My second homemade bass - an enhanced version of the 1st.

[Hugo Novaes]

Day 21 - still working on headstock and fretboard... a minor issue happened:

 

[UNICORN BASS]

You make even sharpening a pencil into an art form! Nice work.

 

[Jisch]

These videos show the details of exactly what I (and I suspect most of us here on LC) do to make our instruments. I might use different tools, but I do the same measuring and forming. Keep it up! and chip out sucks, when that happens to me I do one of two things 1) glue the chip out back in; or 2) turn the "mistake" into a "feature". In fact that's half of my design process. ha!

 

[Hugo Novaes]

Jisch, that pieces were the ones which gave me a lot of work to glue them on the headstock... instead of glue them back I'll do (almost) like you: turn into a feature by opening a bit more the angle of that "half-moon" untill matching the corners to each other with my improvised sandpaper "roller".

Thanks for watching

 

[Jisch]

yes, that's exactly what I would do, increase the radius or the arc to cover the chip out.

 

[Five String]

You got a new file!

 

[Hugo Novaes]

Day 22 - gluing fingerboard, sanding, rounding, etc.

 

[Hugo Novaes]

Day 23 - started shaping the neck... first part of "I don't know how many parts gonna take" :

 

[Hugo Novaes]

Day 24 - second part:

 

[Hugo Novaes]

Day 25 - third part:

 

[Jisch]

your chisel work is pretty amazing

 

[Hugo Novaes]

your chisel work is pretty amazing

Thanks

 

[Hugo Novaes]

Day 26 - more neck works...

 

[UNICORN BASS]

I would have been crapping bricks cutting that head stock! Keep it coming!

 

[Hugo Novaes]

I would have been crapping bricks cutting that head stock! Keep it coming!

That's the reason of putting the piece of wood as guide to avoid "crapping"

 

[Hugo Novaes]

Day 27 - some adjustments on the headstock:

 

[Jisch]

I think you would appreciate a shinto rasp, I love watching your videos.

 

[Hugo Novaes]

I think you would appreciate a shinto rasp, I love watching your videos.

Thanks!!!

 

[BAG]

You do such a good job with so few tools. Love watching your videos...... but after managing pubs and clubs for well over 20 years there's one thing I can do better..... and that's pour a beer properly

That looks like a very nice dark beer. What is it?

 

[Hugo Novaes]

Thank you! That beer is a brazilian gourmet beer... Santa Muerte
And it is really very good!