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DC-1, 4 String: For Dan, bassist with Kilbox
Dan already purchased my 6 string SC-1 from me, and I'm building him a new 4 string DC-1 to go with it.
Here are the specs:
Neck:
9 piece; wenge center, two purpleheart stringers and bubinga outers with thin maple accents
34” scale, stabilized macassar ebony fingerboard
Custom celtic knot inlay in white mother of pearl over entire fingerboard
Maple accent layer between fingerboard and neck
Black Limba headstock to match body wings
Spalted Curly rock maple headstock overlay with purpleheart accent layer to match body
Brass nut
Body:
Black Limba body wings and back
Spalted Curly rock maple top with purpleheart accent layer
Top covers entire body, neck does not show through
Hardware and Electronics:
Black Hipshot ultralight tuners and hipshot model A bridge, solid brass, with string through option
Two Bartolini P-Bass® Pickups, offset/staggered setup
Aguilar OBP-3 preamp, with bypass switch
Wired for stereo outputs with neck pickup as passive in stereo mode, both pickups active in mono mode, wired volume-volume-treble-mid-bass
Black Dome Knobs
ATA Case from CDM Manufacturing
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Status and Updates
Woods are in and the fingerboard inlay is completed.
(click on image to view larger version)
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Here is the inlay laid out on the fingerboard in paper. It's a mirror image Celtic knot, meeting at the midpoint of the fingerboard just past the 8th fret. |
Here's the finished inlay in white mother of pearl! |
Top half of inlay detailed view |
Bottom half of inlay detailed view |
The beautiful Spalted Curly Rock Maple Topset! |
When I first put the neck woods together, I felt that the colors didn't have enough seperation (as in the first pic below),
so I sent Dan the second pic with thin maple accent layers added which I felt really made the wood colors pop! He agreed so I glued it up
as a new 9 piece neck instead of the original 5 piece. I've got more pics of this bass further along and will post them soon.
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Here's the neck as originally spec'ed as a 5 piece |
..and here's my suggestion to Dan with the thin maple accents lines added! |
He agreed and I glued it up! |
Finished neck with the headstock and overlays on |
Headstock closeup |
Finished neck with rear center block of Black Limba glued and clamped |
Alt view of glued and clamped rear center block |
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All wood is done, carving and routing are in progress!
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Ready to be glued and clamped |
Body wings glued and clamped |
The spalted maple topset glued and clamped |
All wood done,
front view |
Close view of spalted curly rock maple topset |
Headstock closeup showing new "swoop" carving |
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Angle view of body showing the purpleheart accent layers |
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26 October - Finish and waxing is done, starting to build it up. Earlier this year I decided to replace the typical soft metal
pickup height wood screws with steel allen head machine screws. Now, going one step further, I have decided to use threaded inserts
for my pickup height screws in addition to the allen head screws. A couple of the pictures below show these being installed in Dans bass.
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Completed and ready for finishing |
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Applying the finish |
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Finishing is done, ready to build |
Installing the pickup screw metal inserts |
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Starting to build it up |
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02 November - This beauty is finally done... Thanks to Gallery Hardwoods for the gorgeous woods (as always) in this bass.
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