Just finished build number 4. Man this is getting addictive. I spend more time building than playing. Built this 3 string (was supposed to be 4 string but messed it up) electric bass out of home depot lumber. I modeled the body after a Rickenbacker 340 guitar because I just love the shape of them. It's a 30" scale with the E, A, and D strings. Simple humbucker pickup sounds great. No static or buzzing whatsoever. For a truss rod I used 2 pieces of 1/2" x 1/8" aluminum flat bar glued together. I routed out a channel in the neck just under the fretboard and glued them in sideways so their lateral strength would give the neck as much support as possible. So far so good. I originally planned for it to be a 4 string which is why there is an extra hole in the headstock. Unfortunately I didn't plan very well so went to 3 strings. I actually like this better though.
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very nice, i wanna hear her in action
Nice. I'm likin' it a lot.
An easy fix for the fret markers, turn the 12 onto a triple dot, then you can claim the 9th fret double is a "blues" marker for the C#, F# and B
9th - LA, 11th - TI, 12th/0th - DO, 2nd - RAY, 4th - ME, 5th - FA, 7th - SO
this is your relative minor scale/key (G major = E minor, C major = a minor)
Good suggestion. May as well make all the others double dots that way the 9th doesn't stand out.
Looks good. Nice work,I know what you mean about more building than playing. I swear I'm gonna start practicing more............as soon as I get the next neck glued up,
Looks great Patrick! That extra hole in the headstock you can use for hanging. And who cares about the fret markers? Bass players don' t play past the 7th fret anyway, right? : )
Great idea for that extra hole. Thanks!!!!
Oh... and try not to notice that I put the double fret markers on the 9th fret instead of the 12th. Yeah... WTH was I thinking?