That sunburst is awesome Ivan did you do it yourself?

If the body is at least 20mm thick I'm fairly certain cutting a 5mm recess rout for the pickups wouldn't do anything and you would get the added bonus of actually being able to tweak your pickup heights properly instead of being stuck having to shim them

I'm not too sure, I'm not at home to weight it. It's not that light but not as heavy as I thought it would be when I pulled that Bubinga blank out of the shipping box, that blank was like a boat anchor.

If you're looking for finished dimensions of the blanks before they're glued and worked on: Fingerboard: usually comes around 8mm, final thickness once radiused and sanded a little above 6mm (1/4") Fender style neck 19mm (3/4") My Fender style bodies are around 41-43mm,(1 5/8") I think Fenders are 1...

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08 Feb 2018, 07:56

I’d also be keen for an ozbass shirt

Send me a pm with your t-shirt size and i'll check if i have one your size in stock. The numbers on the first post of this thread should be accurate though

Next batch of pics. https://i.imgur.com/5NY8Lgq.jpg https://i.imgur.com/Oh4cRxG.jpg Rough cutting the neck contour on the router table. https://i.imgur.com/41hpjSc.jpg https://i.imgur.com/nr6z6aB.jpg Shaping the neck https://i.imgur.com/wBkebAS.jpg https://i.imgur.com/dvaxkLa.jpg https://i.imgur.com...

Yes that member lasted all of two whole days

Some of you may have seen the comments on a particular sales thread yesterday. I had to warn a user about the forum rules as he was breaching them, this user decided to keep piling it on and after some thread cleaning from me, decided to start a thread about how the mod team "badly mistreated him". ...

Thread cleaned of unrelated posts.

Its definitely easier to cut the laminates *close* to size with a template before gluing them together. Bear in mind that the wood will move during the clamping process so you have to make it slightly bigger than the final size. you might also have to joint the fretboard face again after gluing if t...

Definitely a major pain in the ass. I'll eventually move the photos to a different server and update all my build threads but don't hold your breath, its probably going to take a while

Thanks for your reply's guys I sent Mike @ MTD an email and they replied super quick. They charge $500USD for refinish. I'll probably return it to seller. Got your email, I don't personally do refinishes but some of the local guys that do it typically charge around $600 so its definitely a big expe...

Thanks Kerry yes it is Walnut I finally had a look at my paperwork Its actually not a single cut though, zoom up on the glued top photo with the pencil lines, you'll see its shape.

There's a saying that goes......Imitate then innovate. I'm only at the first stage of that right now.....just a beginner, learning the basics and enjoying the journey. Fair enough, I started the same way my first build was a copy of a Warrior bass. The work looks really nice so far Ivan, you're doi...

Beautiful body did you design it or copied from a boutique builder? Seems reminiscent of F basses.