This thread will be about the EUB that I am building and is going to serve as progress picture thread.
Hopefully things will turn out as I plan considering this is my first attempt at lutherie, but by no means my first attempt with wood working.
Right, some of the specifications of this bass.
Scale: 35/36 (This is still very open at this point)
Woods:
- Buginga (aka African Rosewood)
- Wenge (aka Panga Panga)
The neck/central core of this bass is made of bubinga with a "skunk stripe" of wenge.
The wings will be made out of Bubinga with a wenge top.
The fingerboard will be fretless and at this point is going to be out of wenge. I am still trying to track down some ebony if it is at all possible. Lets just say that fretboard at this stage is also open to change.
Hardware:
- Nordstrand Dual Coil Pickups (Series Version)
- Hipshot "A" Style Bridge
- VT VT Setup with two 3-way switches for Parallel/Series/Single Coil (500k Pots)
Please not that there will be several edits to this thread as things are changed and adapted, thus there might not always be pictures for viewing
A link to a PDF file of the body design:
http://www.freewebs.com/ebe9/PDF%20Files/EUB%20Potential%20Body%20Design%20001.pdf
A link to a PDF file of the headstock design:
http://www.freewebs.com/ebe9/PDF%20Files/EUB%20Potential%20Headstock%20Design%20001.pdf
A link to a PDF file of the tail piece design:
http://www.freewebs.com/ebe9/PDF%20Files/EUB%20Potential%20Tail%20Piece%20Design%20001.pdf
Now the Interesting stuff, Pictures:
The central neck core:
Close up of the central neck core:
Neck core out of clamps:
Close up of Neck core out of clamps:
