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With the internal routing done, it was ready for the top and sides to be glued on. First I stained the inside of the 'f'hole chamber, then glued the top, then the wings:
Note that the wings are deeper than the through part of the neck. That's because I'm going to scoop the back to match the curve of a convex-curved top. This is where one of my favourite hand-tool acquisitions comes in - the Veritas pullshave:
Then a round-over around the edges with an appropriate router bit and it's starting to look the part:
Very nice.
I like the look of that shaver... what a weird thing. I don't need one but I think I'll be googling for one later on...
Actually, I have given it up However, that was based on retirement rather than any misguided notion that there is any money in occasional one-off builds!
The sobering reality is that you can buy new a perfectly fine guitar or bass cheaper than the cost of just the wood...for just the neck!!!
No - this is firmly a hobby...even the fancy custom jobs don't do a great deal more than cover the costs...but the level of personal satisfaction is immense, which is priceless
The snakewood up close is so fancy, I'm just going to put side dots on and nothing on the face.
The fan angle is quite modest as far as these things go and is deliberately less at the nut end to reduce the impact over the first octave.
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Now this is a diddy bass
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