Composer of Requiems
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So this one has been in the works for ages... I figured around the end of last year that I'll probably need a 5 string for the style of music I'm playing sooner or later, to hit the low notes and to avoid drop tuning, but actually getting the bass took longer than I expected.
Around October/November or so I started working on designs for the body and around February or so I finally settled on this:
Over Christmas there was a Warmoth sale, so I ordered a fretless 5 neck. I also ordered a set of Nordstrand Fat Stacks, and picked up an Audere preamp second hand locally.
There isn't any source of lumber locally, the only wood I could get was furniture pine from Ikea... which some of the guys from TB said wasn't good for building, and indeed it wasn't. I brought it to the workshop, spent two weeks cutting and stuff... it splintered a lot and had to be sanded all the time... well, everything was fine until I realized how soft wood could be, it just snapped under pressure.
Around October/November or so I started working on designs for the body and around February or so I finally settled on this:

Over Christmas there was a Warmoth sale, so I ordered a fretless 5 neck. I also ordered a set of Nordstrand Fat Stacks, and picked up an Audere preamp second hand locally.

There isn't any source of lumber locally, the only wood I could get was furniture pine from Ikea... which some of the guys from TB said wasn't good for building, and indeed it wasn't. I brought it to the workshop, spent two weeks cutting and stuff... it splintered a lot and had to be sanded all the time... well, everything was fine until I realized how soft wood could be, it just snapped under pressure.
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