When he’s got it just draw round the heel (making sure to mark the centre line) to the length of the neck pocket he needs then cut it out carefully then hey presto you’ve got your template then transfer it on to you body and drill out the bulk of the pocket with a forstner but then finish off with a trim flush router bit, You can also do that for the pickup cavities, Great news!! Celebrating musicians and the kit they use to get their sound.

very nice vintage fenders, this is the most comfortable to play: super nice neck profile (flat, but not too much) and extremely low action.

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Usual story is to make sure you have some scrap to practice on before you commit to the actual job!! Display as a link instead, × I'm doing a neck through design with no pick guard though!

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I’m trying to build a jaguar bass with a maple neck.

It's a great shape, definitely under appreciated.

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looks nice man! You very brave to take on a scratch build at the age of 14 (I take my hat off to you!!

So, I play bass for about half a year now, and it's real fun, but now I've got a little problem. Hope this makes sense!

I spent about £350 building my Ibanez tribute bass. to function properly with the vintage bridge. I'd recommend you look at @Jabba_the_gut's build. Our DiY guitar kits and bass guitar kits provide everything you need for the build: guitar body, guitar necks and complete set of guitar parts: As above. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts.

Here's a few pictures of a neck template I made: First, I used a couple of straight strips of wood running tight down the side of the neck. - although I will help him where he needs to be safe! I’ve inserted an image of my template so you can see what shape I’m thinking of. How does yours sound?

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Nitro can be a pain in the backside with properly ventilating and drying or so I've heard. how much $$ did everything set you back? You might find that one of us is local which might be useful.

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and is that an existing neck that you already had?

Ply can also splinter and be a pain in the backside to sand. I can't help at all I'm afraid, I just don't have the skills, but I'll be cheering from the sidelines.

Looking for any help I can get.

into it, really into it.

BAS can also offer an in house trimming service at our South Wales office where our highly trained and experienced trimmers will tailor make any Jaguar interior trim parts to your car. The music makers’ guide to … Our "In Stock" selection has thousands of custom bodies and necks ready for purchase! If not, drop me a message and I'll explain further. Very nice.

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Guitar Kits and Bass Guitar Kits. Copyright © 2020 BAS Ltd. All rights reserved. This kit contains everything you need to build your guitar. BAS Jaguar Interiors are the only interiors serious Jaguar restorers will accept for their cars. I'm thinking all new hardware, and some bartolinis...maybe replacing the bridge pup with a MM style humbucker. 2 Single coil pickups and a humbucker provide you with a versatile sound, in a truly unique package. Neck pocket is angled Good luck and keep posting your progress! Plus there is master volume and tone.

Electric, acoustic, upright, and otherwise. The big question is what scale length  and nut width do you want?

Luckily my Dad was a carpenter/cabinet maker and he helped me  made a bass for me. The basic body shape is nearly the same, only some minor proportion changes I don't play guitar (so I literally have no idea what he's talking about but he has spent hours researching and reading on this) and although We have made a couple of woodwork projects (cajon and bowls etc)  I always encourage him to learn and do for himself - so we genuinely appreciate your views/advice/help!!

Clear editor. Are you sure you wish to clear All items from your cart? As one can expect the bass has been played a lot and shows some dings and dongs here and there, patina on the hardware, etc., but is all original and in more than perfect functional condition: neck is straight as an arrow with minimal truss rod tension (it has a loooot more room to go), also the neck is extremely comfortable at 42mm at the nut and the playability is to die for – out of 12 precisions that I possess incl.

Hi I’m a 14 year old boy who’s just started learning to play bass and I’m building a jaguar bass from scratch, please track my progress.

KitMonsters – Fender Jaguar Bass. You can get a kit. If the bass doesn't play right, you won't pick it up. Price. With the 34” scale make sure that you take into consideration the balance issue you may have due to the shorter top horn on the body. Cars with our interiors have won more classic concourse shows than any other trim manufacturer, this is testament to the originality of our products and the high quality to which they are finished. With flats it does the Motown job, with rounds it sounds deep but aggressive. Finish wise I’m thinking a light blue nitro finish like this Strat, any thoughts? Keep posting the pictures of your progress.

Fender Jaguar (offset series) Body Wood. Making a solid body from scratch isn't particularly difficult - the first time I did a project like this, I asked around the local shops to find a cheap donor that was uneconomical to repair (got a full yamaha guitar with massive crack in the body but everything else present for £20) and then used the neck, pups and hardware, and made my own solid body from timber sourced from a local timber merchant.