@russ cheers, wait and see my next build lol!

@bjarni hi and welcome. There’s quite a lot on the youtube channel too under the live heading. Mark did a fair bit of streaming when covid was on the loose. He shows doing a complete build amongst other things. Won’t…   Read more»

Well that’s my 2nd bass sorted
 

Smoothed off the sharp edges and started the finishing
 

@somethingnicer Most of that will be removed when carving the neck too so don’t worry to much. I doubt anyone will ever notice once the build is finished.

Bit more progress, bridge fitted, pickup and control cavities done, headstock done and control cavity cover.
 

Got the neck pocket sorted, managede to rout a small angle in it too so I can keep the fretboard lower while still having enough height at the bridge. Also shaped the body at the pocket. Going to knock a…   Read more»

Got the fret markers in, frets and side dots. Only then did I realise I’d put markers on the 25th fret instead of the 24th lol. I knew something was off when I was doing it too.   Anyway I…   Read more»

I’ve finally got myself back out to my shed too, also building a bass. Since we’ve had the heating installed I’m more reluctant to go out to the shed in crap weather lol

@somethingnicer I think that’ll just be for the fatter end part, the main part of the rod will be a 1/4 inch. Personally I use a 1/4 inch for the full length including acces then I go over the thicker…   Read more»

@brie if you’re on a low enough income you can even get most of it done for free. Think it’s somewhere about £19500 per year or that. Ours was all free, insulation, vaillant pump and solar. New modern hot water…   Read more»