Acoustic bass

[Kevin Sjostrand]

John the finish is gorgeous
I can see, never thought about it, that those tuners stick out so far. I just replaced tuners on an Alvarez acoustic bass few weeks ago and he had a gig bag for it.

Anyway your bass looks grand.
Merry Christmas too

Kevin

[BlindBo]

John, that little gem would make a great Christmas present for me!!!😂😎👹
Congrats, that’s an awesome build.

[TEETERFAN]

That’s one fine looking instrument, John. The mutenye with the tortoise shell is a great looking combo. And yes, finish is gorgeous!

[TEETERFAN]

I forgot to ask, what kind of frets does it have?

[tippie53]

I used .100 by 50
I am still playing with the strings for the best result
will post that info soon

[TEETERFAN]

Thanks!

[tippie53]

been a few days with the new strings
I am much happier with the heavier strings Will get a video up soon
HappY New Year all

[phavriluk]

Beautiful work!

Why the cutaway?

Thanks!

[JLT]

This bass guitar looks very much like one that I made a few years back. It was a converted dreadnaught, and it fits into a standard dreadnaught hard case.

Here's the write-up:

viewtopic.php?f=29&t=6732

I played it for a while, but then built (from a kit) a Hofner-style "Beatle Bass"... a short-scale semi-hollow body with a violin contour. The write-up of that project is somewhere else on the site.