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Permalink Reply by Timothy Hunter on May 10, 2018 at 9:54pm

very nice!! now i want to make one...  almost got enough room in the shed to get in it..lol  

fret wire turned up in the mail, got some Tassie oak for a neck and a separate 8mm fingerboard..  would i need to reinforce the neck for a 2 string bass??

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Permalink Reply by Kigar on May 12, 2018 at 1:19am

Nice build Taff.  Like the details on this one.  My bass was a stand up, it hit all kinds of things!

Tim, for a two stringer, you can rotate the 1x2 and make it narrower and deeper, carve it round to 1 1/4" or so.   As it is narrow it still fits the hand ok.  This also lets you cut the relief for the tuners easily.

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Permalink Reply by Hans on May 10, 2018 at 10:43pm

Very nice!

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Permalink Reply by Korrigan on May 11, 2018 at 12:57am

Looks fantastic Taff, nice work!

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Permalink Reply by Taffy Evans on May 11, 2018 at 10:10am

Hi Tim, re reinforcing neck. It would depend on a number of things, for example: grain orientation of the neck timber and fingerboard (is it quarter sawn?) I go through the rack and only buy the stuff sawn on the quarter. How long the scale, this bass is 34" and how deep the neck is. 

With this neck I left the sides square so as not to remove too much wood.

lf I was building a neck I would consider a reinforcing bar, if all of the above was not in place.

I don't know it this helps you? 

Taff

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Permalink Reply by Timothy Hunter on May 11, 2018 at 9:59pm

so, might not need it but it couldn't hurt...safest to put some in i think.

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Permalink Reply by Paul Craig on May 11, 2018 at 10:22am

I like it. looks like fun Taffy.

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