dmraco
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The build is finished. What started out as a 150 year old piece of pine is now a bass. Talk about repurposing!!
This was SO easy and so challenging on some areas. I custom made a neck jig because I am too cheap to buy one. And I traced a Fender body for the shape and general route locations. I took a lot of time to make sure everything lined up properly.
What was easy was the actual body finish. After a rough cut with a band saw, I did some shaping with a hand sander. My son wanted the lower horn cut a little deeper for access. He wanted a rough look so I did not need to do a bunch of final shaping. We then burned the body with a torch and used some rattle can poly. I did have to fill some significant knots and holes with epoxy. The neck is a Fender with the top burned and re coated. Found these cool knobs at radio shack. 4 for $3.50
I tried to capture of the color of the body. It goes from Black, to brown, to red in some of the knotty areas. Enjoy.
build thread here:
http://unofficialwarmoth.com/index.php?topic=23958.0
This was SO easy and so challenging on some areas. I custom made a neck jig because I am too cheap to buy one. And I traced a Fender body for the shape and general route locations. I took a lot of time to make sure everything lined up properly.
What was easy was the actual body finish. After a rough cut with a band saw, I did some shaping with a hand sander. My son wanted the lower horn cut a little deeper for access. He wanted a rough look so I did not need to do a bunch of final shaping. We then burned the body with a torch and used some rattle can poly. I did have to fill some significant knots and holes with epoxy. The neck is a Fender with the top burned and re coated. Found these cool knobs at radio shack. 4 for $3.50
I tried to capture of the color of the body. It goes from Black, to brown, to red in some of the knotty areas. Enjoy.
build thread here:
http://unofficialwarmoth.com/index.php?topic=23958.0
