The *OFFICIAL* Post Your Project Pics Thread!

[hellonearth07]

Ok, since this is a new section, and rightfully named 'luthiery and modding' thanks to wintermute, how about we show off some of our handiwork. Be it guitars or basses you've built or modded, or pedals you've made from the ground up (right now my tube-based wah is getting under way). How about showing off your works so everyone can see how good of work you do sooo then there'll be backing to what you say/ said you've done along these lines.

Post away

[Son of Magni]

Well, since I can't resist any chance to show off, this is a bass that is almost done. Just need to put on the knobs, mount the control cavity door, and put on the strap locks...

Oh yeah, and there's a story. Someone wants me to build him a bass and everything's going fine with the design, then he says "oh, can you make it a headless?".

Edit, just switching to a better pic...

Edit, I guess I killed that pic from my server.....

[ebe9]

^^Beautiful work

Can't understand why the guy opted for headless?

Also what was the shaping on the head before?

[Son of Magni]

^^Beautiful work

Can't understand why the guy opted for headless?

Also what was the shaping on the head before?
My standard headstock is like this (this is a 6-string in progress).

http://www.thorbass.com/images/k-headstocksanded3_.jpg

[ebe9]

^^ I had a sneaky feeling it would be something along those lines.

Now to me that fits in idealy with the style of that particular bass.

[Peg Dizzler]

SoM, it seems like I've seen that on mimf. You go there? :)

[Son of Magni]

SoM, it seems like I've seen that on mimf. You go there? :)
Ha ha, yes Peg! And I think I have a new bass to post there if I can get some good pics today. I finished everything during the last couple hours, and it is a sweet thing :)

[Peg Dizzler]

Awesome!!
What's your name on mimf?

I saw the picture of your bass and I was like.. "I know I've seen that bass before!" Or at least that style anyway. And you made the brass bridge for that too, right?

[shred_like_me]

dude that is 1 stylin bass dnt no y you would want it headless tho:amaze:

[espbassist]

Yeah, a mad design, I'm modding my old ****ty $200 into a more viper look, and fretless. How much does it cost to get all the electronics redone???????????????

[FunkMetalBass]

Gawd SoM. Your stuff is always the best. STOP MAKING THE REST OF US LOOK BAD!!!!

Nice job :thumb:

[lateralus423]

Jesus som thats so efffffffffing hot.

[pitchfork]

Thats ****ing awesome.
If your in england your making one for me, how much would you change for something like that?

[Miek]

I would also like to know how much something like that would cost.

[Son of Magni]

Anyone who is seriously interested in my basses should contact me through my website or email address. I don't think this is the right place to discuss prices and stuff like that. Does that make sense?

ThorBass (http://www.thorbass.com)

Oh yeah Peg, hopefully you found my thread with this bass on mimf. If not, you can derive my name from my email address...

[moghes69]

to make SoM's bass look even better. here is a bass that i built a new body for. it was just a rough attempt so i could get a feel for what some of the process would be like. and since then i defretted the neck.

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b128/Funkbass187/877c58c5.jpg

[Miek]

I would love to have a guitar built for me, in the way that basses are built.
Like, with 'exotic' woods and such.

[Tryxx]

Mandatory picture thread. You know what to do here, whore at your projects, ideas, and all that. Suck up bandwidth with huge pictures. :lol:

[hellonearth07]

tryxx.. u STOLE my THREAD, but i guess it all works out in the end

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/forums/showthread.php?t=466211

[AG]

Hmm. I have a neck which I've reshaped the headstock on, and I'm gonna finish it.


I'm gonna buy a sanded down body from ebay and finish it too. Good practise.

I have loads of electric stuff on the go. Pickguards and stuff.

[Tryxx]

tryxx.. u STOLE my THREAD, but i guess it all works out in the end

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/forums/showthread.php?t=466211

My bad.

I made it all official... or something. >.>

[hellonearth07]

My bad.

I made it all official... or something. >.>

o well it kinda kicks *** now

[Az_Holl]

Before-
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y58/Atomicant/bass1.jpg

After-
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y58/Atomicant/bass15.jpg

/thread

[Son of Magni]

^^^ yeah, I really like that one :)

Where's JP?

[Tryxx]

^^^ yeah, I really like that one :)

Where's JP?

I'll post pictures of his projects for me, once we start. :p

[noicee]

i can post pics of amp projects too, right?


kk my fender frontman 15G started ot as a normal ampp, then bam! haha

i drew in some tubes at the back too, to lazy to take more pics:

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d65/babuminsoo/IMG_8563.jpg

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d65/babuminsoo/IMG_8561.jpg

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d65/babuminsoo/IMG_8560.jpg

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d65/babuminsoo/IMG_8559.jpg

[noicee]

sorry for double post.. :p

[noicee]

oh damn didint notice that this was in the bass forums.. lol sorry sorry sorry

[neatobassman]

oh damn didint notice that this was in the bass forums.. lol sorry sorry sorry

That's doesn't matter. We can all benifit from weird projects.

[Killer Fridge]

Its a joint Lutherie forum I believe

[semi]

looks good noicee. just silver spray paint all over the front? is the cloth painted? why the black and white picture.

[fortyseven]

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y58/Atomicant/bass15.jpg


what exactly are the specs for that?

and what do all the switches do...

[Akira]

oh damn didint notice that this was in the bass forums.. lol sorry sorry sorry
It's a shared guitar/bass forum.

[neatobassman]

we should get drum modifications in here too....because I know my drummer does and bunch of weird stuff to his drums like shallowing out shells, putting on different patterns of material on the shells and stuff like that.

[hellonearth07]

I'm guessing this forum's just general mod's and lutheiry
and i guess that includes everything from guitar to bass to drums to kazoo to harmonica and any other strange and abstract instrument u wanna play and mod out

[semi]

washboad

[AG]

I put LED's in my washboard a while back. It ruined the tone, just destroyed those second level harmonics.

[hellonearth07]

sadly, i've seen a page where someone played a kazoo through a wah pedal

[Peg Dizzler]

Lutherie is the making of wooden instruments. Drums apply!! :D

I'm actually gonna get a set soon I think, a real junky one, for $50. I haven't actually seen it yet but it has been described to me. So I'll probably mess around with that sometime... I'm guessing the shells are wrapped, so I'm sure eventually I'll take that off and lacquer 'em up sometime, mmm shiny. =)

[AlmightyPancake]

I'll post pictures of his projects for me, once we start. :p
which is when?

[superjoe]

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y190/superjoe/fullranger.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y190/superjoe/inside1.jpg

[hellonearth07]

hey superjoe... what kinda effect is that? and what are the specs, if u dont mind

[AlmightyPancake]

I'm guessing it's a compressor.

[Az_Holl]

what exactly are the specs for that?

and what do all the switches do...

Dimarzio Will Power Neck>3 way switch (parallel/series/single-coil)>volume>first output

Dimarzio Model P>run in series> volume> tone> second output

Seymour Duncan MM replacement>3 way switch (parallel/series/single coil)> volume>tone> second output.

I should type this somewhere so i can just paste it here :p

[semi]

looks like a rangemaster i think.
i think he might have said it was too.

