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>> No.261537

headless bass?

>> No.261542
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>>261537
yessir

>> No.261557

what a weird shape

>> No.261558

god this is so cool

>> No.261561

next level badass!
also, are you making it fretless? :3

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I don't know if I have any pictures of it while I was building it, but this is the one i built.

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>>261557
it actually started life as a scrap from my tv stand but the project's been in my head for over a decade.

>>261561
>>261558
thanks, and no. do need a tablesaw or a new router bit and a fancy jig to cut the frets, also some fret wire. going to be 34.75" bridge to bridge with 23 frets

>>261570
sick dude, dig the wood grain. i don't plan on paint either, just a solid coat of tung oil.

>> No.261602

Cutting fret slots with a router?

What ever happened to hand saws, it takes less then 10 minutes to slot a fret board by hand.

It's a nice looking instrument though.

But frets with a router?

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Built this (guitar, not cat)
But built it at a luthier school, so not sure if it counts.

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>> No.261623

Any tips on neck shaping? I'm building a solid body electric ukulele.

>> No.261632
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>>261623
just drew a quick diagram for you, hope it makes sense.
this is the neck in profile. decide on the shape you want, plot it on paper. the green is the desired shape, the brown is the wood that will eventually be removed.
draw tangent lines on the paper, where the lines intersect the edges of the block measure in then draw lines along the length of the neck and shave it down.
do it in several steps as depicted.
does that make sense? hard to describe on the interbutts.

>> No.261638

>>261632
Thanks. I was thinking of getting the rough shape with a bandsaw and then shaping details with a file. Thoughts? Tips?

>> No.261643

For a uke neck I would rough it in profile with a saw then go at it with a spoke shave, rasp and chisel,, holding it in playing position from time to time to check the feel. I slot and glue my fingerboards on right after I do the rough saw wok. This makes it easy to get on straight, and easy to clamp since the back of the neck is thin enough for easy clamping, not to mention relatively flat. Having the finger board on from the start just makes it easier to to guage proper thickness and feel while you work.

>> No.261666

>>261638
what this guy said. i might skip the saws and just go with a spokeshave and rasps up till sanding.
>>261643

>> No.262052

>>261602
don't have a quality hand saw and i like to pretend i'm a cnc mill.

>>261616
very nice.

>>261643
good thinking, will remember that for the next one.

>> No.262269

What are your thoughts on neck attachment? Do you have a favorite method? I'm personally partial to a tenon joint.

>> No.262276

>>262269
Dovetail ftw.

>> No.262277

Sliding dovetail for instruments with any real tension, tenons for low tension instruments.

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