{"id":10096,"date":"2016-11-16T11:54:18","date_gmt":"2016-11-16T16:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/?p=10096"},"modified":"2016-11-16T11:54:18","modified_gmt":"2016-11-16T16:54:18","slug":"how-to-build-a-bass-guitar-finalizing-the-body-shape-rough-sanding-part-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/repair\/how-to-build-a-bass-guitar-finalizing-the-body-shape-rough-sanding-part-3.html","title":{"rendered":"How to build a bass guitar &#8211; Finalizing the body shape \/ Rough Sanding part 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is a continuation <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/repair\/how-to-build-a-bass-guitar-finalizing-the-body-shape-rough-sanding-part-2.html\">from part 2<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Below: A look at the contour cut before cutting begins. Note the pronounced edges; these will be rounded off.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_5005.jpg\" alt=\"img_5005\"><\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_5006.jpg\" alt=\"img_5006\"><\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_5007.jpg\" alt=\"img_5007\"><\/p>\n<p>Below: Filing is about to begin.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_5008.jpg\" alt=\"img_5008\"><\/p>\n<p>Below: The cut after filing (approximately under a minute of filing was required to get this shape).<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_5009.jpg\" alt=\"img_5009\"><\/p>\n<p>Below: View of upper horn. Note that the wood is flat on the side; this is what will be rounded off.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_5010.jpg\" alt=\"img_5010\"><\/p>\n<p>Below: This is the file used to round off that flat side.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_5011.jpg\" alt=\"img_5011\"><\/p>\n<p>Below: The edge has been blended halfway because the body will be flipped to perform the same work on the other side to produce an even curve.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_5012.jpg\" alt=\"img_5012\"><\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_5013.jpg\" alt=\"img_5013\"><\/p>\n<p>Below: Here we see the flat spot on the edge under the curve before rounding it off.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_5014.jpg\" alt=\"img_5014\"><\/p>\n<p>Below: The flat spot has now been blended into the the curve.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_5016.jpg\" alt=\"img_5016\"><\/p>\n<p>Below: The end result of filing the contour cut, the top horn and the lower bout.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_5017.jpg\" alt=\"img_5017\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a continuation from part 2. Below: A look at the contour cut before cutting begins. Note the pronounced edges; these will be rounded off. Below: Filing is about to begin. Below: The cut after filing (approximately under a minute of filing was required to get this shape). Below: View of upper horn. Note &#8230; <a title=\"How to build a bass guitar &#8211; Finalizing the body shape \/ Rough Sanding part 3\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/repair\/how-to-build-a-bass-guitar-finalizing-the-body-shape-rough-sanding-part-3.html\" aria-label=\"More on How to build a bass guitar &#8211; Finalizing the body shape \/ Rough Sanding part 3\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":10110,"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\/10096"}],"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=10096"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10096\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13313,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10096\/revisions\/13313"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}