[Aes820]

http://www.dropbear.net/pb/DSCF0020.JPG

[funkyhoney]

this is my jazz project so far, next i plan to get some new pickups, or a pre-amp or something, maybe repaint it
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b185/FunkyHoney/IMG_0355.jpg
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b185/FunkyHoney/IMG_0356.jpg
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b185/FunkyHoney/IMG_0357.jpg
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b185/FunkyHoney/IMG_0359.jpg

(so far it's been defretted, and the brand sanded off and the headstock coated.. few pickup adjustments to)

[the101er]

My current project is pretty simple, just installing a Humbucker into a Telecaster, maybe routing for a tremolo. Not sure yet

BTW, does anyone have diagrams for the connection between the pickup switch and pickups for a Humbucker/Singlecoil?

[Specialsauce]

as soon as i get a workshop set up, i can start my eurb... prolly take a couple months though....

[Son of Magni]

Another project nearing completion, 6-string lined fretless with maple lines on the usual marked frets and purpleheart on the rest :)

http://www.thorbass.com/images/k-bridgeandpup_.jpg

Oh yeah, it's a dual-coil in the musicman position and piezo in the bridge.

[hellonearth07]

i like how you lined the fret board with purple heart and maple

that top sheet's beautiful too, love it

the only thing i think could be changed is the headstock right by the nut...IMO it looks a lil bit bulky and outta place

but still your basses are beautiful

[superjoe]

hey superjoe... what kinda effect is that? and what are the specs, if u dont mind
its a rangemaster copy, it boosts the highs and gives a light od, its mainly used for driving the hell out of a cranked tube amp. gives you that brian may, tony iommi, early clapton tone with a GOOD tube amp and some humbuckers.

the switch changes the input caps making it a full or treble booster. i forgot to buy the second input cap so right now its just a treble booster.

I'm guessing it's a compressor.
nope, but im building an orange squeezer compressor for my friend in about a week.

[Akira]

SoM, the bass is cool, but for some reason that headstock looks absolutely massive. It looks like it is as big as the body!

[Son of Magni]

SoM, the bass is cool, but for some reason that headstock looks absolutely massive. It looks like it is as big as the body!
Yeah, I see what you mean. It's just the photo though...

[Akira]

Yeah, I see what you mean. It's just the photo though...
I figured as much. I really like that top. What is that?

[Son of Magni]

I figured as much. I really like that top. What is that?
It's claro walnut, and had a crotch running through the board. So there's all the twisted crotch wood expanding out into all the figured walnut. I got two basses, front and back, from the one board for which I paid something like $350. And enough scrap for a few more headstocks.

[Peg Dizzler]

Hey SoM,
How did you put the wood in the fretslots? Did you cut each piece out or did you just use glue and sawdust?
Also.. how fast do you build these things? :confused:

[Worrpigs]

It's claro walnut, and had a crotch running through the board. So there's all the twisted crotch wood expanding out into all the figured walnut. I got two basses, front and back, from the one board for which I paid something like $350. And enough scrap for a few more headstocks.
:amaze:

[moghes69]

nope, but im building an orange squeezer compressor for my friend in about a week.
i built an orange squeeze, but all it does for me is boost the signal a lot. i can't figure out where i messed up.

[Son of Magni]

Hey SoM,
How did you put the wood in the fretslots? Did you cut each piece out or did you just use glue and sawdust?
Also.. how fast do you build these things? :confused:
I use veneer. Cut oversize pieces, glue them in, then trim off the excess with a chisel. Then clean it all up with a radius block.

Don't make my track the hours, I'd probably quit :p

Maybe 16 hours a week for 10 weeks, probably more.

Keeps me out of trouble...

[tomg666]

well this was my first ever project that i did for my gcse exam it turned out well it is a semi acoustic it has a rotary switch to select the pickups with a killswitch setting and it is made out of oroco wood that was reclaimed from an old skool science bench. im pretty pleased with it and i think that this new forum is a great idea as it would of helped alot if i was to do it again

btw these were taken on my camera phone so the pics arent amazing and dont really show off the grain but hey

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h237/tomg666/31-03-06_1754.jpg

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h237/tomg666/13-03-06_1801.jpg

im planning to mod a tele over the summer hols after my exams fitting it with emgs and repainting etc ill put it up her once its done

[CCR90]

That's a pretty sweet looking guitar man!!! Did you machine those knobs in teh first pic?

[Tryxx]

which is when?

Hopefully they'll both be started in a couple of weeks. We're working on getting a contract exchanged for one bass, and waiting on a paint quote and stuff for another.

[tomg666]

no i bought them from rs because the knobs in the second pic didnt look that great i have no real metal working skills

[noicee]

looks good noicee. just silver spray paint all over the front? is the cloth painted? why the black and white picture.

lol its black and whit picture, czu my bro set the camera lik that and the battery was dying.. i didint bother changing it:p

and i used a shapie permanent marker to colour it haha

nah, the grill cloth isnt coloured:p

[CCR90]

no i bought them from rs because the knobs in the second pic didnt look that great i have no real metal working skills

Oh, those are some pretty hot knobs. I guess I'll have to make or buy myself some for my bass!!

[EADG]

Lutherie is the making of wooden instruments. Drums apply!! :D




Sorry, wrong, luthery is the making of STRINGED instruments. Drums do not apply.

[nicatterberry]

Sorry, wrong, luthery is the making of STRINGED instruments. Drums do not apply.


I hope your not serious?

[neatobassman]

Sorry, wrong, luthery is the making of STRINGED instruments. Drums do not apply.

oh well, I say let them in.

[CCR90]

It is true www.wikipedia.org--->lutherie--->A luthier is a person who builds or repairs stringed instruments, either bowed or plucked. These include violins, violas, cellos, double basses, guitars of all kinds, lutes, and mandolins."

But who cares? Drums are sweet, let em in.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lutherie

[hobo with bass]

this is my jazz project so far, next i plan to get some new pickups, or a pre-amp or something, maybe repaint it
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b185/FunkyHoney/IMG_0355.jpg
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b185/FunkyHoney/IMG_0356.jpg
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b185/FunkyHoney/IMG_0357.jpg
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b185/FunkyHoney/IMG_0359.jpg

(so far it's been defretted, and the brand sanded off and the headstock coated.. few pickup adjustments to)
i like this one alot

[Akira]

I hope your not serious?
Actually he is.
lu·thi·er Audio pronunciation of "luthier" ( P ) Pronunciation Key (lt-r)
n.

One that makes or repairs stringed instruments, such as violins.

[hellonearth07]

It is true www.wikipedia.org--->lutherie--->A luthier is a person who builds or repairs stringed instruments, either bowed or plucked. These include violins, violas, cellos, double basses, guitars of all kinds, lutes, and mandolins."

But who cares? Drums are sweet, let em in.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lutherie

we'll just call drums the "moding" part of the title:thumb:

hell post some pics, and tell other people in the forums about this thread

[superjoe]

i built an orange squeeze, but all it does for me is boost the signal a lot. i can't figure out where i messed up.
go to http://www.diystompboxes.com and ask the forum there, theyre are very helpful for stuff liek this.

[hellonearth07]

^
http://www.sputnikmusic.com/forums/showthread.php?t=465389
theres some more links to pedal buildinng in this thread too

[TheJarve]

Lutherie is the making of wooden instruments.



wrong. stringed.

