What an amazingly beautiful bass. My favorite build to date. Was glued to every episode and enjoyed watching this come together. Great share. Hats off and thanks once again. Love your work.
The fret narker thing actually happened to guitar maker Tim Sway in one of his latest build videos. I think he ended up with a fretboard inlay in the 13th fret or something. So yes, double and triple checking seems reasonable.
My nephew recently built a guitar under my supervision and, although the side markers are as expected, he deliberately put the 12th fret marker - a Roman numeral 13 - on the 13th fret.
Best bass you ever made! Shape reminds me on my medium scale SDCurlee (not semi-hollow) and the sound is nice too. Crunchy and shiney. Congratulations and respect to you. ❤
Of all the instruments I've watched you make, this one is the absolute pinnacle of perfection. Looks fantastic, sounds fantastic. And as someone who always has the tone and volume pots maxed out, I agree that a simple cut off switch might be all that's neeeded in terms of controls.
Too right. I can't quite bring myself to do it though, it feels like a step too far out of the comfort zone although I'm not sure why. I should try and find a switch with the same shaft size as the pot and swap it out for a few weeks to see if it's an impediment in any way. It won't be, but I feel like it should be tested before I commit to it as a concept. Thanks
Well done. It turned out looking fantastic. I've used Super Glue as a finish on pens I've turned on a lathe, but I've never thought about using it as a finish on such a large scale. It turned out great!
I've watched all of your videos and aesthetically and musically this is my favorite Bass. Cant wait to see it on stage with Sign of the Firebird. I'm in the UK so keep the Facebook clips of the band coming.
Cool, I actually played it live on Friday night, I believe there's a few clips up on the facebook page already. We had a slightly rearranged lineup and were detuned to Eb but it was still a solid show. Cheers
Of all the basses I have I think the next few months are going to be this one and the Fresher P Bass in heavy rotation. I've got a few others to make videos about before I go hibernate for winter but I already know they're not going to touch those two for sheer joy of playing them. Cheers
Beautiful!! And so nice you speed the video up. Very nice. Also nice to see you slide the neck over the file, in stead of the file over the neck! Keep it up!
Indeed, there's the concept of 'work holding', making sure the workpiece is secure so you can run the tool with a higher degree of accuracy and safety. In this case that situation gets reversed as it's much easier to secure the tool in a vice and run the workpiece over it. As long as one side of that equation is locked down then you can do good things. Thanks.
I thought about just letting it age naturally, it'll go yellow on it's own I'm sure. I actually kinda like the acrylic though, it's growing on me. Thanks
I’m only a minute into the video, and wish you had have released it earlier. Today I put position markers on frets 4. 6, and 8 before realising my counting error!
My Dad asked for a custom guitar to resemble his lute, effectively a short scale 7 string but tuned as if the nut was a capo on the third fret of a normal guitar. This resulted in dots being on 2, 4, 6, and the double on 9, This completely threw me, it looked totally wrong, I had to triple check it and I still feel like I got it wrong.
It's the sort of thing you need to practice on some scrap wood for sure, one thing I forgot to say in the video is that the ambient temp should be 15°-19°C, (59-66°F). Any cooler and it takes longer to dry but it'll still work. Any hotter then it'll set in the pad before you can complete a coat and with a bit of bad luck you'll get the pad stuck to the wood and that can ruin a whole afternoon's work. Good luck.
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You develop a sense of the grain being filled by noticing the behavior when you sand it back. It's difficult to describe but as the surface fills up it starts to take less time to sand it smooth as the non filled grain lines get smaller. I've spot sanded through the finish dozens of times over the years so now I take no chances, when I get to the point where I feel the grain is completely filled it's time for another 10 coats, and that gives you a thickness you can sand properly smooth.
Oil: 18-20 hours curing between coats. Average time to complete the finish: about a month. Polyurethane: spray booth required, in cooler temperatures you can be waiting up to two months for it to fully harden. Epoxy clears, UV cures etc: again, spray booth required, UV light required and they tend to be expensive, but what you're getting is a beautiful finish that sets very fast. Superglue: depending on ambient temperature (17°C is perfect) 3-4 minutes between coats, with a bit of luck you can do a complete finish in an afternoon. It stinks like hell and can be problemtic to get right but no other product will give you those results that quickly or cheaply. Cheers.
Having written all of that I actually started thinking about the UV cure resin... Turns out it's not as expensive as I once thought and when I add up the amount I spend on CA glue + gloves + sandpaper + time, it's actually a viable option that I must investigate further, watch this space. Thanks for getting me thinking about it😁
@@fanbladeinstruments I imagine it's prob less stinky too? You'll have to keep us updated if you try the UV cure resin out, please. I'd be interested to know how it compares.
I just spent NZ$70 on a bottle of resin and 2 UV bulbs. There will be some experimentation happening for sure. I watched a quick video of a guy who was using it on fishing lures, he'd made a small curing chamber that rotates the piece under lights as it cures, I'd have to build a much larger one but I love the idea of putting a bass body in something that's a cross between a tanning bed and a spit roast oven, giving it 4 minutes and having it come out ready for it's final sand + polish. Might need to give it a couple of coats of CA first just to raise the grain and seal it...I'm sure I'll figure it out😁
