| Project by Kent Shepherd | posted 1445 days ago | 1802 views | 2 times favorited | 10 comments |  |
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After taking Bass Guitar lessons for a while, I decided I wanted a 5 string bass. What better way for a woodworker to get one, than to make it.——————-A few mistakes along the way, but a great learning experience. It does sound and play well though.
Zebrawood, Walnut, and Purpleheart—————Custom Walnut knobs———-The neck was ordered from Warmoth
-- She thought I hung the moon--now she just thinks I did it wrong
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degoose
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#1 posted 1445 days ago
Finally a jig that plays music.. fantastical.
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a1Jim
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#2 posted 1445 days ago
Hey Kent
oooo way cool bass wonderful woods and great job looks wonderful.
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Dan'um Style
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#3 posted 1445 days ago
Beautiful work … you should post a link to a song or something
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Grumpy
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#4 posted 1445 days ago
Great choice of different wood.
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Ollie
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#5 posted 1444 days ago
good work. i have recently made a guitar and found it quite hard to cut the frets accurately and to get intonation right. the finish looks great , much nicer than mine…
-- Ollie, UK.
Karson
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#6 posted 1443 days ago
kent thats a great looking guitar. Thanks for the suggestion on my maple burl.
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shiney5757
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#7 posted 1247 days ago
I agree a great learning experience. looks very good.
thanks for post.
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Tim Pletcher
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#8 posted 1241 days ago
very very nice!
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Tim Pletcher
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#9 posted 1213 days ago
Comment #2 GREAT JOB!!! I am interested in finding out what type of electronics you put into the guitar… very cool body style did you imitate another guitar design or is it all original?
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#10 posted 1033 days ago
Thats a beautiful bass.
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