EDIT: pshht, beatened

[TheJarve]

It is true www.wikipedia.org--->lutherie--->A luthier is a person who builds or repairs stringed instruments, either bowed or plucked. These include violins, violas, cellos, double basses, guitars of all kinds, lutes, and mandolins."

But who cares? Drums are sweet, let em in.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lutherie
and harps

if anyone is making a harp... please share XD

and there was a thread in the drum forum about a guy making his own snare. sounded ****e, but respect anyways

[Led_Zeppelin678]

and harps

if anyone is making a harp... please share XD

and there was a thread in the drum forum about a guy making his own snare. sounded ****e, but respect anyways

A friend of mine is making a harp for his daughter.

[edgebass5]

In chronological order:

2002 Hoppus bass Frankenstein Project: I started with a Mark Hoppus Fender Signature that was given to me as a gift. I stripped the bass down until it was nothing more than a blue piece of wood. I replaced the neck with a maple neck, maple fretboard, 13-degree angled warmoth style headstock from warmoth guitar parts. I routed out the P-style routing for an MM style routing which I left in the P position. I custom cut a white/black/white pickguard, and added a jazz bass control plate. I used a Seymour Duncan SMB-4DS pickup and tone circuit. The bridge was a Leo Quann Badass.

1997 Warwick Corvette 4-String: Removed the stock passive MEC pickups and passive tone circuit. Replaced both with a set of DiMarzio Model J's and an Aguilar OBP-3 with an active/passive switch.

2000 Modulus Flea 4-String: Removed the existing Lane Poor MM (despite how many amazing things are said about these pickups I just didn't like it all that much). Replaced it with a Nordstrand MM4.2. Added active/passive, and series/parallel switches as well.

The Hoppus in the one on the right, the Warwick is on the left, the Flea is in the middle (this photo of the Flea bass was taken before the mods were performed)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v474/edgebass5/DSC00787.jpg

Flea bass after the mods were performed
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v474/edgebass5/HPIM0485.jpg

1983 Peavey Foundation 4-String: Hardwired the pickups directly to the output jack. In other words there are NO onboard controls for this bass. You plug it in, and that's it.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v474/edgebass5/12122723C.jpg

2005 Warmoth/Status Jazz Bass: Purchased an alder jazz bass body from Warmoth guitar parts and a Status J neck from Status-Graphite in England. Used DiMarzio Model J pickups which are hardwired as neck-parallel/bridge-series and then directly to the output jack. In other words, you can turn the 3 knobs on the control plate, but they're not hooked up to anything at all, so you'll just be fooling yourself. Used a Gotoh 206 that I had lying around for the bridge. Gotoh Delta series tuning machines, Fender Deluxe V string retainer, Fender Jazz bass control plate, Fender jazz bass knobs, and a white pearl pickguard to finish everything out. Neck was installed with EZ-Lock Stainless Steel threaded inserts and 10-24 machine screws (this attachment method is far superior to the typical wood screws that are more commonly used). In the future I will be attaching the bridge with a similar method (the only thing that wil change is potentially the size of the threaded inserts/machine screws involved).
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v474/edgebass5/041906_17241.jpg

[Son of Magni]

I would love to see pics of a harp in progress!

So, this bass is pretty much done. Now only one bass in progress and I think I need a rest after this one and the headless that I just completed. This has a dualcoil and a piezo bridge. Sounds very cool... looks ok too...

Sorry about the crappy backround.

Hmm, it seems that smilies count against the image count? Oh well.

http://www.thorbass.com/images/k-doneheadfront1_.jpg

http://www.thorbass.com/images/k-donedots2_.jpg

http://www.thorbass.com/images/k-donefrontclose4_.jpg

http://www.thorbass.com/images/k-donebackclose3_.jpg

[Miek]

Are you familiar with building non-bass register guitars?
In the least?

[Son of Magni]

Are you familiar with building non-bass register guitars?
In the least?
In the least? Yes.
Have I done it yet? No.

As far as the woodworking goes it's just dimentional differences. Electrically it's pretty much the same. I have a Strat-like neck-thru in the planning stages...

Also planning on building a banjo and an upright bass this summer - *if it ever stops raining*

[Miek]

It just stopped raining here after a week long streak.
I was wondering, basically, becuase your basses are gorgeous, and I would like a guitar like that.
Depending on how much they are.
But we would have to discuss that privately.

[Son of Magni]

contact info in profile...

[neatobassman]

SOM, beautiful bass there bud.

[Billie'sBouncer]

SoM do u get wood from a local supplier by any chance?, as i am pretty close to where u live and im looking for someplace that sells nice wood like that for some projects.

[Son of Magni]

SoM do u get wood from a local supplier by any chance?, as i am pretty close to where u live and im looking for someplace that sells nice wood like that for some projects.
Most of my wood I buy at Highland Hardwoods in Brentwood NH on Rt. 125. They have an amazing supply of many types of hardwood. Not much of anything highly figured though. In general I find the figured stuff on ebay. And from a couple of suppliers on the west coast (they have ebay stores too).

Bookmatched set I bought on the bay yesterday:
http://i23.ebayimg.com/01/i/07/31/19/2f_1.JPG

[AG]

Beauty looking bit of wood that.

I just found a nice looking woodshop, thats a bit of a treck away but still alright. means I can go and buy things in person.


I think, if they let me, I might go visit the Bareknuckle shop in Devon on my holidays this year.

[Teh Secksi]

Holy **** that wood looks nice. Heres my project:
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a281/surfordie12/0529061528.jpg

[tomg666]

Teh Secksi is that a 7 string or something cos i dont understand why there is a slanted humbucker never rly seen that before

[Teh Secksi]

Nah, this one is a 6. Ive got a 7 Im working on now thats gonna be similar though.

Dont know why the humbucker is slanted, maybe someone else will help us out.

[moghes69]

variations in tone across the strings possibly..?..?..?

[Patrick O)))]

That might happen. The pickups will be picking up from closer to the bridge on the higher strings, where the vibrations will be smaller

[AG]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v86/lalalalalalalala/Volumeknob2.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v86/lalalalalalalala/Volumeknob1.jpg

[hellonearth07]

hey AG, what exactly we looking at there... i mean what is that done to the nob?? it looks damn cool, and IMO would fit perfectly on a hardcore/metal type guitar

[Teh Secksi]

I dont like that AG.

[AG]

Dimebag used to do it to his guitars, to give the volume knobs better grip. It's on the USA Custom model too.

You take a solering iron, and push it into the knob at regualr intervals. It melts the plastic and makes it bubble up over the side like that. That's the rough one to make sure I liked the look, I'll do a neat one tomorrow.

[Teh Secksi]

AG, can you visit my grounding thread in Guitars please?

[da_s_man13]

http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/8826/1000099a9yc.jpg
http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/7807/1000100a2vq.jpg
http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/3702/10001013zg.jpg

Oh yeah.

