Wenge/Pau Ferro JB neck

[baskruit]

So here it is. I didn't get home before 11:15PM today so no daylight pictures yet.
It looks great and I expected it to be much heavier than it is. There will be no neck dive whatsoever when pairing it with the bubinga body, that's for sure.

 

[Super Turbo Deluxe Custom]

That looks great by itself and with that body.  Good call on the no inlays.

 

[Nando Vallart]

Cool, looking forward to see the pic of it on full naked glory

 

[DangerousR6]

Sweeeeeeeeet, wenge and Pau is cool...

 

[Patrick]

nice!
now if only there were pics of the back...

 

[baskruit]

A couple more pictures

 

[Nando Vallart]

Cool, but Id prefer a matching headstock... It may sound MASSIVE though

 

[Cagey]

I feel kinda sorry for you, knowing you paid a lotta money for that thing and it clearly needs a great deal of parts and labor. How about I send you this unit...

and you send me that, and we'll just call it a goodwill gesture in the spirit of friendship? This one's already finished, and although it only has 4 strings, it's still useful. I learned how to play the intro to "How Many More Times" from Led Zeppelin on it, so I know it works fine. This way, you won't have to mess around with all that finish work, finding and mounting hardware, stringing it up, and [gag] tuning it [/gag]. Whaddaya think? Sound like a good deal?

 

[dNA]

if you actually want to get rid of that thing, I might be interested.

 

[Cagey]

I was just kidding him. You could buy 3 or 4 of those basses for what his neck cost alone. But, if you're interested, you can get a brand-spanking new one of your very own for $119 here. Not a Warmoth by a long stretch, but remarkably well done and comparable to a Fender, anyway.

 

[dNA]

ah poop. i thought it was a W.
/derail


baskruit, that thing looks killllerrr

 

[baskruit]

Two things I've noticed. The tuner holes are slightly wider than the 1/2'' hipshot ultralites so it's a bit of a loose fit.
The ultralites are so small that they actually barely cover the hole on the back and because they can move around a bit they need to be placed very precise. For future builds I'd consider the ultralites with 3/8 posts and 14mm holes or regular tuners. But it's not too bad now.

 

[baskruit]

Cool, but Id prefer a matching headstock... It may sound MASSIVE though

It's basically a bass that's inspired by Warwick basses and those usually have a black headstock but I definitely agree that matching bubinga veneer on the headstock would look great.  :icon_thumright:

 

[Patrick]

:hello2:
i love how the wavy grain of the bubinga just flows into the fingerboard.  :icon_thumright:

 

[baskruit]

Today it's getting its test drive. I bolted it onto my Squier body and I'm going to gig with it tonight.
I have a string tree for it but I want to see if I can get away with not using one.

Final thoughts on the neck: Definitely thicker than the original Squier neck but I have big hands and I'm used to beefy 5-string necks so I'm cool with that. I wouldn't be surprised though if the thinner neck that's now available will outsell the original neck profile in the future.

 

[baskruit]

I have a string tree for it but I want to see if I can get away with not using one.

Never mind, I just installed the string tree.

 

[Nando Vallart]

Terrific, start to think it'll work fine!!

 

[Doughboy]

So here it is. I didn't get home before 11:15PM today so no daylight pictures yet.
It looks great and I expected it to be much heavier than it is. There will be no neck dive whatsoever when pairing it with the bubinga body, that's for sure.

That fingerboard is sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet.  :headbang: