@russ Thansks Russ, the molds were probably harder to make than bending the sides. I got a bit of a fright when I realised that cutaway on the mold is a slightly different shape on my original drawin...

One of the oldest Dutch band are The Bintangs. Founded 62 years ago in 1961 and still playing and touring. Over the years more than 40 different musicians played in the band. The only member of the or...

So it turns out that bending sides isn't as difficult as I had imagined. The cut away was a wee bit tricky getting the tight bends in just the right place, but just takes patience. Attachment : 20...

The neck is cut to rough shape, so time to get on to the bit I've been putting off. Attachment : 20231123_130503.jpg

Ok, couple of things. First, I'm a plonker lol. String height is actually less than 2mm at the 12th which is perfect and also when I did a demo in my vid I wasn't using a bass amp plugin, I was using ...

Not much time today but I did my usual upper fret access carve using a bowl and dish router bit. Attachment : 20231122_173511.jpg

Got the neck pocket done today, sorted most of the shaping around it and also did the neck heel Attachment : 20231121_161854.jpg Attachment : 20231121_173226.jpg Attachment : 20231...

My favourite song today, yes another Dutch band. I went to a concert of them two weeks ago, they launched their new (first) album there. My connection with this band is that the bass player, Peter Gum...

My favourite song today. The Dutch band Sandy Coast.

Headstock sorted and main neck carving done, I'll sort the heel once I've done the neck pocket. Attachment : 20231118_161349.jpg Attachment : SquarePic_20231120_17180973.jpg

Here's with the clamps off Attachment : IMG_1945.jpeg Still more to clean up. Next up is locating and routing the pickups.

My favourite song today, not a Dutch artist, but so beautiful!

@nsj Very nice work as usual. I would be tempted to route a shallow recess for the bridge to sit in rather than install a different bridge. All your screw holes and alignment is already there, it’s ea...

@nsj That one turned out great!

Finished at last, well ish lol. Found a high fret I missed, I often miss just the one. Anyway sorted that, still need to lower the nut a little too. Other thing is the string height is about 3mm at th...

@nickkuk Sounds like you have everything under control, I agree with all of that. Yeah I think that when things are rough cut, it reminds me of Ceefax graphics from the 80s and 90s. 😂

It's morphed a little from the original design. Originally it was to be a 27" but then became as 28.625" 7 string. The mahogany was replaced by walnut and wenge. It's also been pretty much a hand tool...

Pre glue up, it shows the rough shape (note it's not completely aligned in the photo and there is a deliberate oversize). Attachment : IMG_1935.jpg

An update on my build.. I've now planed and glued up my 7 laminate neck, roughed out my fretboard, enough to show it as a mock up (without the black tuners which wouldn't stand up straight). The body....

@wolframmalukker 😳 😳 😳 wow, uh no I’m not kin to either of those that I know of. In the BG area, I’m kin to Runners & Richards (😂 R&R 🤣). My 1st cousin ...