So, Jacob's bass has been quietly making progress through the shop. It's high time I get all the images we've taken collected together. There's lots of interesting stuff happening here.
Glue-up for the neck. Striking combination of Ebony primary neck wood with Purpleheart.
Neck after some processing.
Getting ready to glue the peghead scarf joint.
Continuous wood "all the things" as Bradley recently coined. This one has an extra all the things, a ramp.
Tops for the continuous wood pickup boxes.
Making the pickup boxes.
Making the bottom half of the pickup boxes.
One down, one to go. thinking about Chris Squire right about now
Pickup box out of glueup, ready to shape. Test cover behind it.
Hey look! The coil fits I spy a ramp taking shape in the background. Lining up. Body taking form. Neck to body in pipe clamps. Kris' "string of pearls" indicates the right amount of glue and pressure. That's a lot of Ebony right there! Full view of the neck to body glue up Sealing the interior of the pickup boxes with industrial epoxy (this is NOT your 5-minute hardware store stuff). This seals up the pores so the polyurethane potting compound can't squish out. Sample box on right already passed the test. Only 2 sealer coats on this bass. Holy moly! Detail of the ramp area. Continuous wood truss rod cover not installed. It's going to be a sort of long boring wait now while Bob does the finish work, but this heap of images should amuse until the bass is completed. (Message edited by mica on July 02, 2015)
