Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Bass guitar build Post #33

IT'S ALIVE!!!!! Doing some finishing work. Yesterday and today I spent a few hours filing, shaping, and fitting the nut.


Rough fitting...


More filing and rounding...


Final fit.


Barely any adjustment to the truss rod and the action is looking really good. The neck was damn near perfectly flat/straight. I guess I did something right along the way. Still have to adjust the bridge and intonate the strings.


Tuned up and wiring tested. Sounds pretty damn good. After the intonation/bridge adjustments all that is left is one pesky switch (I bypassed it for now) which is on back order.

3 comments:

Jason said...

It sounds really good. And unless you're obsessing and investigating the finish under every angle of light, you don't even notice the "hazy" parts.

Black Wolf said...

I like how those black strings blend right into the neck and almost look like the grain lines, the strings just about disappear.

Chris said...

How do the strings feel/play? Can't wait to hear it!