[Az_Holl]

http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/8826/1000099a9yc.jpg
http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/7807/1000100a2vq.jpg
http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/3702/10001013zg.jpg

Oh yeah.
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y58/Atomicant/melsbday23rd004.jpg

Owned

[trunkshope6]

^nah dawg,

[Talc]

I am modding my Squier P-Bass (*coguh*crap*cough*) and maiking alot better. Here's what it looks like now:

http://img3.musiciansfriend.com/dbase/pics/products/2/3/7/268237.jpg

I am going to add:

EMG-PHZ Pickups
New Warmoth Neck (Maple/Maple or Birds-Eye Maple/Birds-Eye Maple, I havent decided yet)
Black Matte Pickguard with a white stripe around the edges.
Hipshot A Style Bridge (Mabye, If not a new Gotoh Bridge).
A decal of Greek symbol Pi on the center of the pickguard (White)
A decal of my name on the top of the headstock (Black)


If you know why I chose it to look this way, I praise you. If you dont know, I want my bass to look like the Bass in the T.V. Show "The Adventures of: Pete and Pete". The Episode is "Hard Days Pete" where Little Pete find his fav. song ("Summerbaby" by Polaris") but only hears the song once and for gets the song. Little Pete is destined to find the song again so he starts a band to learn the song. They learn the song and they play it for days. Well any ways, the bassist for Little Petes band is Ms. Fingerwood, Little Petes Algebra Teacher. Her bass is Black with a Maple neck/fingerboard with the greek symbol Pi on the pickguard. My bass will look the same. I <3 Pete and Pete.

[hellonearth07]

ahhhh the nostalgia of pete and pete... damn i miss that show, but DEF. post pics when its done

[CCR90]

Since this is the only pic I have of my bass(2nd fromn the left), I paln on putting some seymour duncan 1/4 pounders in there, repaint the body black or maybe a sonic blue, sand the name off the headstock and maybe add a jazz bass pup at the bridge.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/CCR844/14.jpg

[Sir_Robert]

scalloped the last 4 frets on my f-50, it turned out pretty well but im going to go back and clean everything up later on. heres the pics

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j192/r0bB14/DSC_0003.jpg
http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j192/r0bB14/DSC_0004.jpg

[fortyseven]

that scalloping looks pretty sweet. how does it play?

[Sir_Robert]

it makes those top frets so much easier to play on. i use to not really ever go past 20, now i play all the way up to 24. and it makes bends way easier also

[Pissed off AG]

They look like very nicely done scallops, like.

Might wanna clean up the deeper scratches with sandpaper. I'll be scalloping down to 15 on my Shine in the summer.

[Miek]

Again, hacked?

[Pissed off AG]

Nope, I'm just saving AG's 15k post for a thread tomorrow.

[LewsTherin]

I am modding my Squier P-Bass (*coguh*crap*cough*) and maiking alot better. Here's what it looks like now:



I am going to add:

EMG-PHZ Pickups
New Warmoth Neck (Maple/Maple or Birds-Eye Maple/Birds-Eye Maple, I havent decided yet)
Black Matte Pickguard with a white stripe around the edges.
Hipshot A Style Bridge (Mabye, If not a new Gotoh Bridge).
A decal of Greek symbol Pi on the center of the pickguard (White)
A decal of my name on the top of the headstock (Black)



Wont fit. You'll have to either modify the neck pocket on the bass, or the neck heel.

soz bud.

[Seth Mitchell]

Since this is the only pic I have of my bass(2nd fromn the left), I paln on putting some seymour duncan 1/4 pounders in there, repaint the body black or maybe a sonic blue, sand the name off the headstock and maybe add a jazz bass pup at the bridge.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/CCR844/14.jpg


whats that guitar between the bass and the acoustic

[CCR90]

That would be some old pos guitar I bought off of ebay and is now in parts. One pickup is in the acoustic beside it. The neck is partially scallopwned and the electronics are just iunno.

[lateralus423]

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y58/Atomicant/melsbday23rd004.jpg

Owned


:lol:

[hellonearth07]

aight, lets revive this thread. Its been a while since i seen any good projects posted

LETS SEE 'EM!!!:thumb:

[Fallenvictim]

Here's my bass, it's still kinda in the works a good bit. I plan on giving a nice white with silverflake paintjob, and getting the rest of the small parts that aren't on there yet.

It's a washburn 5 string that someone defretted, took the nut and electronics off and it cost me nothing for it. I gave it the stain on the body & neck, for a temporary fix. I payed $100 a complete set of carvin active electronics and pickups, $20 for the strings, $20 more for the knobs and nut. Not too bad for $140.

http://img47.imageshack.us/img47/5738/p10100468ln.th.jpg (http://img47.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p10100468ln.jpg)
http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/4733/p10100458bm.th.jpg (http://img232.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p10100458bm.jpg)
http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/5676/p10100499qh.th.jpg (http://img232.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p10100499qh.jpg)
It's a kinda tight fit.

Here's my ampeg vt60 guitar amp head, which is going to get a few nice touch ups. I plan on putting a new emblem, new tolex, and IF ANYONE knows where to get them, some nice chrome knobs.
http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/7308/p10100521cg.th.jpg (http://img217.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p10100521cg.jpg)

[sunshineplaysbass]

Ebay has tons of knobs, i went looking for amps, and half the results were amp knobs....you should be able to find them no problem.

[peddlerofdeath]

This is a pic of my friends bass I helped him mod. It started as a Squire P-Bass.

http://bloodandglory.com/images/photos/gallery/253006.jpg

Sorry for the horrible background. I'm also finishing work on a Strat that I'll be posting pics of soon.

[Thor the Impaler]

its put back together
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a281/surfordie12/guitarcharvelv.jpg

[johnb73]

I am modding my Squier P-Bass (*coguh*crap*cough*) and maiking alot better. Here's what it looks like now:

http://img3.musiciansfriend.com/dbase/pics/products/2/3/7/268237.jpg

I am going to add:

EMG-PHZ Pickups
New Warmoth Neck (Maple/Maple or Birds-Eye Maple/Birds-Eye Maple, I havent decided yet)
Black Matte Pickguard with a white stripe around the edges.
Hipshot A Style Bridge (Mabye, If not a new Gotoh Bridge).
A decal of Greek symbol Pi on the center of the pickguard (White)
A decal of my name on the top of the headstock (Black)


If you know why I chose it to look this way, I praise you. If you dont know, I want my bass to look like the Bass in the T.V. Show "The Adventures of: Pete and Pete". The Episode is "Hard Days Pete" where Little Pete find his fav. song ("Summerbaby" by Polaris") but only hears the song once and for gets the song. Little Pete is destined to find the song again so he starts a band to learn the song. They learn the song and they play it for days. Well any ways, the bassist for Little Petes band is Ms. Fingerwood, Little Petes Algebra Teacher. Her bass is Black with a Maple neck/fingerboard with the greek symbol Pi on the pickguard. My bass will look the same. I <3 Pete and Pete.
the kid(guy) that played little pete lives near me(within like 10min drive and went to college around here

[purple_hazer]

I would love to see pics of a harp in progress!

So, this bass is pretty much done. Now only one bass in progress and I think I need a rest after this one and the headless that I just completed. This has a dualcoil and a piezo bridge. Sounds very cool... looks ok too...

Sorry about the crappy backround.

http://www.thorbass.com/images/k-donefrontclose4_.jpg

man i loooove your basses, very Alembic-esque (big accomplishment/compliment imo)

keep up the amazing work man
:o like you dont even know brother

[espbassist]

I would love to see pics of a harp in progress!

So, this bass is pretty much done. Now only one bass in progress and I think I need a rest after this one and the headless that I just completed. This has a dualcoil and a piezo bridge. Sounds very cool... looks ok too...

Sorry about the crappy backround.

