Hi all, here is my Beatle's Bass in Spalted maple. I got into building this before realising it would be a good idea to share the build. Therefore this is more of a write up than a build diary.
This is my first build and I chose the HB-4S because I don't have a bass guitar and also I like the looks of spalted maple. The idea was to build this together with my younger son and then later learn to play the bass together.
I chose Wudtone's Carmine Gypsy with gloss finishing. I applied 2 coats of deep colour coat and about 5 coats of base coat before putting on 2 coats of top coat.
Disaster struck after I glued the neck in without paying too much attention to the angle of the neck. I ended up getting more than 12mm of action between the string and 12th fret even with the bridge at its lowest position! I had to cut along the neck to remove glue and thankfully managed to break the neck out without too much damage. I have repositioned and re-glued the neck. Hopefully it is all good this time!
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