I built my dad a Bass for his 70'th b...

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Author Message blazer Advanced Member Username: blazer Post Number: 208 Registered: 12-2003 Posted on Friday, October 25, 2013 - 12:02 pm:    Well so my dad's 70'th birthday is nearing and I decided to make a bass in his honor, a bass which he unknowingly designed. See back when I was a boy he once made me toy guitar by sawing out what is roughly the shape of an electric guitar on a piece of plywood with a piece of construction lumber as a neck. The neck has long since gone but the body was always kept, the paintjob I did back then has since flaked and faded. But I kept looking at that old body and going "How cool would it be to turn this old thing into a real playing instrument for dad's birthday?" So I took it to the workshop, traced it onto a new piece of plywood, cleaned up a lot of the wonky lines and made it into a template for a four string bass. Initially my idea was to honor the original toy by using scrap material so I routed out a body from pine, to be finished in black with a Fender style pickguard (you can make out the place where I drew the pickguard on the original toy) but when orders came in for basses made from very pretty pieces of maple I decided to make it into deluxe bass. It has a Hippie Sandwich body of striped maple, Cedrella (Spanish ceder) and tiger maple. The pickups are custom wound Harry Hauessel units and the Bridge is a Leo Quann badass II. Go here to see the whole process. http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f57/well-my-dad-will-70-year-so-im-going-make-commemorative-bass-1016389/ I hope you guys dig my handywork here, it certainly was a labor of love. tbrannon Senior Member Username: tbrannon Post Number: 1586 Registered: 11-2004 Posted on Friday, October 25, 2013 - 12:40 pm:    Awesome story behind the build. Have you presented it to your father yet? adriaan Moderator Username: adriaan Post Number: 3059 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Friday, October 25, 2013 - 1:12 pm:    Lovely tribute! growlypants Member Username: growlypants Post Number: 62 Registered: 3-2011 Posted on Friday, October 25, 2013 - 2:48 pm:    Wow. I'm certain your dad will be deeply touched. Congrats on the build, the idea, and ofcourse, the occasion!! jzstephan Advanced Member Username: jzstephan Post Number: 206 Registered: 1-2012 Posted on Friday, October 25, 2013 - 4:01 pm:    Respect! cozmik_cowboy Senior Member Username: cozmik_cowboy Post Number: 1604 Registered: 10-2006 Posted on Friday, October 25, 2013 - 9:42 pm:    Way too cool! My son gave me a guitar, but building one?? Tell your dad I'll trade him kids....... Peter pauldo Senior Member Username: pauldo Post Number: 1068 Registered: 6-2006 Posted on Saturday, October 26, 2013 - 8:44 am:    Coolest bass EVER! Nothing like love being put into an instrument. :-D davehouck Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 11214 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Saturday, October 26, 2013 - 2:25 pm:    Nice work!