Hmm, it seems that smilies count against the image count? Oh well.

http://www.thorbass.com/images/k-doneheadfront1_.jpg

http://www.thorbass.com/images/k-donedots2_.jpg

http://www.thorbass.com/images/k-donefrontclose4_.jpg

http://www.thorbass.com/images/k-donebackclose3_.jpg

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That is one of the nicest things I have ver seen. How much did it cost the guy that asked you to make it?

[ian13]

my Vee. my first build.

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b273/ian1377/Dsc02237.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b273/ian1377/Dsc02248.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b273/ian1377/Dsc02245.jpg
EMG 81 bridge
Sharkfin inlays
Maple Fingerboard.
Licensed Flord Rose tremolo
22 Frets Jumbo frets.
Gotoh chrome tuners

im currently refinishing this now since this had a lousy finish. Also had it reshaped. POst it as soon as im done.

[da_s_man13]

Not a big fan of the Black design on the body...kinda corny. What you refinishing it to?

[FunkMetalBass]

SoM, I love the idea of using the different colored fret lines AS fret markers.

GENIUS!

[Riziger]

hmm i like both the v's

[hellonearth07]

nice work guys. Been a while since i even stopped in the luthier forums.

I should soon have some pic's of my own to post around here

[Son of Magni]

SoM, I love the idea of using the different colored fret lines AS fret markers.

GENIUS!
purplehazer, espbassist, and fmb...

Hey, I like 'em too! :) (really what I mean is I'm glad you like...)

Anyways, yeah the maple for the marked frets and purpleheart for the rest did work out awesome. That's a cool bass too because of the Bart pickup plus piezo in the bridge. About the cost, they're all different but usually a bit under 2k.

[kilian]

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y58/Atomicant/melsbday23rd004.jpg

Owned
http://i2.tinypic.com/206bel1.jpg
Owned.


I'm going to add a P pickup, a black bridge (and some black tuners if I can find them cheap), a new nut, golden knobs and a black pickguard. I'll keep the one with the stripes ofcourse.

[Nipples]

my Vee. my first build.

[IG]http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b273/ian1377/Dsc02237.jpg[/IMG]

[IG]http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b273/ian1377/Dsc02248.jpg[/IMG]

[IG]http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b273/ian1377/Dsc02245.jpg[/IMG]
EMG 81 bridge
Sharkfin inlays
Maple Fingerboard.
Licensed Flord Rose tremolo
22 Frets Jumbo frets.
Gotoh chrome tuners

im currently refinishing this now since this had a lousy finish. Also had it reshaped. POst it as soon as im done.
Looks childish tbh.

[backsidetailslide]

hoppus bass knob (cause you only need one hehe )
http://usera.imagecave.com/backsidetailslide/2005_0614_155729AA-copy-copy.jpg

Fender Amp Knobs
http://usera.imagecave.com/backsidetailslide/2006_0410_221344AA-copy.jpg

andddddddddd
http://usera.imagecave.com/backsidetailslide/DevastatorProject/2006_0402_134339AA-copy.jpg
http://usera.imagecave.com/backsidetailslide/DevastatorProject/2006_0402_143323AA-copy.jpg

[Akira]

Hey, I haven't seen you in a while. How are you and the super awesome Devestator doing?

[backsidetailslide]

haha glad you asked, actually im doing fine, so is the bass. right now im gettin a site for my band going with the help of my new recording computer (pics of my setup coming)

[Flex of the Yellow]

Looks childish tbh.
123, it looks really small

[SüP]

Backside, my oldest brother replaced the tip of the pick up selector on his 80's tele with a vintage Darth Vader head. That was kickass.

Seafoam green, white pearloid pick guard, Darth Vader head...kickass

[backsidetailslide]

sickk, they always look cool

[mabba]

http://usera.imagecave.com/backsidetailslide/DevastatorProject/2006_0402_143323AA-copy.jpg[/QUOTE]

Love the fact that you routed the pots and the input like this.

[backsidetailslide]

thanks, everyone seems to like the idea

[purple_hazer]

you made that? and where do you get the bitchin knobs, i want me some star wars ones

[backsidetailslide]

simply cut off an action figures head, take a drill and drill out a hole so that the head will fit on the shaft of your pot. yeah i made that

[othankheavenfor311]

this is a guitar i recently refinished... the finish is a little darker in-person...

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g246/ambienceistheband/guitarproject016.jpg
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g246/ambienceistheband/guitarproject011.jpg
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g246/ambienceistheband/07-02-06_2342.jpg

i am currently saving up for emgs and such... the stock pickups are crap and i dont need a guitar... so until i can get sum money it remains unfinished

[CCR90]

I think you scalloped your fretboard a little deep man.

[the101er]

The scalloping looks fine

[Akira]

I don't think you can really scallop too deep unless you see the neck through the wood.
/waits for mandatory "Scallopwned" picture

[ledzepfan]

http://www.brettallenstudiorental.com/Guitars/Gibson/Gib64_21.jpg
sorry no camera but thats what it looks like.
worked on it for a year

I also did a les paul Jr. 1955:(

[xharass_natox]

http://www.brettallenstudiorental.com/Guitars/Gibson/Gib64_21.jpg
sorry no camera but thats what it looks like.
worked on it for a year

I also did a les paul Jr. 1955:(


you refinish that or what? built it from scratch...?

[PainKiller8191]

/waits for mandatory "Scallopwned" picture
http://www.shredaholic.com/images/m4448307-3012.jpg

[myles]

:eek::upset:

[Akira]

There we go. The best part about that picture is some poor guy actually asked is he filed too much.

[da_s_man13]

You can even see the maple neck showing thru the fretboard. That picture will never get old.

[sunshineplaysbass]

http://www.shredaholic.com/images/m4448307-3012.jpg
:amaze:
oh man.

[Flie]

LOL at scallopwned.

I was just wondering how hard it would be to make your own whammy bridge for a guitar. I mean Brian May made one out of motorcycle parts but I want one which can go up and down in pitch quite far. so how hard do you think it would be?

[Nipples]

Whats your experience with working with metal?

[Flie]

I am very good with working with metal.

[hans-jürgen]

OK, here I go with some scans of old paper photos:

http://people.freenet.de/bluezz_bastardzz/club40+ls120+strat.jpg

The one on the left is a late '60s semi-acoustic Höfner Club 40 modded with a Seymour Duncan Jeff Beck humbucker at the bridge and new Schaller M6 Mini tuners. The neck had come off, it was painted black on the top, so it was quite a bit of work to get rid of all the lacquer. As a finish I stained and waxed it which feels great. I use it as a slide guitar now, because the neck is too warped backwards to do anything else with it.

The Tokai LS120 has Gibson P-94 single coils now, in 1981 the original pickups were DiMarzio PAFs which sound great in that guitar, too. But I have another Tokai LS60 with Gibson Shaw PAFs, so I like the different sound of the P-94s in this guitar. The first owner had Schaller M6 tuners installed as well.

