Luthiery Laboratories

Mar 29, 2017

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Jul 31, 2017

I finally got another Audiovox together. This one is a twin to the guitar.

Specs:

• mini humbuckers wired in parallel, roughly Ric positions
  Jazz bass stacked control
  Fender standard short-scale neck: maple, 30.3", Strat heel, brass nut
  solid poplar body, stained, poly finish ( pores can't breath at all )
  roundwound nickel strings, from odds & ends
• sounds like a humbucker bass with roundwound strings

plays nice, needed very little adjusting, not even intonation

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Aug 11, 2017

I've let it settle for 10 days, so now I can start doing some fine tuning: nut, truss rod, action, fret leveling, intonation, etc. It's getting better and better. Here's a shot of the back. Can you believe that's poplar?

As you can see, the neck is slightly offset, and access to the high frets is quite good. Also, generous round-overs and tummy cut. I actually began the design with a body tracing of a Stratocaster.