Left-Handed Oakurst Vintage 4-String Bass for Steve in Las Vegas

This page documents a Left-handed vintage Oakhurst Bass being built for Steve in Las Vegas. Basic features: The body is made from a two-piece blank of medium-weight black Swamp Ash The neck made from a three-piece blank of highly flamed hard rock maple with Indian Rosewood accent stripes The fingerboard is Indian Rosewood The fingerboard will have white mother of pearl shell position markers and white side dots with medium-jumbo frets The 12th fret will have an inlay of two red dice showing "Hard Six" The neck will have a double-action truss rod The bass will have a Bartolini P/J pickup set The hardware will be all gold plated The tuning machines will be a set of the gold Fender-style "elephant-ear" open-plate type The control knobs will be 3/4" casino-style dice

November 18, 2008: The body after sanding is almost complete: November 29, 2008: Getting the neck ready for carving: November 29, 2008: More progress on the neck: Note the slices from a couple of the dice - these will be inlaid into the fingerboard. December 10, 2008: The inlay in the fingerboard is complete, and the fret installation was done today: First, while the frets were being installed: Next, the logo at the 12th fret. This is the logo of Steve's business: The neck showing the entire length of the fingerboard: The headstock and the first seven frets: The back of the neck showing the two Indian rosewood stripes: December 16, 2008: Trial assembly to check fit and to locate the position of the bridge: January 3, 2008: The inlay on the body is done: I have also put one coat of epoxy grain filler on the body. I did the inlay with a Padauk wood background to match the wood I used for the dice on the fingerboard.