As I'd mentioned in passing, I'm designing this Bass from scratch, so the first thing I needed to do was come up with a design I liked. This is so you can finish up the edge with either your file, which will leave a much finer surface, and you can follow the file with sandpaper in the 180-grit or 220-grit range stuck to the back of a flexible strip of wood. and works for Lie-Nielsen Toolworks as a show staff member, demonstrating tools and training customers. I suppose I could search for a local Bass player that could come over and lay down some notes, but there are times (like between Mid-night and 4am) that it would be both inconvenient and improbable to have someone stop by, especially since many of my musical ideas come at strange hours and are gone again if I don't act quickly. When we get further into the building of the Bass, I'll also share a tip to make certain your strings align precisely with the neck. As in most work, starting with the most coarse tool is most efficient, working down close to the line, but leaving some for the finer tools. You can make your own guitar with the help of these free guitar plans. I also used a mill file on the outside curves and straight areas, but since it is flat on both sides, it couldn't reach even the gentle inside curves. It did, however, leave a smooth enough surface for a bearing to follow without issue. I chose to glue my flimsy patterns down on some card stock, using a glue stick. Even with this, I still prefer to make a pattern even if I'm only making a single Bass. The sections that were either straight or gently curving allowed me to sneak up a bit closer, but there was no reason to cut too aggressive and mess up the patterns. All products are produced on-demand and shipped worldwide within 2 - 3 business days. For those who may not know, I've been playing musical instruments most of my life, with guitar as my primary instrument. As you might imagine, you want your tuning to stay rock solid so any music you play sounds the best, so that Bass had a very short life span with me. Most musicians do not build their own instruments, but if you are a woodworking musician, you may want to use those nimble fingers to build an acoustic or electric guitar, using free guitar plans. So that you'll know how much wood you need to buy, and some measures are pretty standard when using the most common scale. BYOPLAN-NITEFLY $13.99 * * Full Scale PBass. The shape of these rasps allowed me to handle all of the outside edges on my patterns, since I made sure not to create any super-tight curves on my designs. The same notes are played on the same frets, which makes it a fairly easy transition between the two, even though the length of the neck/strings is longer on the Bass. For the non-guitar players, Bass guitar has the same note structure as the guitar. I again cut around the pattern with scissors. Of course, I will still make initial cuts oversized, just in case. The remaining parts that make up the Bass will cost in the range of $300-$400 (tuners, truss rod, bridge, nut, frets, pickups, …), which could easily buy a lower end Bass at the music store, but my end product will be exactly what I want and the parts are all upgrades compared to the comparably-priced store unit. Building My First Bass Guitar: INTRODUCTION: The following is my first complete bass guitar build. The next step is one that you might choose to skip, and it would likely be just fine if you did. I have acrobat pro and photoshop... Why not take the pdf to kinkos or fedex whatever its called now and have them do it? 34 inch/86cm for a bass, 25 inch/64 cm for a guitar. I learned a lot, made a lot of mistakes, read a lot, and sometimes just plain guessed on how to do certain things. The free guitar plans require basic to expert woodworking skills depending on the specific guitar project undertaken. After I was finished on my bandsaw, it was time to pull out a couple of rasps and files, to bring the outside edges of the pattern down close to the line.
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