My Sunrise bass has been progressing steadily, albeit quite slowly, and I hope to finish it soon. In the meantime, here are some photos from the build.
First I cut out the wedges to make the sunray pattern…this was before they were glued together.
Clamps applied for one of the early glue jointsAll glued together, after many hours of work!I paid a local carpentry shop to cut it into slices for meThen I sketched out the shape of the bodyThe body was cut out, and I made holes inside for weight reliefI cut this wedge out of the body, where the controls will be installedThe idea is that they will be hidden in the side, not on the frontThis shows the control wedge in situThe process of gluing strips of wood together for the laminate neckNow being clamped, for the glue to cureAnd a view of the resulting neck blankInstalling the truss rodThe end of the fretboard, shaped and glued onto the neckThe back of the body……together with the neck, although not glued in yetAnd, after lots of work, the front with the hills and sun! I broke a piece off the sun, though, and had to replace it.Working on the side dots and fret position markersWorking on the inlays on the fingerboardAnd another inlay of a dog for the front, which was very fiddly!
