The Class of 2013! A Peek at Twenty Seven Basses in Progress
For whatever reason, I have arrived at a group of twenty seven basses that I’m currently working on. I think I started out with twelve and I just kept adding as the orders came in. According to my calculations, just a couple shy of a nervous breakdown, I somehow stopped adding at twenty seven.
This first photo shows how the bass components have taken over my work bench. Seriously, I’m working on a couple of sawhorses wondering how my work bench turned into a giant storage unit!!
Below there are twenty seven “mug shots”. At this point the necks are put together as a laminated block. The body wings the same. It’s the first time I can set the major component pieces together and we can all see it’s going to be a bass guitar one day!! (the tops haven’t been sanded and there’s no finish on them. Just dry wood but you can already see how incredible the grain will be once they have a final finish.) I have listed the guitar top wood with each photo.
- Amboyna Burl
- Amboyna Burl Single Cut
- Book Matched Claro Walnut Burl
- Bubinga
- Claro Walnut
- Claro Walnut
- Cocobolo Heart and Sap
- Flamed Maple
- Full top Maple Burl
- Heart and Sap Cocobolo
- Heart and Sap Cocobolo
- Koa full top
- Koa Single Cut
- Maple Burl and Wenge Carved Top
- Myrtle wood
- Myrtle Wood Single Cut
- Quilted Maple
- Quilted Maple
- Redwood Burl
- Single Cut Claro Walnut
- Single Cut Koa
- Spalted Maple
- Waterfall Bubinga
- Waterfall Bubinga Single Cut
- Will be a carved top Wenge and Padauk
- Ziricote
- Ziricote full top