…Do not adjust your set…
Finally managed to slot this one in to the schedule. You may remember the design day when Andy visited to work out the spec….
The neck is now ready for fretting, inlays and carving, the body blank has been thicknessed so it is ready to work on.
There will be no magnetic pickup on this instrument – just a piezo built into the (one!) individual saddle/bridge which will sound like an acoustic bass and also have midi capability. The parts have all been ordered and should be with us in the next few days. I will post some pics when they arrive.
I thought this was going to be a really quick and easy build, obviously it is compared to some, but it has still had me scratching my head a few times, mainly with elements of the design.
How wide and thick is a one string bass neck? Will it need a truss rod? Are my eyes going funny?
Only one way to find out…watch this space…Part 3