#1224 is made from Spanish Cedar, with two solid wings. The neck is the ‘standard’ mahogany, maple and purpleheart construction with a Ipe fingerboard. Extensive reshaping has the bass looking as it does.
This bass has a rear cavity and a single EMG Select Jazz pick-up, which is wired to a six-position varitone with a volume control and side jack.
An ebony nut and bridge, ebony control knobs, Schaller strap-locks and Rotosound 77s complete this refin
Completed Work:
Powder coat cavity cover
Strip bass of hardware
Shape/sand body to 220 grit
Shape/sand neck to 220 grit
Initial sand of fretboard to 220 grit
Filled holes/gaps as required.
Sand body to 400 grit
Sand neck to 400 grit
Sand/radius fingerboard: 12”
Drill for side jack
Seal wood
Apply Tru-Oil
Sand-back and polish
Shield cavities with copper tape
Redo wiring harness; volume and varitone
Fabricate ebony nut and bridge
Refit hardware and final set-up
Notes:
The lacquer was thick on this one but it still came off! Quite a bit of reshaping on this one cutting belly and knee curves on the back, re-doing the neck to body contour, adding a slight forearm contour and reshaping the lower horn. I’ve really integrated the upper lobe into the neck.
Because of the grain of the Spanish Cedar this one has required a lot of coats of TruOil to flatten things out.
This bass is very light and very resonant! The Varitone gives an amazing pallete of tonal color.
One of the nicest basses to date!