Making progress. This is just a mockup. the neck and fingerboard are not attached yet. (please ignore the mess in my shop 😉)

Making progress on the jazz bass. I made a LOT of sawdust today.

Neighborhood "doggo" enjoying the nice weather we're finally getting.

Knocked out a quick project today that's been languishing for months. One of the arms for my turning saw cracked, & I finally made a new one.

I'm holding the (other) original in the photo, while the new one is hanging for the BLO to dry. The quarter-sawn oak came from a chunk of firewood.

Whelp... there's nothing for it but to resaw this black limba body blank by hand. It's too wide for my bandsaw. I've made progress since this photo - about an hour (and one saw sharpening) in, and I'm 2/3 of the way through. If I went to the gym, I'd skip arm day.

Made the resaw cut for the bookmatch, started flattening. Decided to mock up with the bridge, pickups, and jazz bass template. Not settled on the body shape, though.

And so it begins...

I took a saw to the *first* piece of wood for in the bass I'm making. I've been planning and sourcing parts for a while, but here's where the actual project starts!

This highly figured walnut will be bookmatched to make the top over a black limba body.

I've had this concert scale ukulele kit for *years* and finally got around to finishing it.

Lots of customizations, including mountain bike themed pyrography, custom heel cap, Grover tuners, bone nut and saddle, piezoelectric pickup, and onboard pre-amp.

It looks good, and sounds good, too!

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