Bass Guitar

Fantastic looking Base Kent. Thanks for sharing. I have a goal of making a bass and a guitar for my son.
Any pointers or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

-- The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that our aim is too low and we reach it.. Michelangelo

Hey Kent
Your really putting the pressure on ,how can we keep up with great jigs , beautiful guitars. What next a wooden car. LOL Hey that’s a eye popper wow great job.

-- W James Brokenbourgh Custom furniture maker http://artisticwoodstudio.com/

Nice job : )

-- When did quiet and quite become the same word ? I'm guessing about the same time as your and you're did.

Beautiful guitar, Kent. I’ve built one electric, solid body 6 string, and want to build a bass someday. This one definitely sets the standard. Thanks for the post.

-- Tim-- http://www.tmuli.com

COOL!!!

-- Matt Garcia Wannabe Period Furniture Maker, Houston TX

Were you a luthier in a past life? :-) That is a beautiful instrument

-- A bad craftsmen blames his cheap #$%ing tools

Fantastic!! Wow, if you play as well as you design and build you must be very good on that bass. That is so beautiful!!............

-- mtnwild (Jack), It's not what you see, it's how you see it.

Absolutely spectacular. Any musician would be proud to have that in their collection. Luckily you get to combine both passions, music and woodworking.

What kind of heavy duty finish goes on one of those?

-- Behind the Bark is a lot of Heartwood----Charles, Centennial, CO

great looking bass….love the coloring, I play in church as well and play a 5 string, love the low B…...very well done

-- Todd, Oak Ridge, TN, Hello my name is Todd and I'm a Toolholic, I bought my last tool 10 days, no 4 days, oh heck I bought a tool on the way here! †

very nice, very nice, very nice, could’nt think of anything else to say…

-- (You just have to please the man in the Mirror) Mike from Michigan -

That’s a gorgeous instrument!

I have to confess to feeling a little dumb…having played guitar for over 40 years, I never realized there was such a thing as a five-string bass.

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

Excellent workmanship Kent.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

Is it a neck through or a bolt on? Did you make the neck or buy it from Stewart Macdonald?Either way nice job I only ask because I’m trying to figure out how to build the jig to shape the neck.

-- the most beautiful about a tree is what you can make out of it...even if that is only a fire!I hate raking

Hacksaw, It is a bolt on. I ordered it from Carvin Guitars. I have two more bodies glued up, and will make the necks for them.

Durnik150, I used nitrocellulose lacquer with a hand rubbed finish. It’s not real durable, but it makes a gorgeous
finish. I baby it when I play, but I guess I would anyway, even with a tough finish.

-- She thought I hung the moon--now she just thinks I did it wrong

Beautiful combinations of wood and design. Amazing burl. Great looking guitar.

-- (You just have to please the man in the Mirror) Mike from Michigan -