The strat on the right side is self-built from different parts, i.e. a Mighty Mite 1-piece quilted maple body, hardtail and other brass parts from Rockinger, and an ESP maple neck. The pickups are three Seymour Duncan SSL-1. I tested a lot of different wirings with them, but will probably only keep the additional neck+bridge combination in parallel and maybe in series and definitely the middle+bridge pickup in series combination.

http://people.freenet.de/bluezz_bastardzz/musician+strat+335_small.jpg

The Ibanez on the left is a 1978 Musician MC300 where I changed the pickups like crazy, so it needed special Rockinger brass frames to cover the bigger cavities of the original pickups. I also changed the bridge to a 1-stop brass bridge/tailpiece later. The Luxor 335 copy on the right has the same bridge in chrome and two Seymour Duncan '59s with additional mini-switches for parallel and single coil wiring.

Last but not least here are two pictures of my "work in progress", a Höfner 465/S/E3 archtop from 1963 which some fool had painted black on the top and neck. I still have most of the necessary hardware parts, but may have to work on them as well, e.g. the original 511 pickups.

http://people.freenet.de/bluezz_bastardzz/465_body.jpg

http://people.freenet.de/bluezz_bastardzz/465_back.jpg

[fenderstratocaster22]

the finish on ur strat is really nice hans

[hans-jürgen]

the finish on ur strat is really nice hans
Thanks, it's not lacquer, but a compound of stain and some sort of wax that has to be rubbed into the wood with a cloth. The color is called "mahogany red" and is also used on the PA speakers (birch plywood) in the back of this picture:

http://people.freenet.de/bluezz_bastardzz/tokais+strat.jpg

[mausman]

Well, almost all of my guitars and basses are modde in one way or another. Here are a few:
Shortscale bass
-defretted
-doodled on with a Dremel rotary tool
-still unfinished
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y284/Maurits112/Short-scale%20Bass/ba613a98.jpg

P-bass
-defretted
-J-pup added
-got it for free and its a killer bass now.
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y284/Maurits112/Condor/DSCF1315.jpg

Bass build project
-using zebrawood, striped ebony, maple and purpleheart
-still in progress.
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n191/Neckthroughwoojeeboo/Plan/DSCF1225.jpg

And that is just part of the guitars I've worked on. Modding stuff is such fun.

[Polyamarous]

Your J p-up seems very close to the bridge, closer than normal, but maybe its harder to tell with the ashtray, what mak is the bass anyway.

[mausman]

It is quite close, but he it sound good to me so it's ok. The brand is Condor, it's Japanese from the late 60's or early 70's. I found it on someones attic and have been loving it ever since. It's a real frankenstein bass but I like it.

[Son of Magni]

Your J p-up seems very close to the bridge, closer than normal, but maybe its harder to tell with the ashtray, what mak is the bass anyway.
The closer the better, as long as you can raise it up high enough.

[JoshIsNumber3]

SOM, do you actively take on projects?

[Son of Magni]

SOM, do you actively take on projects?
That I do...

[JoshIsNumber3]

Should I email you with my enquiries?

[Son of Magni]

Should I email you with my enquiries?
Yeah, or is that you that emailed me late last night? Either way I'll get back to you tonight.

And visit my site http://www.thorbass.com. But don't expect to be impressed by my html skills :p

[FRUGiHOYi]

http://usera.imagecave.com/backsidetailslide/DevastatorProject/2006_0402_134339AA-copy.jpg
http://usera.imagecave.com/backsidetailslide/DevastatorProject/2006_0402_143323AA-copy.jpg
:eek: That is the coolest guitar ever. You have to build me one.

[Sir_Robert]

congrats backsidetailslide, that is a beautiful guitar. im really liking it, i mean really really

[myles]

ya i like how the knobs are put. in the back so it looks more uniform in the front same for the out put jack

[sunshineplaysbass]

SoM
do you do fretted and/or lined fretless? just wondering.

[Son of Magni]

SoM
do you do fretted and/or lined fretless? just wondering.
yes and yes

[mtttsnb]

before:
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d16/mttsnb/Defretting/Picture003.jpg
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d16/mttsnb/Picture001.jpg

after:
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d16/mttsnb/Defretting/Picture028.jpg
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d16/mttsnb/Defretting/Picture068.jpg

[mausman]

Looks good mtttsnb. What brand is that bass and do you have pics ofit as a whole? I've gotten a body that looks like that one for which I'm going to build a new neck. Thanks.

[User Name]

http://i8.tinypic.com/25i2mps.jpg

[Nipples]

thats cool.

is that a beer holder in there?

[User Name]

it's a little too big for a can. I tell people it's a handle, like a Jem.

[myles]

i find it ironic that the shirt says ' teenage millionares club ' on it

[Polyamarous]

All part of the joke perhaps?

[Tommi Hendrix]

My modded amp.
A sovtek Mig-h 50.
Before:
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d87/Tommi_HEndrix/IMG_1989.jpg

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d87/Tommi_HEndrix/IMG_2509.jpg

After:
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d87/Tommi_HEndrix/IMG_3317.jpg

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d87/Tommi_HEndrix/IMG_3331.jpg


And yeah, the Bogner KILLS.

[purple_hazer]

hey whats best on a defretted neck? like to cover the wood, i know theres a search, but im that lazy

[the101er]

epoxy resin, usually

[almostfallen]

epoxy will make the fret board kinda hard and a little clack sounding. id go with cyanoacrylate...

[purple_hazer]

what is that exactly and where would one go about aquiring it?

[king of suede]

haven't gotten started yet... plus i have no money.. but!!!

i'm planning on modding a floyd rose bridge to put on my new LTD (maybe i'll get another bass to **** up X-D)

umm... i think it's been done my Les Claypool... but i'm not exactly sure. or if anyone else has done it

but i figure i'll keep you guys posted on my progress (if any :/ )

might be until after new years until i can get any progress (considering the no money problem and being a typical teenage boy procrastination is the word), but in the mean-time, it's just a thought

[moghes69]

haven't gotten started yet... plus i have no money.. but!!!

i'm planning on modding a floyd rose bridge to put on my new LTD (maybe i'll get another bass to **** up X-D)

umm... i think it's been done my Les Claypool... but i'm not exactly sure. or if anyone else has done it

but i figure i'll keep you guys posted on my progress (if any :/ )

might be until after new years until i can get any progress (considering the no money problem and being a typical teenage boy procrastination is the word), but in the mean-time, it's just a thought


DO NOT DO THAT... claypool used a bass tremlo. youd probably end up destroying the floyd rose and more than likely your bass. if you want to be like claypool get a kahler bass tremolo.

[porchmonkey4life]

DO NOT DO THAT... claypool used a bass tremlo. youd probably end up destroying the floyd rose and more than likely your bass. if you want to be like claypool get a kahler bass tremolo.

hell yeah kahler is the best floating trem ive ever played, i can only imagine how the bass ones play like

[Polyamarous]

My modded amp.
A sovtek Mig-h 50.
Before:
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d87/Tommi_HEndrix/IMG_1989.jpg

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d87/Tommi_HEndrix/IMG_2509.jpg

After:
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d87/Tommi_HEndrix/IMG_3317.jpg

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d87/Tommi_HEndrix/IMG_3331.jpg


And yeah, the Bogner KILLS.

A SOVTEK head?!
Jeesus man, where'd you get it?

[king of suede]

DO NOT DO THAT... claypool used a bass tremlo. youd probably end up destroying the floyd rose and more than likely your bass. if you want to be like claypool get a kahler bass tremolo.

oh, i read somewhere that he used a whammy....
ok nevermind then, thanks for telling me, haha

[moghes69]

oh, i read somewhere that he used a whammy....
ok nevermind then, thanks for telling me, haha

he does, its a bass whammy, not a guitar whammy on a bass.

