5 String Bass

Final Photos

Progress Photos

This bass was my second build and was something I worked on through my first couple of years of college in between classes and homework and during the summers. The LEDs and the acrylic inlays in the neck proved difficult and caused me a lot of issues. The large amount of wiring that was needed in the neck for the LEDs required me to add some additional material between the fretboard and neck to make up for my limited clearances. Without having the foresight that this may not work, this ultimately caused the glue joint between the neck and fretboard to fail while I was hammering in frets, causing a large crack to appear between the neck and fretboard. I was able to patch it and make it work for the time being and finish the build. Eventually though, it got to a point where it wasn't up to the standard I wanted, so I built a new replacement neck from scratch in 2022 and was able to avoid making the same mistakes from my first attempt.