danw
cheap bastard
It's taken a year + a summer, but my bass project is about done, and I thought you might like to see it.
Specs:
40.25" scale.
Stew-mac bass tuners.
24" galvanized tub body.
Carved SPF top (lowes 2x12), with parallel bracing in lieu of a soundpost.
Maple / walnut neck and endpin.
Bloodwood fingerboard and tailpiece.
D'addario prelude strings.
The bridge and tailpiece-cable-holder just have a couple of coats of Zinnser sealcoat, and the face of the fingerboard is just sanded to 1500 and treated with a little bit of butcher-block oil; the remaining wood parts are all done in Tru-oil. The tub is painted with Rust-Oleum metalflake vintage copper.
Here's a front shot:
A closeup of the headstock front:
and the back:
Bridge and Tailpiece:
Carved heel and heelcap:
Endpin:
Specs:
40.25" scale.
Stew-mac bass tuners.
24" galvanized tub body.
Carved SPF top (lowes 2x12), with parallel bracing in lieu of a soundpost.
Maple / walnut neck and endpin.
Bloodwood fingerboard and tailpiece.
D'addario prelude strings.
The bridge and tailpiece-cable-holder just have a couple of coats of Zinnser sealcoat, and the face of the fingerboard is just sanded to 1500 and treated with a little bit of butcher-block oil; the remaining wood parts are all done in Tru-oil. The tub is painted with Rust-Oleum metalflake vintage copper.
Here's a front shot:
![front-view-1.jpg](http://dan.aleph0.com/washtub/front-view-1.jpg)
A closeup of the headstock front:
![headstock-small.jpg](http://dan.aleph0.com/washtub/headstock-small.jpg)
and the back:
![headstock-back-small.jpg](http://dan.aleph0.com/washtub/headstock-back-small.jpg)
Bridge and Tailpiece:
![bridge-tailpiece-small.jpg](http://dan.aleph0.com/washtub/bridge-tailpiece-small.jpg)
Carved heel and heelcap:
![heel-and-cap-small.jpg](http://dan.aleph0.com/washtub/heel-and-cap-small.jpg)
Endpin:
![endpin-small.jpg](http://dan.aleph0.com/washtub/endpin-small.jpg)
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