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How to make a DIY fretless electric bass guitar

Written By Scrap wood City on Wednesday, Mar 09, 2016 | 09:21 AM

 
This is an experimental home made instrument. It's design is inspired by the regular electric bass and the contrabass. Tools and materials: Angle grinder: https://amzn.to/2E6uLAx Wire brush kit for drill: https://amzn.to/2PkCYCl Jigsaw: https://amzn.to/2pP39WZ Wood burner: https://amzn.to/2pHkAbG Rasp: https://amzn.to/2C32JmW Spoke shave: https://amzn.to/2E74p1w Bass tuning pegs: https://amzn.to/2pGgnoz Bandsaw: https://amzn.to/2pHj49v Bass guitar pickup: https://amzn.to/2pIyzyc Bass guitar strings: https://amzn.to/2C5pbfr For more information about this project, go here: http://scrapwoodcity.blogspot.gr/2016/03/how-to-make-electric-fretless-bass.html For more scrap wood projects, please visit my blog: http://scrapwoodcity.blogspot.gr/ I found the wiring diagrams for the pickup here: www.seymourduncan.com I also used an online fret calculator to find and mark the fret positions. You can find it here: https://www.stewmac.com/FretCalculato... Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Scrapwoodcity/ Disclosure: Some of the links below are affiliate links, meaning, that at no cost to you, I get a small commission if you click through and make a purchase.