{"id":10495,"date":"2017-01-30T09:59:19","date_gmt":"2017-01-30T14:59:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/?p=10495"},"modified":"2017-01-30T11:01:46","modified_gmt":"2017-01-30T16:01:46","slug":"how-to-build-a-bass-guitar-finish-sanding-the-neck-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/repair\/how-to-build-a-bass-guitar-finish-sanding-the-neck-part-2.html","title":{"rendered":"How to build a bass guitar – Finish sanding the neck part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a continuation from part 1<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Important note: Throughout this article, please bear in mind that all sanding was done in the direction of the grain for the cleanest possible finish.<\/p>\n

Below: The other side of the neck. It is slightly oxidized from being in the shop for a while, but still very usable. Seen in back is the hard block with 150-grit sandpaper adhered to it which will be used.<\/p>\n

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Below: The block being used to finish sand the neck.<\/p>\n

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Below: Using 150-grit on the contours that the block cannot reach.<\/p>\n

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Below: Many pieces of sandpaper. This is being shown because if you do this yourself, you will need to go through several pieces<\/b> to get the job done correctly. Do not skimp on this.<\/p>\n

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Below: Bottom view of the neck, contour view, unsanded.<\/p>\n

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Below: Bottom view of the neck, contour view, sanded.<\/p>\n

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Below: Sanding the top side of the headstock.<\/p>\n

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Below: Sanding the curve that the block could not reach. Note: Both the maple and the rosewood fingerboard are being sanded at the same time since they are both part of the same curve.<\/p>\n

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Below: A view of the headstock and fingerboard after sanding.<\/p>\n

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Below: Heel area prior to sanding.<\/p>\n

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Below: Heel area after sanding.<\/p>\n

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Below: Eight photos<\/b> showing the result of all the 150-grit sanding.<\/p>\n

This is a process that is not quick and takes time. A lot of sanding is one of those “necessary evils” with guitar building, but the end result is worth it.<\/p>\n

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Where are the rest of the build steps?
\nYou can view them all here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is a continuation from part 1. Important note: Throughout this article, please bear in mind that all sanding was done in the direction of the grain for the cleanest possible finish. Below: The other side of the neck. It is slightly oxidized from being in the shop for a while, but still very usable. … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":10538,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10495"}],"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=10495"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10495\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}