My First Bass build - Short scale (30") and a bit of experimentation with the fretboard... Finished.

Rocker

Stunning work.  Words fail me.........

JGTay

Thanks @Rocker ;
I am very happy with how it is coming along. The strings are due to arrive tomorrow, should be a busy day getting the electrics done and hopefully doing a full set up before the final clean up and pics. 

roberty

Yeah this is glorious. I keep showing people 

JGTay

Thanks @Roberty ;

Didn't get as much time as I had hoped today. Managed to get all the wiring done, but the other bits will have to wait until tomorrow. 

JGTay

Managed to get the final bits done today.  

The spaghetti wiring which was completed yesterday. I had some left over copper sheet, so put it over the soldering on the back of the pots.



Made a truss rod cover this morning.







And tested in place.



Then gave it a coat of oil. It will need more but it will do for now.



I then got it all strung up and everything in place for the weigh in, the screen on our scales is a bit dim, time for a new set.



It shows 7.3 1/4 lbs. which isn't too bad. Happy with that.

Glamour shots coming up next. 

JGTay

Here we go, final pics... sorry there are quite a few. 





















Extremely pleased with how it has come out. I am not a bass player, this is the one I will be learning on, so no sound clips just yet.

roberty

I love it @JGTay. Amazing work. Does the truss cover stay in place with no screws? What a clever  innovation 

JGTay

roberty said:

I love it @JGTay. Amazing work. Does the truss cover stay in place with no screws? What a clever  innovation 

Thank you.

Yes, it just slots in place and is a nice tight fit. 

Andyjr1515

Absolutely beautiful job, @JGTay ;   Top drawer

JezWynd

Beautiful work, truly a hand made instrument.

JGTay

Andyjr1515 said:

Absolutely beautiful job, @JGTay ;   Top drawer

Thanks Andy, really appreciate it. 

JezWynd said:

Beautiful work, truly a hand made instrument.

Thanks Jez. The wife loves it, she wants it hung up on the living room wall next to the oak hollow body guitar I made a couple of years ago. 

Having never played a bass guitar before, I have got to say this is a revelation for me, it is very comfortable moving up and down the neck and plays extremely well. I have been using it on rocksmith constantly for the past couple of days and having a lot of fun. 

I know RS isn't the best way to learn, but I don't have a bass amp yet so using this through my PlayStation with my 5.1 speaker set up is the best option at the moment. 

roberty

@JGTay bass is a lot of fun. I found I became less fussy about guitar necks once I was accustomed to swapping between bass and guitar 

JGTay

roberty said:

@JGTay bass is a lot of fun. I found I became less fussy about guitar necks once I was accustomed to swapping between bass and guitar 

Definitely.   

It's funny how I am finding using a plectrum so much easier on the bass, with guitar I always use fingers and keep the nails on my right hand longer for plucking. I am struggling with the fingering techniques on bass, but will persevere with it. Hopefully when I get a bass amp I will be able to concentrate better on the different techniques. 

roberty

JGTay said:

roberty said:

@JGTay bass is a lot of fun. I found I became less fussy about guitar necks once I was accustomed to swapping between bass and guitar 

Definitely.   

It's funny how I am finding using a plectrum so much easier on the bass, with guitar I always use fingers and keep the nails on my right hand longer for plucking. I am struggling with the fingering techniques on bass, but will persevere with it. Hopefully when I get a bass amp I will be able to concentrate better on the different techniques. 

Cool, good luck with it. I started learning finger style on bass but my impatience got the better of me :-)