Making a 5 String Padouk-Wenge-Oak Bass

It has been a while since I posted something other than the house project I'm on right now so here is a bass to break it up a little bit.. :D We made this one for a customer, he only insisted on five strings and everything else was up to us. This one is made from wenge, oak, padouk, ebony and maple. Quite a lot of different species but they went together just fine. The body is made from oak and wenge in shape of our spring bass model while the head was custom. Neck is made from padouk and maple strips while the fretboard is made from hard ebony with two veneer layers of maple and wenge. We went for a clean look so no engravings and markings on the fingerboard this time, just a Lignum logo laser burned on to the body. Back electronics and battery covers are also made from wenge wood. harware we used for this build is EMG JX set, Schaller BM Light machine heads, Schaller 3D-5 bridge, Schaller S-locks, Daddario EXL 165-5 strings.
I hope you like this this project! Please ask any question in the comments and as always, subscribe for more!:D
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Music: Jam session from "Search"
Intro music: Danse Macabre - No Violin by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommons.org/licenses/...)
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[@paoloantonio1531]

Perfect choice of music. Somehow, even with all that "noise" from the tools, I find this so relaxing I almost fell asleep haaha. Awesome guys, as always

[@lignumchannel]

Thank you very much! I'm sure guys that made the music will be happy reading this!:)

[@mlody969]

@@lignumchannel Where we can find this music?

[@bikikanyani]

Сколько же вложено души и труда и времени... Красавцы просто!

[@brulle1970]

all techniques from woodworking to manual labor to the highest level of CNC technique for making guitars in one word fantastic what a craftsmanship 👍👍👍

[@remizik]

As a bass player and a woodworking/CNC/Laser/3Dprinting hobbyist, this was satisfying AF

[@FromTheHeartWoodMK]

Simply stunning, I'll never get tired of your guitar projects!

[@lignumchannel]

Thank you so much! We are curently working on three more, one of them will be out of this world..😉

[@michaellukaniuk5074]

Whenever you do a new guitar build I say to myself, "This is the best one yet!" Every time.

[@A1BASE]

I love the extension and of the fingerboard onto the headstock. That’s a great idea I’m going to copy!

[@nicolek4076]

There is something utterly fascinating about lamination and CNC. Can't resist it.

[@lignumchannel]

Glad you like it Nicole! :)

[@weberwoodshop]

Beautiful, and thanks for the beauty shots this time ;)

[@lignumchannel]

Thank you very much for watching Blake! Glad you like it!

[@scotthutson736]

Excellent! Your creative use of various wood species makes beautifully unique instruments.

[@lignumchannel]

Thank you very much! I'm glad you like it Scott! :)

[@mlmccollum100]

Always love these videos... this is my favorite bass you all have built uet

[@dnate697]

I loved this build!

[@cormacbass]

Absolutely stunning! Love it!

[@lignumchannel]

Thank you Cormac! :)

[@hampreyagustin7910]

This bass is a work of art 💯

[@lignumchannel]

Thank you very much Hamprey! :)

[@Chris.Wiley.]

Your instrument builds never disappoint. So cool.

[@lignumchannel]

Thank you Chris!

[@karlchristoffer1275]

Allways so beautifull, allways a pleasure to watch!!

[@lignumchannel]

Thank you so much Karl 😊

[@erenfe]

Absolutely amazing, definitely moves a wood cnc up my list of dream tools

[@waden404]

Absolutely beautiful.

[@sgsax]

Another beautiful bass. I love it! Thanks for sharing!

[@lignumchannel]

Thank you for watchung Seth!

[@LearnReason]

Beautiful work by machines with just a little help from the people.

[@beetle5000]

That’s absolutely stunning 😍

[@lignumchannel]

Thank you! 😊

[@dag410]

What a beautiful work of art. Sounds great. Awesome job and video!

[@alexandrecarney988]

Errado. Aqui não existe arte. Cadê o trabalho do luthier? Só tem máquina. Lamentável.

[@1955nomad]

Work of art.

[@berndfischer1104]

Perfect Instrument, i love it!

[@ellieboa]

This might be my favourite you’ve made! So beautiful!

[@lignumchannel]

Thank you so much Ellie!😀 I hope the next one will be even better!

[@spappy2k6]

Simply.... AMAZING!

