#1403 Cyprus Hipper 5 Photos
Here’s Richard’s beautiful Cyprus Hipper 5. Solid Cyprus wings with a maple, walnut and purpleheart neck. A purpleheart board completes this bass. This refin saw a little reshaping and the addition of an additional pick-up. The control are V/V/T with a side jack input. Final set-up was with an ebony nut and bridge...and did anyone mention the color change?
Work Completed:
Strip bass of hardware
Shape/sand body to 80 grit
Re-edges and re-contour back
Repair tear out on lower p-up cavity
Headstock repair
Drill for recessed side jack input
Clean-up pick-up rout
Add second J rout
Stain bass orange
Shape/sand body to 150 grit
Shape/sand neck to 220 grit
Sand of fretboard 220 grit/20” radius
Sand fingerboard to 800 grit and polish
Filled holes/gaps as required.
Sand body to 400 grit
Sand/shape neck to 400 grit
Seal wood
Apply Tru-Oil
Sand-back and polish
Fit string thro’ ferrules
Redo wiring harness add tone control
Fabricate nut and bridge
Re-fit hardware and restring with Black Tapewound stings.
Final Set up
Notes:
The rout for the pick-up has ‘torn’ out some of the wood at the top and bottom. Getting a seamless repair is difficult, but I think I’ve got a nice way around it. First step is to get everything stable.
The headstock came with a split between the purpleheart and walnut stringer right at the top. An easy fix with some glue and a couple of clamps: as good as new!
At Richard’s request the bass has become orange!
This bass has soaked up more sealer than I’ve seen a bass do before!! Finally getting some Tru-Oil on.
