Sharkfin

[bea]

Well i am really crazy ... SIX is still in the works and i am starting new projects (yes, plural...)

An old idea ... convert a design i did for my ergonomic guitar project into a bass guitar. And here it is - Sharkfin (do You remember those trendy guitar picks from the 70s?)

Body: Basswood.
Top: European Walnut
Multiscale, like SIX.
Hardware: gold.

The sketch:

The top:

 

[WavMixer]

I always enjoy following your builds Bea!!!

 

[eSGEe]

SHARK FIN SOUP!!!! woo hoo --- cant WAIT to see this one!!!
go Bea!!!

 

[jtcnj]

Nice good luck; I will be watching crazy or not!

When I saw this I thought: Sharkfin = the triangle inlays on some Jacsksons. I like.

 

[Session 5]

Good luck on the build!

 

[eSGEe]

reverse sharkfin inlays on a sharkfin guitar! oh thats an idea.......with shark tooth knobs.....WOW --no that would HURT

 

[smitty_p]

And, awaaaaay we go!

Another one of Bea’s builds to amaze us...

...this one looks really interesting.

 

[bea]

Well i am really crazy ... SIX is still in the works and i am starting new projects (yes, plural...)

Yes, I wrote "plural":

You see one of those unfinished vintage necks from 1974 - NOS. The contour has been taken from my Gibson EB-11 (the bas on my avatar). The inner shapes of the cutawas converted to the classical look. And a perfect fit with a scale of 77.6 cm - the scale of the EB-11.

I have a flamed top with some irregularities and a walnut body blank. Simplistic electronics: one or two slim pickups, toggle switch, kill switch. Nothing else.

Might come after Sharkfin. Working name Primavera (in the hope winter will be over soon...)

 

[Inspector #20]

I like the ergonomic design. I tried to design a Von Herndon for women, something a bit similar that would clear my wife's anti-gravitational 38D's, but she's very tiny and it ended up looking like a stretched figure 8....

 

[RVA]

Nice grain!

 

[Thatbastarddon]

Watching intently....


I had a couple of blue ones...

 

[bea]

I'm not aware they were available that thick ... originally they were thin like a sheet of paper (i had the transparent white ones, must even have one or two left from the old days).

 

[Inspector #20]

I like different things. This will be an interesting project!

 

[bea]

Nice grain!

Now the glue is curing:

 

[bea]

Neck fretted. The wood underneath is European Walnut. I am going to use it for the Primavera/LPJDC bass.

 

[bea]

Might come after Sharkfin. Working name Primavera

Well, after... I am doing three basses concurrently (SIX, Sharkfin and Primavera). Here a few pics for Primavera:

 

[Don O]

That's a mighty fine hand cut there Bea.

 

[Inspector #20]

Bea, you passed me by long ago. May your journey be blessed!

 

[bea]

Robert - You seem to make guitars in a (semi-) professional matter. So time and effort do matter. If i planned to sell my guitars i would at least use an electrical fret saw. And that in connection with a high quality japanese saw for resawing the remaining block will be similarly fast as using the router. Or even faster because You need to make a jig before routing - and that alone can be similar in effort like my working with hand tools.

(But the electrical fret saw is on my shopping list as soon as i have a real workshop again...)


BTW: i just cut the sharkfin top into three pieces using the fret saw from my childhood. Its blades are thinner and allow for better cuts.

 

[bea]

Some work on Primavera... cutting a cover for the control cavity:

glueing in the supports:

and extending the cavity into the top. Remaining thickness about 5 mm: