Bass body routing

Category: Guitar building

Next part of the bass guitar build is to route the body shape. I screwed the MDF body template onto the wood, and then routed around with a trim router bit. Unfortunately it's not long enough to do the thickness of the wood, so I'll have to turn it over and make another pass from the bottom later.

 

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Routed the neck shape as well, using a straight edge as a guide. At this point the vacuum cleaner died horribly, as the bag burst and all the sawdust went into the motor. Whoops.

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Another pass with the router got the neck piece finished, and I also routed the channel for the truss rod.

 

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Unfortunately the sharpest corner on the body was a bit much for my routing skills, and it chipped off. I'll have to have a think about how to fix that...

 

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Flipped the wood over, and used a bottom bearing trim bit to route off the bottom 10mm or so. It came out OK!

 

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