Commercially, the rosewood is now of absolutely no value at all as I can’t legally sell it, barter it, swap it for ‘favours’ or anything else. Oh no! That’s terrible @darrenking. I’ll have a think – maybe I can come…   Read more»

Being a bass player

That’s OK – you’re among friends here, you can admit things like that
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(actually, I’ve got a bass somewhere too!)

I’m not sure what is more impressive …
The flexibility of that body design that can be a bass, 6- or 12-string
The quality of the workmanship that’s gone into that build
The quality of the materials – looks stunning
 
Big congratulations!

Time for some big reveal photos as this one was done a while ago …
 
Now, you’re thinking, being a LP Jr with a solid body and no cap, surely you should be able to see the neck join…[Read more]

This was a £3.5k bass…..

Well, for a £3.5k bass, you’d obviously put a new blade on first.
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This (last) one *is* Brazilian …
 

And another different one …

This one is a different type of RW, different origin

I’ll post some pics tomorrow of some RW necks that I’ve got on some guitars as an illustration. Here you go … some Rosewood necks. As said above, there are plenty of variations of Rosewood, and plenty of sources too…   Read more»

Nearly sh#t myself trying to get the fretboard off with an iron and a scraper.

I took a fretboard off with the bandsaw @david-johnson09.
Remarkably little damage!