A plan is hatched... A bass to be built

Once again, I've gotten the itch to build a physical, tangible object. Programming is nice, but sometimes having an end product that you could fend off a burglar with is desireable.


This time I'm going to build a 6-string bass. Design basics are as follows:

• 7-piece neckthrough, neck woods are purpleheart, bubinga and wenge, graphite reinforced
• wenge body top, with bubinga back (probably, body wood might change)
• purpleheart body rails inspired by (stolen from) David King
• truss rod will be homemade, stainless or titanium, acorn nut or spoke wheel, more thought needed here... may adjust at head or body.
• 24-fret ebony fingerboard with brass nut and zero-fret, with stainless steel frets (so shiny!)
• Hipshot headless hardware in black, with 0.708" (18mm) string spacing
• Nordstrand Fat Stacks pickups, stacked dual coils w/wide arpeture & single-coil sound
• Audere Audio Z-Mode preamp with 4-band EQ
• electronics cover plate will probably be aluminum sheet with a wood veneer, ebony or bubinga
• probably a Neutrik locking jack in black