A bass for my dad

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A little more progress as I wait for finer grit sanding belts from Mr. Amazon. The frets have been leveled, crowned, and polished, and the edges of the fretboard I rolled with a razor blade to give this thing a broken in feel.

I am also reprofiling the bass side ever so slightly to give it an asymmetrical neck carve. Not a ton, as it’s already thin enough, but just enough for some thumbover assistance.

 

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And some more refining the headstock taper and smoothing out my neck carve:

 

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Even though I’m not finished with the neck I HAD to just give it a go all strung up to see how it felt. This is a great bass already!



To do list:

- Cavity shielding and grounding
- Headstock face lacquer and logo
- Finish sanding the control plate edges as they’re a little janky
- String tree install
- Final wiring (connect pickups to wiring harness)

Almost done!

 

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It ain’t the prettiest work, but it does work:

 

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Finished! Pops gets into town tomorrow. Feels great, sounds amazing. Cannot recommend these Arcane pickups enough.