Bass 2 5 String Fretless
Through-The-Body

January 10th, 2003

The neck has been glued. Three 5/4 strips of maple and two 1/4 strips of walnut.

January 11th, 2003

The neck has been sent through the planer and is perfectly square. I've drawn the shape of the neck. As soon as my truss rod gets here, I'll route it's grove before I cut the shape of the neck. Click any of the pictures for larger versions.

January 12th, 2003

The two sides of the body are maple on the back and quilted mahogany of the front. The fretboard is Bubinga.

January 13th, 2003

The bass is clamped together so I can see what it's going to look like. I still won't cut the neck until I have a truss rod groove cut. The parts were shipped today from www.Stewmac.com

January 14th, 2003

I cut the body into it's basic shape today. Although you can't see it in my bad pictures, the grain of the wood is Awesome! It appears that the horns will be close to the neck, but the neck will be cut in a wedge at the bottom which will spread the two body parts apart as shown in the 2nd picture.

Jan. 15th, 2003

I must be living right because my truss rod came in and it's supposed to snow heavy tonight which means I won't have to go to work (teacher). Hopefully I can finish the neck and have the bass put together by the time my hardware comes in this weekend.

Jan. 16th, 2003

SNOW DAY!

I braved the snow today and went to the local hardware store to replace my band saw blade. I was then able to cut the neck into shape. the groove for the truss rod is in place, the head is scalloped, the lower half of the neck is cut at an oblique, and the fretboard is cut. And it's only 11:00AM! I love snow days.

Jan. 17th - 18th

Two snow days later and here it is. Almost playable. I only need to put the strings on and finish the wiring and I can play it for the first time. After I'm satisfied with it's sound, I'll take it apart and finish sand, stain, and spray.