[@CrankyPantss]

Excellent job. That’s beautiful.

[@lignumchannel]

Thank you very much! :)

[@brucefreedman3655]

That’s one awesome looking bass 👍🏻

[@CanyonWanderer]

What a perfect combination of CNC and old school handwork, best of both worlds!

[@carlitoscuba16]

So satisfying to watch

[@jonathanzenihmancilla1803]

Un proyecto increíble, felicidades, saludos desde Chile! 👏🏼🇨🇱

[@guitarra97]

Great job !!!

[@lionelfournier]

Great build, great music, awesome video!

[@lignumchannel]

Thank you Lionel😁

[@jimurrata6785]

Oh man! I love the smell of padouk. 🤩

[@lignumchannel]

Yeah it realy is different, wenge also!

[@maierhof]

Another great project my friend. Love the use of the Wenge.

[@lignumchannel]

Thank you John!

[@timberdish]

Groovy! 😀 Aw man, what a stunning looking bass! Really loving that one, and the black hardware really finished it off well. Superb!

[@lignumchannel]

Glad you like it Matt! Thank you😁

[@TheLimalha]

BEAUTIFUL ! PERFECT !

[@Stefanosinf]

Stunner!!

[@user-xr2nb9vi1u]

Great job I love it

[@akarnaniancreator]

Beautiful .

[@lignumchannel]

Many many thanks

[@onepairofhands]

great work gents - have a good christmas

[@AndreaArzensek]

Lovely build and a really good sound!

[@lignumchannel]

Thank you😁

[@tibi1687]

Love it! Want it!

[@sammycoppens5470]

Wow, beautiful

[@lignumchannel]

Thank you Sammy!:)

[@AZCobraman]

Damn....now I got a bad case of shop envy! Nice work.

[@armoredsaint6639]

Really nice! I’ve worked quite a bit with Wenge and Padouk…. I’m sure by now you know the splinters from Wenge are brutal! I’ve built quite a few guitars I never had the luxury of a CNC machine always had to do everything with router jigs and lots of templates!

[@vasatatta7719]

So beautiful ❤

[@lignumchannel]

Thank you! 😊

[@walterdennstedt3817]

Simply the best

[@lignumchannel]

Thank you Walter!

[@bluyaris]

Congrats to the CNC router, nice job machine!

[@xobotun_]

That's not a CNC router, that's a freaking robotic arm! So much contrast with those other almost-manual machines, lol. :D

[@acvisanu]

Beautiful!

[@lignumchannel]

Thank you!

[@bsevo]

Wow, predobro! Video je full relaxing za gledat, a opet fascinantno gledat cijeli proces :)

[@lignumchannel]

Hvala Božidar!😁

[@bsevo]

@@lignumchannel ma hvala vama.. od kad sam vidio kaj radite samo cekam nove klipove :D nisam prije ni znao da to radite, a tu smo si doslovno na kilometar dva :D

[@AS34N]

Not a bass player but I can appreciate beauty when i see it. Definitely one of the better looking customs I've seen

[@lignumchannel]

Wow, thanks!:)

[@Wingnut_Stickman]

Beatiful instrument. The transition around 2:45 is fascinating and satisfying, and what a great music choice to go along with the build. I was tempted to slow it down. :) Thank you for sharing.

[@lignumchannel]

Thank you very much! When I received the music I knew it will go great with this video! Glad you like it!

[@dalgguitars]

beautiful!

[@Smalltime]

shot at 2:55 was amazing, seeing it come to life like that

[@lignumchannel]

Yeah, seing it in real is fascinating for me each and every time..

[@luffner]

Masterpiece

[@hiramgarcialopez2125]

love your videos and your basses

[@lignumchannel]

Thank you Hiram!😀

[@fanat1889]

Good job, awesome bass

[@lignumchannel]

Thakn you!

[@fanat1889]

@@lignumchannel Thank you for the video. Greetings from Russia. If I made a mistake, I'm sorry, I'm writing through a translator. The bass turned out good.

[@Landeville]

Great look! I made very similar looking 5 stringer as my carpenter's thesis, only it has maple instead of oak. It is my favorite instrument of all time, only a little heavy 😅

[@mark6302]

good god that is amazing

[@antoniopetricca]

Wonderful!

[@lignumchannel]

Thank you Antonio!

