We worked very hard this last weekend to wrap things up, but improvised plans can sometimes go bad.  Our inexperience slowed our progress.  Paul was excited to begin, and started by using the hand coping saw and fine blade Continue reading →

We can imagine the completed bass guitar.  We put our third coat of old fashioned varnish oil on the wood tonight, and the color continues to get deeper and richer. If all goes well, by Sunday, we will have everything reassembled Continue reading →

The time has finally come.  Over the last several days we carefully finished rasping, sculpting, and shaping.  Using some 80 grit paper, we rounded past the earlier mistakes and we gave the bass a “complete” feel.  Only three major tasks remained… a) routing the all-important neck, b) drilling the holes for the bridge, pickups, and neck, and c) final sanding. Continue reading →

We made tremendous progress this week.  We completed the shaping we needed to do prior to gluing the front and back halves together and then assembled the body.  My recent travel schedule has indeed slowed progress, but on the weekends we try and take a break from homework and lab work to draw designs, carve wood, and imagine the finished bass. Continue reading →

We got a tremendous amount of work done today on the bass.  It seems that all of woodworking can be reduced to making jigs or sanding.  We started by building several frames to hold the routing template for the pickup. Continue reading →

We disassembled some of the key pieces from Paul’s current bass, removing the control knobs and pickups.  Continue reading →

We are slowly making progress.  However Beth is now in Haiti and Paul has a bad case of the flu, so he is sleeping a lot.  He also has a pile of homework because he was mostly sick last week (but went to school, so he could infect others) and got behind.  Continue reading →