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Author:  James T [ Fri Jun 27, 2014 7:43 am ]
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I have 2 new projects on the bench : the first is a hard rock maple 14" radius 24 fret neck though with a flame maple fretboard , the top and back are flame maple and the core is lacewood . It will have a light vintage amber finish and EMG PAX / LJPX "Vic Wooten set of pickups and gold hw. My client like to slap and wants it very bright.

The second one is for me , and it is a 24 fret black walnut/ebony neck through with a 10" radius the core is /back is a billet of Claro walnut the top will be a set of Curly koa I've had for a few years . Bartolini soabbar/Jbass in the bridge 3 band eq with a 3 range selectable mid. Gold hw on this one too .

The bodies are cut and glued , will be routing this weekend and fitting the tops .

Author:  dzsmith [ Fri Jun 27, 2014 11:44 am ]
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Saweet James!

Author:  James T [ Tue Jul 15, 2014 7:45 am ]
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Asymetric heel carved and control cavity routed

Author:  James T [ Tue Jul 15, 2014 7:48 am ]
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profile's cleaned up

Author:  James T [ Tue Jul 15, 2014 7:51 am ]
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the back for the Maple one , the control cover will be cut from this as well as truss rod cover

Author:  dzsmith [ Tue Jul 15, 2014 5:45 pm ]
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Oh yeah!
That is some wicked cool Maple. Gonna look uber sweet!

Author:  James T [ Sat Jul 19, 2014 3:17 pm ]
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Got the top glued on to the maple one and rough sanded

brought it over to the client to test fit the ergonomics and he was thrilled :)

It will be his first custom bass and he was surprised at all the unique touches . i.e. asymmetric heel , neck carved to his hand dimensions , body contoured to his leg etc.

He's already thinking of getting another one built !

(updated pic after I finished backsanding)

Author:  dzsmith [ Sat Jul 19, 2014 7:49 pm ]
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Looking nice James!

Author:  James T [ Sun Aug 10, 2014 4:31 pm ]
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back on and contoured , shown wet ...on to final sanding

Author:  James T [ Tue Sep 23, 2014 3:52 pm ]
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A working "vacation " from my day job allowed me some time in the shop to work on the basses . added curly maple/ abalone inlay to the maple bass and a flame maple headstock overlay.
Thenrouted the pickup /control cavities on the walnut one and rough cut the curly koa top

Author:  James T [ Thu Sep 25, 2014 9:51 pm ]
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Pickup holes cut , top glued on , center channel routed for flame maple/paua inlay .
Finished the inlay and general sanding .

Author:  dzsmith [ Sat Sep 27, 2014 5:42 pm ]
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Wow! Looking real nice!
The Maple has a very nice color. Is this natural or dyed?

Author:  James T [ Sun Sep 28, 2014 7:54 am ]
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the Maple on the Koa is natural , the maple bass is from the same piece of wood . but it was dyed with "vintage lemonade" then back sanded.

Author:  JimO [ Sun Sep 28, 2014 9:22 am ]
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Very cool Thumpers! Like the accent stripe down the center. Nice touch. Also like the use of magnets for the covers instead of screws. I may never go back.

Author:  fumblefinger [ Thu Oct 02, 2014 8:52 pm ]
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That is some purty maple!
Second the kudos on the center accent. Nice touch.

Author:  James T [ Mon Oct 20, 2014 9:26 am ]
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sanded to 400, 6 coats of french polish, sanded to 600 wet& dry then 4 coats of lacquer ( so far) . 1 more round before the buff out

Author:  James T [ Thu Oct 30, 2014 5:39 pm ]
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Several hours of final shaping and sanding , now with 2 rounds of french polish . Each round , rubbed in til saturation.

Author:  dzsmith [ Thu Oct 30, 2014 10:07 pm ]
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Killer. Totally killer.
Nice job, James!

Author:  James T [ Fri Oct 31, 2014 8:37 am ]
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The black walnut/ claro walnut back is delicious as well

Author:  dzsmith [ Fri Oct 31, 2014 12:06 pm ]
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Yum!

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