Orbital Guitars - Custom Bass Build "The Gorgon" - Part 2: The Body

[@LudovicoEnjoyer]

Looks like the Icarus inlay for the Epiphone Ghosthorse Explorer! Rad build

[@Kiwigeo8339]

Orbital Guitars. Is the name in honour of your heroic efforts working that ROS on the horns of that instrument? Nice work on that bass.

[@stegerguitars]

awesome build and video....thanx. As far as gluing the wings on, i have one word for you....biscuit router bit.

[@Mossy5150]

Beautiful work, absolutely mesmerizing watching you go through step by step. One thought I had was that you did all the fretwork before cutting the back of the neck; have you ever found necks to move after being shaped, and needing the fretwork redone? Thank you for sharing your work!!!

[@OrbitalGuitars]

I have never had to redo fretwork after shaping a neck, though I have seen necks gain a slight backbow after putting the frets in. Usually I find that multilaminate necks don't tend to have much movement when they are shaped.

[@salort2934]

Que bonito trabajo, a los niños se les debe inculcar el amor por la musica desde su nacimiento, y así se forman ciudadanos decentes y productivos.

[@robertr4193]

This bass looks great. I just hope that the smell when you were working the zebra wood was not as bad as the smell was when I used some to make a native American style wooden flute. Just suffice to say it was not pretty.

[@OrbitalGuitars]

Unfortunately, Zebrawood always has that smell

[@OrbitalGuitars]

@DEA-I-H FVCK DES-I-ROYER The simplest way to describe it is to say that it's like wet dog smell, but stronger

[@raymondbrucehansel3119]

GREAT work! Could you tell me please where I can source some Zebrawood like yours for some trim work on my boat. Thank you very much, Ray.

[@OrbitalGuitars]

This is where I got the Zebrawood for this build: www.woodworkerssource.com/search.html?Search=zebrawood

[@Swanlord05]

What kind of sander bit is that for the body contour?

[@OrbitalGuitars]

One of these www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01EBDVBRM/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1