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muskr@
PostPosted: Thu Mar 29, 2012 9:05 pm 
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Here are some pics of the electric upright bass and the electric cello I am building.

A mockup of how it will look assembled:

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Tops moistened to show off figure:

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To pick up the vibrations of each string equally, I used p-bass pickups with each half mounted on a slant.

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The necks after I carved them and cut out the headstocks:

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looking really cool. I build EUB's regularly (3-6 a year) but usually do standard acoustic cellos. Very interested in whatching your results with the P-bass pickups.
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Heel carving done.

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Do you have plans for these or are they of your own design?
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My own design. The plans I drew are not very informative, just an accurate layout of the body shape and fretboard.
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Quite a bit of progress since I last posted.
Here they are, strung up in the white to sort out action and intonation:

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did you carve your own fingerboard or purchase one. I understand they have a complex geometry.
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Very cool! I have a friend who wants me to build her a cello. I wonder if she'd take an electric. She doesn't actually play yet, so I don't really want to go to the effort of making a nice acoustic.

Looking forward to seeing this one finished.

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