Hey John... in the absence of any other replies here's my tuppence worth... I ventured into the bolt-on bass territory after my first build with no p...

Thanks John... actually very pleased with this chubby little chap... it's worth working on to get right methinks... frets are out already and the 'boa...

Still looks stunning to me John...

yeah - it was sickening... hoorah for Mark eh! I don't really play bass - you have to think differently don't you. I used cheap hardware thinking I ca...

I bought a length of steel bar from B&Q for most of them, ran out and used a bar of Ali. I know I paid through the nose going to a DIY store. Bec...

Finally, mask up for finishing, water-based grain filler, and rattle cans for nitro sanding sealer and matt clear coats et voila... All that's left ...

Back to the neck... finalise the head and the heel, install the dots and the frets Let's make the bridge now...

The sides need to be bent and prepared for gluing to the front The neck block prepared and captive nuts inserted to ultimately receive the neck bolts...

Now the Back... Reinforce the join... All the back braces must be curved - the back has move of a belly than the front... Owning up: at this stage I...

Identifying an sorting out all the shrapnel each with their own special name... A scary route for the rosette. Each brace has it's place, needs trim...

Full scale drawing as always Initial work on the neck You will need "Klemsia" clamps... I decided to make some...

It's mostly a very different thing to an electric build. Much more chisel work - feels more "analogue". Need some odd things like an inner tube from a...

Mark... do you think multiple coats of aqua based grain filler (as in your acoustic guitar finishing recommendation) would prevent colour change if I ...

You must be proud of these Deej - great work!

And finally... The body was stained with Crimson Guitar's black water-based Stunning Stains. This resulted in a dark plum colour over the mahogany. Li...