It took seven months of weekends of work, but Scott turned these old pieces of wood – pulled out of a barn – into a beautifully-crafted instrument.
“I have been playing the bass for a few years with a contemporary worship team. I wanted a quality instrument,” Scott says. “I really thought I could take my skills and CNC and build one.”
Scott takes us through every step of the process with his 22 step guide at Instructables, from picking out the materials, to crafting the bass, to installing the hardware.
“I also was able to acquire some incredible pieces of wood that had been sitting in a barn for probably over 50 years. I had been making some signs with the wood, but when I saw this piece of walnut, I could just picture how to use it on the bass.”
“As far as equipment and component decisions, I did a large amount of reading and studying before I started getting the components. I wanted to build the bass with better components than were used on my current bass.”
Scott outfitted his build with Bartolini pickups.
“I ran across the Best Bass Gear name on a couple of the forums. Best Bass Gear’s prices were pretty good, and I think I would have bought more components from them if I had known more about what I was doing before beginning the project.”
The lacquer on the bass is still drying, and then it’ll hit the final stage: polishing.
“Polishing takes place any day now and I am having trouble waiting to see it in its final state and of course I can’t wait to play it.”
“It has been an incredible experience and the bass turned out even better than I expected.”
Head over to the Instructables page and give Scott the well-deserved upvote.
Wow- that is one Gorgeous bass…….I want one….
Great thing you do … congratulation.
I was working around building my bass for some years but then I gaveup as the sound of the bass I want can not be construct as bass body. I rather spend more time on restoring an abandon basses or tune the basses to their best possible. Working on woods (sound board) is something very special and only a special people can do it well. Hope you found yourself one of them. Cheers….
Of all the basses I’ve seen on this sight this one is incredible you have something to really be proud of.