Moon Bass Alpha

Painting is tedious. Sanding is tedious. Sanding down paintwork doesn't figure very highly in my list of favourite things to d...

I put on four or five coats of bright orange spray paint and allowed it to dry for a few days. I then lightly sprayed two coats of glitter p...

Sanding is quite dull. You take some paper with miniature rocks stuck to one side and rub it a few times against your piece of tree. This e...

Creating the neck pocket took a while. The neck was carefully measured and the slot cut deliberately undersize with a saw. This was then whi...

Due to the springiness of the stainless steel and the maple, the middle section needs a bit of clamping to keep it in the right place. W...

The maple was routed into semi circular shapes (orange segments?) and then routed again to provide a smaller inner radius. The finished part...

The neck is looking good so far - time to get some colour on the headstock and refinish the back. The back was easy once the sanding was com...