[chrisroberts1989]

ive recently completed this project for a friend

what a bloody nightmare

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e165/chrisroberts1989/PICT0005.jpg

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e165/chrisroberts1989/PICT0005-1.jpg

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e165/chrisroberts1989/PICT0002.jpg


took ages
cost a fortune

spec's :- 24 fret neck, 2 piece ash body with poplar top, 1 unnamed humbucker, 1 kent armstrong humbucker, 1 quadrail mother bucker, single/series/parallel switching on each pickup, individual on/off switches, 1 volume control.
bi-colour led's blue/yellow (never again).
floyd rose bridge

surprisingly, it played really well as soon as it was put together, with little adjustment needed to the neck relief or intonation.

oh yeah, painted with halfords 'appliance white' paint


and for my next project, go here http://www.sputnikmusic.com/forums/showthread.php?p=13536902&posted=1#post13536902

[purple_hazer]

wow, that is a ****ing beast for hand made

[johnb73]

that came out prett ynice looking, pups look real busy ina good way thoo

[Miek]

That's beast nig.

[mnemonic]

haha, that guitar makes me laugh.

because of all the swiches, and the clearness. pretty cool tho, how you made it all and shaped it and what not.

dunno if i posted this in here or not, but hey, i drilled some holes, and changed some stuff. namely the dimarzio tone zone in the bridge
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h103/thdilmc/DSCF0067.jpg
that writing isn't actualy still on there, thats just the only picture i have right now

[CCR91]

I'm considering building my own custom as my next guitar.

basically:

-Carvin 7 string through-body neck http://www.carvin.com/products/single.php?ItemNumber=NT7&CID=GTR/K
- Mahogany wings (maybe a strat shape)
-quilt maple veneer on the body, and headstock
-possibly ivory binding
-string through bridge
-dimarzio pups
-locking tuners


now the colour, a light transparent blue. Almost similar to like a PRS royal blue.

secks y/n?

[porchmonkey4life]

copycatter

[CCR91]

copycatter

almost but not quite:smash:

[g°®†]

my Vee. my first build.

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b273/ian1377/Dsc02237.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b273/ian1377/Dsc02248.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b273/ian1377/Dsc02245.jpg
EMG 81 bridge
Sharkfin inlays
Maple Fingerboard.
Licensed Flord Rose tremolo
22 Frets Jumbo frets.
Gotoh chrome tuners

im currently refinishing this now since this had a lousy finish. Also had it reshaped. POst it as soon as im done.


I want to do this, only make the guitar lefty and model it after a Gibson Flying V (for the more 'classic' look) ... and then get a Marshall Mini Stack with that Bogner head.

It'd be fun to have all my gear be miniaturized.

[stranker]

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b109/stranker60/745ff59f.jpg
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b109/stranker60/97b78307.jpg
i have more and better pics, i just dont' feel like putting em in photobucket right now
i actually did more work on it
right now (as in RIGHT now) i'm ebonizing it
a week or so ago i put in abalone inalys instead of the white plastic dots

[Yamahabassist]

All of these were hand built by me. No premade necks or bodies.


http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r292/yamahabassist/Gear/scarabview.jpg

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r292/yamahabassist/Gear/Picture139.jpg

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r292/yamahabassist/Gear/Picture133.jpg

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r292/yamahabassist/Gear/Picture090.jpg

[Son of Magni]

Hey guys, here's a guy who's guitar designs you might like. They look like nice guitars and probably pretty good in self defense situations too :)

http://www.myspace.com/brutalizerguitars

[Bajs]

http://www.pixbox.se/pic_show_id5155326.html


Sorry, but i dont have a directlink to the pics. Anyway, thats some **** me and my dad built a couple of weeks ago.

Mixed a crappy stratbody with a teleneck (not featured on pic) and made a new pickguard.

the rearpickup is dimarzio :P

[Skit]

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y98/Skit/SG%20Bass%20After/Body.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y98/Skit/SG%20Bass%20After/Full.jpg

I've added a new bridge and put in a new neck pickup.
You can see what the bass was originally like when I bought it here:
http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y98/Skit/SG%20Bass%20Before/

[Polyamarous]

Skit: Is that a Peavey T-40 p-up?

[FunkMetalBass]

http://www.pixbox.se/pic_show_id5155326.html


Sorry, but i dont have a directlink to the pics. Anyway, thats some **** me and my dad built a couple of weeks ago.

Mixed a crappy stratbody with a teleneck (not featured on pic) and made a new pickguard.

the rearpickup is dimarzio :P

That's actually not a strat body (unless you somehow re-shaped it). Looks more like a Jaguar body. I don't even know if it's from a Fender though, because I can't find a fender with that style body and 3 p/ups.

I like the pickguard y'all made for it though. Pretty sweet and old-school.

[CCR90]

eh Skit, what company made that SG bass? I like the shape of the body. Makes me wanna get an epi one and shape it like that one.

[Son of Magni]

Here's a current project of mine. If you don't like spalt you can just skip this :P But I'm really starting to feel this will be a sweet looking bass. My customer choose pretty much all the wood for this...

http://www.thorbass.com/images/bvbodygluing2_.jpg

http://www.thorbass.com/images/bvneck1_.jpg

http://www.thorbass.com/images/bvneck3_.jpg

http://www.thorbass.com/images/bvneck4_.jpg

[Son of Magni]

Here's one showing me cutting the neck angle on the front of the neck blank on my "little" gearhead mill.

http://www.thorbass.com/images/bvneckmill4_.jpg

[Jeronimofesto]

Here's a current project of mine. If you don't like spalt you can just skip this :P But I'm really starting to feel this will be a sweet looking bass. My customer choose pretty much all the wood for this...

http://www.thorbass.com/images/bvbodygluing2_.jpg

http://www.thorbass.com/images/bvneck1_.jpg

http://www.thorbass.com/images/bvneck3_.jpg

http://www.thorbass.com/images/bvneck4_.jpg


I love the spalt, where did you get that piece at?

[Son of Magni]

I love the spalt, where did you get that piece at?
Thanks...

That is from a billet I got off the bay, had to resaw it myself. I get a lot of tops off ebay, but mostly try to get pre-bookmatched.

[FunkMetalBass]

How are you able to router so well? I suck at it.

[purple_hazer]

hey SOM, is lutherie a kind of side project outside a full time job? i hear overall lutherie isnt quite 'where da fat cash is'

[Son of Magni]

How are you able to router so well? I suck at it.
I have a router table that I use for rounding over the edges of the body. All my other routes are done with the milling machine. It's all hand controls (not cnc) but way more accurate and way less dangerous than a router.

Edit: Oh, unless you mean the outside shape of the body. I do that with a bandsaw, cutting very accurately. Then smooth it out with a spindle sander.

hey SOM, is lutherie a kind of side project outside a full time job? i hear overall lutherie isnt quite 'where da fat cash is'
I'm a full time software engineer, which I do enjoy a lot. And without that I would not have been able to put together my shop. So, it's all good...

[purple_hazer]

cool beans brotha

[Skit]

Skit: Is that a Peavey T-40 p-up?

