bass building

Elinore Morris, for me one of the most interesting "modern luthiers" has some interesting thoughts about building a new bass: Thanks to Geoff Chalmers for talking with her... I think, I'll have to go to Sweden too... one day..:P

Hi, I‘m planning on building an 8-string bass for my senior year project. Initially I just wanted to build the neck myself, but seeing as I have to work on the project outside of school hours my supporting teacher has advised me to not build the neck myself, as it would be very time intensive...

I'm trying to install a new input jack to go with my bass guitars 18v tonepump preamp & emg p/j pickups (taken out a euro spector). I've included pictures; the old jack is the one on the right, and the new one is on the left. There are three points of contact, and I was sure that I had created a...

I thought I had the surface of my bass's body completely flat after pore filling, so I went ahead and started spraying lacquer coats. After letting all the coats of lacquer cure on the body for 72 hours, the pore started to become visible again. Is there any way that I can fix this without...

Which would work better as a sealing coat over an epoxy pore fill? I will be spraying coats of colored lacquer over the sealer, as well as some final coats of clear gloss lacquer

I've been building a rickenbacker inspired bass, and I have been researching ways to get the look of a high gloss fretboard that a genuine rick has; the fretboard is rosewood, and I was thinking maybe I could pore fill each individual fret block, sand them down, then apply high gloss lacquer...

I have been using easycast resin to fill the pores on an ash body bass, and it has worked for the most part, but there are some pores that I haven't been able to get it to fill thus far. I managed to get my hands on some zpoxy, but it's labled pt38 and not finishing resin. I've included...

I filled most of the pores/grain on the ash body of a bass that I'm building using Easycast brand epoxy, and for most of the surface it worked well; however, there are a couple of deeper pores that I just cannot seem to fill in. I was curious, could I use Bando wood filler, or grain filler on...

I live in a small town and it is hard to find any of the brands of epoxy that have been recommended to me for pore filling. I've included pictures; would envirotex jewelery resin l, craftsmart coating resin, or Bando work?

For years, I've had this vague idea of maybe one day building my own bass. Then over the past few months I gravitated towards the Luthier's Corner, and I must say I like it here. The atmosphere is very good, encouraging for people of any level. I've become ever more enthusiastic. I'm taking the...

I am very happy and proud of myself on having finished construction of this bass for my personal use. Would like to hear from all of you more experienced bassists/builders. Inspired by MM Stingray models. Brazilian woods 5 strings (D’Addario ETB92-5) Fretless Humbucker No controls whatsoever...

Hey everyone ! I’m looking to build a precision bass with mostly precision bass parts - body, neck, and electronics- in the most efficient, least work heavy way . I am a mechanic and have some experience with a soldering iron , lol. ideally, I’d like to run a precision bass body, with a...

Hello all, I am a 14 year old bassist looking to purchase a diy bass for a fun day project for some father son bonding. Can somebody link an affordable diy bass on ebay? I don't really mind which model or body shape, except for a stingray (already got one). Send the links my way!