Purchased Parts for neck

I got parts for my neck, check them out. From left to right walnut, the darker piece is wenge and then the piece on top of the wenge is birds eye maple. On the right is a giant chunk of maple.

Well nuts

So there was carnage tonight....

More design

So things have been moving at a snails pace when it comes to the design of my bass. I realized that I didn't have enough room for the truss rod so I've had to redraw a couple parts of the neck. More on that soon. My wife got me my first hardware for my birthday. I'm the proud owner of a hipshot bridge.

Anyway here is a link to the discussion on the neck issue:
http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?p=6780398&posted=1#post6780398

More soon!

Loren

Interesting reading this morning

I wanted to be able to find this again and thought it was worth sharing:

This is from "The Imitation of Christ"

4· That Easy Credence Is Not to be Given to Words

It is not good, truly, to believe every word or impression that comes; they ought to be pondered and considered advisedly and leisurely, so that Almighty God may not be offended through Our fickleness. But alas, for sorrow, we are so frail that we quickly believe evil of others sooner than good. Nevertheless, perfect men are not so ready to give credence, for they well know that the frailty of man is more prone to evil than to good, and that he is very unstable in words. It is great Wisdom, therefore, not to be hasty in Our deeds, not to trust much in Our own wits, not readily to believe every tale, not to show straightway to others all that we hear or believe.

Always take counsel of a wise man, and desire to be instructed and governed by others rather than to follow own ingenuity. A good life makes a man wise toward God and instructs him in many things a sinful man will never feel or know. The more humble a man is in himself and the more obedient he is to God, the more wise and peaceful will he be in everything he will have to do.

More drawing!

I seem to be picking up the CAD program I'm using fairly quickly. The picture above is an overall "3d" render. The one on the left is the top view and the one on the far right is the view of the back.

I did get a little accomplished today. First I got the transition from the neck to the headstock worked out a little smoother. I want to round off the corners on the headstock a little and I need to put the holes for the tuners in, then that end should be very close.
I also made some progress in the transition from the neck to the body. I need to clean that area up as well and then onto more details.

More Soon

Bass plans

Today has been spent in front of my laptop doing nothing but drawing and unfortunately losing some files (about 4 hours of work that I accomplished yesterday). I have made some head way though. I have a good idea of what my drawings will look like in real life. I still have to work on the transition from the body to the neck and the shape of the headstock. Other details like electronics compartments and pot locations will be coming up soon.

Getting closer I suppose. More to come, hopefully I can start working on the neck blank soon.