Indeed :thumb:

eh Skit, what company made that SG bass? I like the shape of the body. Makes me wanna get an epi one and shape it like that one.

A Japanese company called "Zenta" there not around anymore and I found the bass on eBay by chance and havent seen another one since...

[Jeronimofesto]

Thanks...

That is from a billet I got off the bay, had to resaw it myself. I get a lot of tops off ebay, but mostly try to get pre-bookmatched.

Did you have to fill in any gaps in the wood? I have found that many spalted boards I have come across have cracks going all the way through. Kind of turned me off to using them, but yours looks crack free.

[CCR90]

Indeed :thumb:



A Japanese company called "Zenta" there not around anymore and I found the bass on eBay by chance and havent seen another one since...

thats cool. I reckon I'll pick up an epiphone and shape it like that. definitly diferent and cool.


and SOM, that thing is ****ing awesome.

[Son of Magni]

Did you have to fill in any gaps in the wood? I have found that many spalted boards I have come across have cracks going all the way through. Kind of turned me off to using them, but yours looks crack free.

No cracks or voids. But some areas that are pretty soft. I'm going to harden it with CA glue.

...and SOM, that thing is ****ing awesome.

:)

[CCR90]

how much would you charge for a custom 7 or 8 string guitar man?

[Son of Magni]

how much would you charge for a custom 7 or 8 string guitar man?

Of course a lot depends on what hardware, pups, and electronics you want. But you're talking roughly $1500.

[CCR90]

whoa lol. I'd definitly be worth it though. I'll hit you up after I've been playing for about a year more or so, that way I can truly justify a guitar of that beauty haha.

[purple_hazer]

wow, 1500 seems like a steal man

but thats 1500 for just a stantard 8? also would you do trans scale things?

[CCR90]

ya I guess thats a good price compared to conklin.

Hows a bout a 9 string with 36 fanned frets haha.

[Son of Magni]

wow, 1500 seems like a steal man

but thats 1500 for just a stantard 8? also would you do trans scale things?

I don't know what you mean by "trans scale", you talking about fanned frets?

...Hows a bout a 9 string with 36 fanned frets haha.

No problem, but only in fretless :amaze:

Edit:
This spalt bass, I did a few tests today and decided to harden the spalt with clear shellac instead of CA glue. Seems to have worked well, and didn't darken the wood as much as the CA glue would. Plus the fumes are 1000 times more tolerable...

How often do you see flame and spalt in the same piece :cool:

http://www.thorbass.com/images/shellacbody_.jpg

[CCR90]

so SOM, a 24 fret 8 string guitar with pretty much the same stuff as the bass ur making, how much would that cost?>

[Son of Magni]

so SOM, a 24 fret 8 string guitar with pretty much the same stuff as the bass ur making, how much would that cost?>

Since you're not saying what you want for hardware I'll just give you a slightly sanded version of the rough quote.

Stay within these constraints:

- Machine Heads - $80
- Bridge/Tailpiece - $100
- Pickups - $150
- Electronics (preamp) - $150
- 5 lam body
- 5 lam neck includes 2 lams of purpleheart or macassar ebony
- Something nice for the top and back, bookmatched

Then I can do $1500.

But I've decided to avoid Cocobolo for the rest of my life, so it can't have that in it.

[CCR90]

Thats pretty sweet man. Definitly gonna wait but I know I'm going to hit you up. I like everything you did on the guitar above, even the spalt maple.

[Akira]

That's gorgeous SoM.
Isn't Cocobolo sawdust really poisonous?

[Son of Magni]

That's gorgeous SoM.
Isn't Cocobolo sawdust really poisonous?

Not poisonous, but an intense allergen. I got through this project without a reaction, so I'm going to take my money and run...

[fenderstratocaster22]

pics of a guitar im building
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r72/ncard02/Guitar004.jpg

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r72/ncard02/Guitar003.jpg

ash/walnut body, maple/rosewood neck

[purple_hazer]

I don't know what you mean by "trans scale", you talking about fanned frets?



No problem, but only in fretless :amaze:

Edit:
This spalt bass, I did a few tests today and decided to harden the spalt with clear shellac instead of CA glue. Seems to have worked well, and didn't darken the wood as much as the CA glue would. Plus the fumes are 1000 times more tolerable...

How often do you see flame and spalt in the same piece :cool:

http://www.thorbass.com/images/shellacbody_.jpg


yeh fanned frets

[Son of Magni]

yeh fanned frets

The problem would be that I don't have a gig for cutting fret slots like that. And I don't know of anyone that supplies fingerboards that way, not that I've ever looked. But in theory, yeah, I'd be fine with building one :)

[Billie'sBouncer]

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b193/aNtiXXX/mybass.jpg

[moghes69]

is that spalted maple?... looks great so far

[Son of Magni]

is that spalted maple?... looks great so far

Looks like Macassar Ebony to me...

[Billie'sBouncer]

Its actually Marbled Walnut :)

[Jeronimofesto]

Its actually Marbled Walnut :)

Hey you are the person on talkbass that I said nice work to. So I'll say it again here, great job.

[Billie'sBouncer]

Yep thats me :)

Thanks Again :chug:

[mnemonic]

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b193/aNtiXXX/mybass.jpg

i really like that shape.

cool

[Son of Magni]

So this guy decides he wants pickups covers. Here's what I came up with...

http://www.thorbass.com/images/bvpupcovers_.jpg

[CCR90]

thats hot. If I have you do me an 8, definitly gotta have those.

[Son of Magni]

And here's the current condition of the body.

http://www.thorbass.com/images/bv1_.jpg

[CCR90]

quit teasin me man.

That is just beautiful. How much is this costing the person?

[johnb73]

SoM your amazing at what you do, im going to have to come up with that money and buy a custom tele off you.

[Daniel#2]

wow
an 8 string like that would be amazing

[AG]

That's a really nice shape. Good job on the covers too, they look like they were trixy buggers.

Where do you position your bottom strap pin on that shape body?

[Son of Magni]

quit teasin me man.

That is just beautiful. How much is this costing the person?

Ha, I can't divulge that because I might want to charge you more :)

SoM your amazing at what you do, im going to have to come up with that money and buy a custom tele off you.

I'm still thinking about it. I have a set of Alembic Tele pickups that are going in a tele soon...

wow
an 8 string like that would be amazing

Ya!

That's a really nice shape. Good job on the covers too, they look like they were trixy buggers.

Where do you position your bottom strap pin on that shape body?

I'll post a pic of the covers pretty much finished in a bit.

Hopefully this will show the straplock position...

http://myspace-527.vo.llnwd.net/01278/72/58/1278008527_l.jpg

And no more comments for a while ok, my head is getting too big :p

[Son of Magni]

so here's what I did with the bugs, er, pickups. Basically just milled out a hole in a piece of wood, then cut out around it with the bandsaw. After shaping etc, I glued the pups inside and drilled little holes for the mounting/adjustment screws.

http://www.thorbass.com/images/bugsonastring1_.jpg

http://www.thorbass.com/images/bugsonastring2_.jpg

[johnb73]

Som, if you make a tele you must show me pics, id love to buy it but im trying to buy a nice mesa before i buy anymore guitars

that thing is looking amazing, i love the covers

[rocken rossco]

wow, those covers look amazing

[Skit]

Wow...just..wow
:amaze: