{"id":10128,"date":"2016-11-21T11:12:53","date_gmt":"2016-11-21T16:12:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/?p=10128"},"modified":"2016-11-23T11:40:05","modified_gmt":"2016-11-23T16:40:05","slug":"how-to-build-a-bass-guitar-4-finalizing-the-body-shape-rough-sanding-part-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/repair\/how-to-build-a-bass-guitar-4-finalizing-the-body-shape-rough-sanding-part-4.html","title":{"rendered":"How to build a bass guitar &#8211; Finalizing the body shape \/ Rough Sanding part 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is a continuation from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/repair\/how-to-build-a-bass-guitar-finalizing-the-body-shape-rough-sanding-part-3.html\">part 3<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Below: The body is clamped to table to show current state of the build before work continues.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_5018.jpg\" alt=\"img_5018\"><\/p>\n<p>Below: View of the upper horn. A flat spot still exists on the side that needs to be taken care of and blended into the curve.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_5019.jpg\" alt=\"img_5019\"><\/p>\n<p>Below: The rasp file is used to blend the flat area and round it off. <\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_5020.jpg\" alt=\"img_5020\"><\/p>\n<p>Below: The flat spot is now blended into the curve.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_5021.jpg\" alt=\"img_5021\"><\/p>\n<p>Below: A view of the butt end of the body that needs rounding over.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_5022.jpg\" alt=\"img_5022\"><\/p>\n<p>Below: The edge has been rounded over (using the same file as seen above).<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_5023.jpg\" alt=\"img_5023\"><\/p>\n<p>Below: The body is switched to a new position so we can get to the other areas that need rounding off. <\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_5025.jpg\" alt=\"img_5025\"><\/p>\n<p>Below: Here we see a flat spot on the inside of the upper cutaway that needed to be rounded.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_5024.jpg\" alt=\"img_5024\"><\/p>\n<p>Below: The flat spot has been taken care of and is now blended.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_5026.jpg\" alt=\"img_5026\"><\/p>\n<p>Below: A view of lower horn. Flatness can be seen and needs rounding off.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_5027.jpg\" alt=\"img_5027\"><\/p>\n<p>Below: The rounding is completed on the lower horn.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_5029.jpg\" alt=\"img_5029\"><\/p>\n<p>Below: A view of the treble side lower bout. There is a flat area seen and it needs to be rounded off.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_5030.jpg\" alt=\"img_5030\"><\/p>\n<p>Below: Filing has been completed once again using a rasp.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_5031.jpg\" alt=\"img_5031\"><\/p>\n<p>Below: Butt of the guitar (treble side), and another flat area is here that needs to be rounded.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_5032.jpg\" alt=\"img_5032\"><\/p>\n<p>Below: Progress of rounding the butt. (Insert dumb joke here about big round butts.)<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_5034.jpg\" alt=\"img_5034\"><\/p>\n<p>Below: The body has been flipped, still looking at the butt end, and there is a pronounced edge that still needs rounding. <\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_5035.jpg\" alt=\"img_5035\"><\/p>\n<p>Below: Same area, now rounded off.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_5036.jpg\" alt=\"img_5036\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:right;font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px\">Where are the rest of the build steps?<br \/>You can view them all <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/how-to-build-a-bass-guitar.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a continuation from part 3. Below: The body is clamped to table to show current state of the build before work continues. Below: View of the upper horn. A flat spot still exists on the side that needs to be taken care of and blended into the curve. Below: The rasp file is &#8230; <a title=\"How to build a bass guitar &#8211; Finalizing the body shape \/ Rough Sanding part 4\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/repair\/how-to-build-a-bass-guitar-4-finalizing-the-body-shape-rough-sanding-part-4.html\" aria-label=\"More on How to build a bass guitar &#8211; Finalizing the body shape \/ Rough Sanding part 4\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":10146,"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\/10128"}],"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=10128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10128\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}