[@cristiangarcia2648]

Qué hermoso bajo!!!

[@vitlim]

It's amazing

[@lignumchannel]

Thank you! Glad you like it!

[@Poklonov]

Шикарно!

[@LANTER2300]

That is one of the best looking bass builds I have seen on You Tube and I was expecting some dynamic playing at the end but you played 12 bar blues and jingle bells.

[@matthulme666]

Awesome

[@danilojunio3297]

Beatifull York..

[@ericluscombe3272]

god thats beautiful

[@428Mario]

Thank you for sharing

[@lignumchannel]

Thanks for watching!:)

[@stealingtomorrowband]

Dude totally dig the wood choices for this build .. I'd love to have the equipment and money to start trying to build.my own bass...

[@matiasgoinheix366]

The robot is cool, but man, those vintage, green machines are something else.

[@milo9305]

Art!

[@lignumchannel]

Glad you like it Milo!

[@johnniewalker39]

Great guitar you made there!

[@lignumchannel]

Thank you very much J W!

[@archivedandgone]

Wow, I want one

[@sarcasmisticx]

New subscriber here.......love from India

[@an_R_key]

Happy festive season @lignum

[@Dnarcisobass]

trabalho incrivel top top !!!! mais um inscrito ok

[@MrHmiko]

looks unique and stunning! only thing is the fast discoloration of the paduk, keep us posted in half a year how it looks, great job.

[@lignumchannel]

The last part where it is played is actually filmed a few days ago almost half year after it was built, we made it in early summer before I started the house project. We will see how it will look in a year or so but so far I just darkened a little bit. Glad you like it!😁

[@killemall1983]

those are all the strangest industrial machines ive ever seen.

[@drgruber57]

Very nice looking and sounding bass! BTW: Interesting shop. Obviously professional. But interesting equipment! Huge CNC, but not a drill press nor table saw in sight!

[@morimoretta]

🤩

[@peterjansen4894]

Nice music, the Cure and Siouxsie and the Banshees couldn't have done it better

[@lignumchannel]

😁thank you very much Peter!

[@maxvonraben8112]

💖💖💖💖

[@ButBigger42]

This shop is terrifying.

[@oldmanfromscenetwentyfour8164]

That's sweet! Also too pretty to play.

[@lignumchannel]

Thank you very much! :)

[@CREPOZOIDLEMORBIDES]

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@phredbull]

Love the combination of materials! How's the house coming along?

[@ckmoore101]

Very nice. I love how it has nice angles, not those super rounded sides that are so popular, and ugly IMHO.

[@Grigoryshaw]

Bass = Like

[@lignumchannel]

Thank you!😀

[@indahrahma7299]

👍👍👍 good joob

[@frankmusiol6871]

Herrlich👍👍👍❤️

[@lignumchannel]

Thank you Frank!

[@StevensHarold]

cooll!!

[@lignumchannel]

Thanks!:)

[@ericwilliams538]

Wow, you basically have your own "robot".

[@byronwilliams7263]

WOW, that is so AWESOME !!! Very nice, very beautiful and a very great job! What is the dark type of wood you used on the top? It looks woo.

[@lignumchannel]

Thank you very much Byron! The dark wood is called wenge.

[@cybervore]

This is awesome! But please, consider using a pop up door for the battery. I've had batteries die in the middle of a gig, and taking 3-4 minutes to change it is too long.

[@StuffWhatGoesBoom]

Tasty

[@kenmaira]

These are amazing videos, every time I'm amazed. One question I have, what is the real "project" for you? the Guitar or the Video from it?

[@monkeybassness]

nice video, CNC makes the job a lot easier. just one question, why do you glue the trussrod? I've made 20 basses by now and never had issue with trussrod as my cavity is tight enough

[@nanaandbump.]

Wow this is beautiful! Question - is that silicone caulk or something you put in the truss rod channel? I've heard of folks adding a few beads of that to help prevent rattling, but this is the first I've seen someone fill the whole channel. So the truss rod can still do it's thing that way? Again, gorgeous build!

[@DstandsforDoomed]

Yeah, when I saw this I was like surely that’s gonna prevent the TR from doing what it does? But hey….what do I know…

[@RubyRhod]

This video is mainly about how sawdust is beeing made :-D

[@lignumchannel]

the basis for everything!:)