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Renniw
06-27-2008, 11:21 PM
Hi everyone,

Here is my latest bass made by myself:

6 strings bass
32 inches scale
Walnut body core
cherry topped with padouk wings
Birdseye maple bolt-on neck
Lacewood fingerboard
Wilkinson open gear tuners
no name trough body bridge
home made humbucker pickup in maple housing with neodium magnets
volume, tone and serial/parallel switch
Pickup located about where it should be to look good (no science here...)

Build time around 6 months...

http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff278/renniw_photos/DSCN6540low.jpg

Neck and headstock

http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff278/renniw_photos/DSCN6537low.jpg

ANother body shot

http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff278/renniw_photos/DSCN6538low.jpg

Birdseye neck

http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff278/renniw_photos/DSCN6531low.jpg
james on bass
06-28-2008, 01:41 AM
Nice bass! That maple neck is better than sex. Good job indeed!

I really like that open headstock look. Not many builders using that look. You have it strung BEADGC? I'd be wary of a short/medium scale bass with a low B myself. Does the B ring well for you?
Renniw
06-28-2008, 07:34 AM
The bass is BEADGC for now, but i may change later.

The b is not as tight as on my Peavey G-V, but it's still good...
bassman blue
06-29-2008, 12:27 PM
wow, how many guitars/basses have you built? and i gotta ask... how much does she weigh?

:bow:
Renniw
06-29-2008, 04:11 PM
wow, how many guitars/basses have you built? and i gotta ask... how much does she weigh?

:bow:

This is bass #7, the first 4 are now gone in smoke (it makes great firewood...)

I have a guitar (the first) and a 4 strings on the way. They should be done around christmass...

The weight is around 11 pounds.
bassman blue
06-30-2008, 01:09 AM
very nice. i wonder what you'll be doing when retirement comes along... :smile:
Renniw
06-30-2008, 07:09 AM
very nice. i wonder what you'll be doing when retirement comes along... :smile:

My wife takes care of retirement plans....:eek:

I still have a good 25 years to work so it's not for tomorrow....
nkjanssen
06-30-2008, 11:41 AM
Wow! Where did you learn to do all that?
Renniw
06-30-2008, 02:19 PM
Wow! Where did you learn to do all that?

Learned everything by reading forums....

I'm a member at www.mimf.com. Huge amount of info there.

There is also talkbass.com (luthier's corner) and projectguitar.com who are great sources of info.

The rest comes from disassembling and re-assembling my own instruments.

You will also note that from the 7 instruments that I've built, only 3 survived. So the 4 first were "the learning process" and my estimate is I will never stop learning...
nkjanssen
07-01-2008, 01:57 PM
So hanging out on forums isn't a waste of time after all!

:D


Learned everything by reading forums....

I'm a member at www.mimf.com. Huge amount of info there.

There is also talkbass.com (luthier's corner) and projectguitar.com who are great sources of info.

The rest comes from disassembling and re-assembling my own instruments.

You will also note that from the 7 instruments that I've built, only 3 survived. So the 4 first were "the learning process" and my estimate is I will never stop learning...
Renniw
07-01-2008, 06:07 PM
So hanging out on forums isn't a waste of time after all!

:D

"Post printed and gently given to wife"

Now I sleep on the couch....