{"id":10042,"date":"2016-11-07T07:00:53","date_gmt":"2016-11-07T12:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/?p=10042"},"modified":"2016-11-04T16:09:26","modified_gmt":"2016-11-04T21:09:26","slug":"how-to-build-a-bass-guitar-finalizing-the-body-shape-rough-sanding-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/repair\/how-to-build-a-bass-guitar-finalizing-the-body-shape-rough-sanding-part-2.html","title":{"rendered":"How to build a bass guitar – Finalizing the body shape \/ Rough Sanding part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

This build step is a continuation from part 1<\/a> where more finalizing of the body shape is done. <\/p>\n

Below: The body is clamped to table using scrap blocks
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Below: A look at how sharp this corner is presently. We will be blending this so that everything appears round(er) when finished.
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Below: The rasp is used to begin the shaping process.
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Below: An in-progress look while rasping.
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Below: Rounding of the edge using the rasp has been completed.
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Below: The body has been flipped over and re-clamped to work on the heel area.
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Below: A closer look at heel before further shaping.
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Below: Another close look before shaping continues.
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Below: The rasp is put to use again to shape the heel.
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Below: The side of the neck heel has been blended to the curve of the lower horn.
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Below: a flat spot is seen here, this will be removed and curved out.
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Below: The rasp is used again to shape the curve.
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Below: Showing more progress of this shaping.
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Below: The curve has now been filed down to the edge that will meet the neck.
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Where are the rest of the build steps?
You can view them all here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This build step is a continuation from part 1 where more finalizing of the body shape is done. Below: The body is clamped to table using scrap blocks Below: A look at how sharp this corner is presently. We will be blending this so that everything appears round(er) when finished. Below: The rasp is used … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":10064,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[70],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10042"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10042"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10042\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}