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| Author: | Stefan [ Tue Apr 22, 2008 7:16 pm ] |
| Post subject: | carved or radiused top on a solid body bass |
Hello all, I'm making another bass guitar now and am considering giving the top a radius. I thought about making the top a section of a sphere, like the top or back of an acoustic. Another thought is to give it a cylindrical radius so that the top tapers of to the sides, but stay straight in the direction of the strings. The reason of the latter is that, if I give this thing a cylindrical radius then I suppose I ought to have the high point coincide with the bridge location. On a bass guitar the bridge sits way at the back which may make that body too thin in the upper bout region, or the neck area. Perhaps I should also add that I'm going to make a floating bridge on this one. I tried to find some carved top bass on the web but have come up short. Is this done often? Thanks for any thoughts/advice on this matter, Stefan |
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| Author: | Brett L Faust [ Thu Apr 24, 2008 10:38 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: carved or radiused top on a solid body bass |
Check out Fender Aerodyne. |
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| Author: | martinedwards [ Fri Apr 25, 2008 4:50 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: carved or radiused top on a solid body bass |
with the bridg so near the edg then a dome will have the neck join VERY low. what about slopin away on three sides? 'know, top, bottom & tail sloping & neck join level with the bridge....... there are a load of layered basses out there with bevel cuts that let you see the lams..... here'sa few made by my mate skelf on the Jam Session http://jsguitarforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=55832 |
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