There hasn't been much to say about the D-Bo since it went from initial research and concept to the mockup stage—which I'm calling the Karlov SB. (Mockups are a wonderful thing). I'm discovering some issues with my woodworking and some technical issue with my design: I can't make a playable bass with the cigar box shape and the proportions of an upright—your hand starts to run into the body at the 9th/10th position. Also at that size it just looks like you're playing a dresser drawer. So I'm finishing out the Karlov SB and starting to re-concept the D-Bo.
My birthday booty: a rough finished, pre-fab neck and a slab of mahogany, will be used for a new project. I've glued together the mahogany with a purpleheart stripe. It's actually pretty interesting how brown the purpleheart looks—a pretty subtle variation that will probably be a little richer with finishing oil… who knows. As a beginner woodworker and a novice luthier I'm not super sure what's going to happen, but we all need a hobby… and a blog.
Except for sketches 5 and 7 all these would be over 50" long, which seems way too long. The flattop bass is pretty big and that's 47 1/2" in total length.
My birthday booty: a rough finished, pre-fab neck and a slab of mahogany, will be used for a new project. I've glued together the mahogany with a purpleheart stripe. It's actually pretty interesting how brown the purpleheart looks—a pretty subtle variation that will probably be a little richer with finishing oil… who knows. As a beginner woodworker and a novice luthier I'm not super sure what's going to happen, but we all need a hobby… and a blog.
Except for sketches 5 and 7 all these would be over 50" long, which seems way too long. The flattop bass is pretty big and that's 47 1/2" in total length.
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