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Photo Gallery|Mike's Funkmeister 5

Mike recently decided to make himself a Funkmeister 5, and so he thought he'd do a really detailed build diary to go with it. A great opportunity to see just what goes in to building a custom bass.
Cocobolo top selection
More Cocobolo
Swamp ash blanks
Birdseye maple for the fingerboard
Maple fingerboard close up
A few pickups
John East 2 band EQ
Sanding the tops
Squaring the tops
Adding a laminated mid section
Into the basic jig
And clamped
The body blank
The body blank cleaned up
Trial pickup layout
Neck timbers
Top offcut
Flatting the top
Close up of the flatted top
The flatted top
Cutting the body to thickness
All cut
Rough marking out
Ready for glue
And glued
Body out of the clamps
With the template
Time to choose the veneers
...and the rest
Ash body rough cut to shape
Clamp time
Off come the clamps
The cutter
Initial shaping
Routing the roll over
All routed
Another view
Side detail
Marking out the forearm contour
Contouring with rasp
Contouring with sanding blocks
Belly contouring with pencil mark
Belly contour first stage
Belly contour after 80 and 120 grade sanding
More shots of the belly contour
More shots of the belly contour
Into the vise
In the vise
In the vise
Final contouring
Final contouring
Final contouring
Final contouring
A rethink on the pickups
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