Here's a fretless bass project that I finally managed to get finished this weekend.

..working on it, just got going with a new band, 25 new songs to learn, been overseas on business a bit recently too. I'll dig out my multitrack and lay down a funky rock groove as soon as I can....

That was a cheap replacement neck off ebay. the whole guitar ended up costing me about £85 and 5 days work.
I need a bit more woodworking practive first before I attempt a homemade neck.

Edit the fzr interior dds texture file

The psd file is a transparent layer, with only the skirting and wheel arches on, you should put this layer above a painted or default skin to use it. No need to erase any background. Doesn't Gimp handle image layering?

Not a bug.

What style music do you like to play? I can lay down a few dozen bars of bass for you on my digital multitrack and post it here as an MP3.

Thx Bryan, it's a dead easy cheap fast finish, with a nice slab of wood like this I just rub in several coats of Danish Oil, sometimes with wire wool, then after a few days when dried and hardened I spend a night rubbing in carnauba wax for furniture/cabinet finishing - leaves a really soft natural semi-gloss, and easy to maintain. A lot of the manufacturers refer to this as 'oil-finished' and I really like the look on a nice piece of wood.
I think you hit on a great idea with the music collaboration - I'll have to see what I can come up with. plenty of other good guitarists on the forum here too, could be fun

Well she's finished - I quickly wired in an old set of cheap split humbuckers from a fretless to see how she went and I must say the wood has done me proud. This was a pretty rough'n'quick budget build but even thru my little practice amp there's a huge slab of warm fruity tone, lovely sustain and a good depth. Quite a weight but no worse than my alder 5-string. Not bad at all for 5 days work. Just some tweaks here and there to get the setup dialled in - I'll be looking forward to the practice on friday evening

I'm thinking there are 2 registered forum memberships logged under your IP address. While your own user name says Demo Racer, the second account is FlyingFinnish who is S2. Are you the same person?
You know demo racers can't access the BF1.

Well if it helps, this is by far the simplest build I've ever done (apart from the hardness of the wood) The P-bass is a great first project if he's interested in getting into it - there's nothing like playing an instrument you've put together yourself.

Uh oh......

Where did you find it pls?

Since its a budget build I got some cheap squier Jap pups off ebay, the staggered humbucker pair for the P-bass.
Strings as always, D'Addario 45-100's. (34" scale)
Just struggling to get the hole routed through for the earth bridge wire, one of my most hated jobs when building a guitar

Nearly done, need to drop in the pickups and set the action.

Lol Nice one Blue!

No, I'm moving it to Skins Help section.

Would be interesting to find out how much influence the FF settings have on this perception of handling.

I know what you mean too about the 'smoothness'. I find NKP excels in the 'feel' and some of it is the FF, some is also the sound feedback, but after a ahlf hour driving NKP hard, LFS does feel arcady-smooth.

Since we had a long thread very recently covering exactly this subject, I will bring this one to a close as i do not see how it can contribute further to a positive debate on progress reports, etc.

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Bloody hell. My bass has a bubinga body, but it's pretty small (it's a Warwick Thumb) and it still weighs a ton. I wouldn't want to be swinging a P-bass made from bubinga!

Y3es, it's h e a v y alright! I planed it thinner than a standard P-bass and took as much wood off as I could with the belly cut and contouring but it's still a big sheavy lab, which should hopefully make it sound really rich and juicy. Warwick choose well for their materials, I reckon Bubinga is one of the best woods going for full bodied bass sounds.

Good progress today, neck pocket routed, body shaping finished and neck fitting very snugly. Need to wait for the rest of the hardware to arrive now

Who would have thought that LFS players are also into real motorsport

Planed it down to about 1.6" and finished shaping the horns, belly cut and forearm contour. Routed for pickups and a quick wipe of Danish oil to bring out the grain and colour in the wood.

Thanks Hankstar - I guessed about 1 3/4" would be pretty standard for the Fenders. Think I'm going to have to take mine a touch thinner, the damn wood's so heavy. It'll still resonate far better than Alder or Poplar 2 or 3 piece that most Fenders use.
Here's an in-prog pic with most of the basic outline cut out and my paper template for the pickguard laid on.