck Dunn Red P Bass is the next project.
Looks great!! I just ordered one of these last week. Looking forward to hopefully achieving a great result like yours.
Build 1: FS-1 Complete http://www.buildyourownguitar.com.au...ead.php?t=7754
Build 2: RCA-4 Complete http://www.buildyourownguitar.com.au...ead.php?t=8091
Gear: Fender Strat MIM 2017 (Gilmour baby!), Maton MS500, Fender Telecaster CIJ 1983 (70's Strat neck and heavily modded), Pitbull "Flinty Yeah-Nahcaster" FS-1, Pitbull "Chickenf*cker" RCA-4, Seagull S6 Cedar-top, Blackstar HT-60 Stage MkI, Line-6 Helix FX, Hartke HD50
Let me know when you get yours and I will let you know the pitfalls (there are a few
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