You've asked and Ben has delivered. Welcome to Crimson Guitars and welcome to Ben's workshop where he is finally building a P-style Bass Guitar. This will be a straightforward Bass guitar build, but let's see how Ben puts his spin on things... This is video 1 of 5 and here Ben is choosing his materials, shaping, contouring and routing the Bass body.
Chapters -
0:00 Introduction
0:27 Design and materials
2:07 Bandsaw the body shape
3:05 Masking tape and Super glue trick
3:27 Template and Routing table to refine the body shape
5:13 Routing the cavities with Triton
7:03 Checking centre line - Very important
7:25 Preparing to rout the neck pocket
7:58 Ben's favourite Triton tool - the router
10:30 Round-overs made easy with Triton
12:34 Quite possibly the scariest holes you'll ever drill...
13:28 ISOtunes in, PPE donned and the sanding begins
15:28 Triton hand held belt sander to contour the body
17:57 Conclusion
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We'd like to thank our partners for helping to make this video series possible.
Triton Tools - http://www.tritontools.com/en-GB
Bosch Professional - https://www.bosch-professional.com/gb/en/
Wagner Meters - https://www.wagnermeters.com/
ISOtunes Bluetooth Hearing Protection - http://bit.ly/36YmKro
Support us by supporting our Partners, and at the same time get yourself a great deal with ISOtunes. Use code "CRIMSON10" for £10 off at "isotunes.co.uk" or $10 off at "isotunes.com"
Links: Book your guitar building course at Crimsons workshops here - http://bit.ly/LuthierySchool
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Thank you again for all your support, we really, really appreciate it! – Ben
Stay tuned and stay awesome!