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My favourite song today:
I wasn't happy with the router pattern for the neck pocket, it was a bit to wide. So I glued in a veneer and made a new one. I have rounded the...
My favourite song today:
My favourite song today:
My favourite song today is one from my absolute number one musical hero.
My favourite song today, especially love the bass part (which I will never be able to play):
Today I worked on the body. Cut out the shape with a jig saw (my bandsaw hasn't enough power to cut through a body blank, especially when it's treat...
@clinton I fear it's not me you're referring to but the bass...
...so today, using a bobbin sander, I rounded off the piece behind the nut to the headstock. With a 12 inch radius block I sanded the radius on th...
My favourite song today, Simon Phillips (best drummer ever) and Protocol V:
Next job was to shape the fretboard on the bandsaw and router. And then glued it on to the neck. Today I took the thickness of the headstoc...
This afternoon I cut the fret slots.
My favourite song today is one I play with one of my bands, the John Spijker Trio.
My favourite song today:
Today I have put some coats of wood hardener on the top wood as spalted maple (or any spalted wood) can be quite brittle. So no spectacular progress t...
No I did not laminate it myself, bought it at Masave in Zwolle where I buy all my wood. Rick usually has many neck blanks in stock, also laminated. An...
This morning, after making sure they fit seemlessly (a tiny bit of routing and some sanding) I glued the pieces of wood for the top together. A...
Made some progress today. First I've cut the fingerboard a bit shorter and narrower and with my router made it to 6 mm thickness. And sanded it flat...
I'm not a great fan of flat wounds. I have flat wounds on one of my fretless basses (the one I made many moons ago on the BYO course), but on all my o...
My favourite song today: