Semi-Hollow, Moonshine-Themed Reclaimed Wood Bass

[@johnlagoss5932]

There are just so many knobs and switches, it’s perfect

[@richsackett3423]

Looks like something Les Claypool would play on Duo de Twang gigs. I think he’d love this.

[@Rick_Cleland]

I enjoy eating copious amounts of expensive cheeses.

[@captbuscemi]

Def my fav build of yours so far! Bass player here, I really appreciate the tone of the hollow body, and the reclaimed theme is done tastefully without compromising the sound of the instrument.

[@freednighthawk]

I love at 2:34 the perfect illustration as to why you use a pusher

[@sammathis]

I've never seen a bigsby on a bass before. That's a great idea.

[@davidfrank2824]

I have to say what a great job you did. There's no other feeling of satisfaction when you are done with something to be able to play it. Anybody can go to the store and buy one get really takes a special person to be able to make it yourself. You don't do what others on KZbin do by ordering a kit. You go ahead and take raw wood repurposing and turned it into something beautiful to see and to hear. I just found your videos tonight and I look forward to watching more.

[@glennhynes5263]

As a bassist and hobby bass builder, I absolutely love your videos. The editing is quite excellent. Thanks

[@timsway]

Thanks man

[@RoseKindred]

That is a lovely piece and it looks like it has a real history. I always wanted to learn to play bass, but fear it is too late now. The sound was, hearty and warm, the only way I can say it.

[@dirtwagon9041]

it's never too late to learn

[@RoseKindred]

@@dirtwagon9041 Honestly, I would like to think that, but health-wise, it is just not the case. Thanks though.

[@timsway]

I (and certainly others) make very small and light base guitars, like ukulele's basically. Perhaps something like that would easier fit in to your life right now?

[@grantkoeller8911]

Every day is a brand new day! Go out a buy a bass today!!!!!!!

[@grantkoeller8911]

@@RoseKindred The bass will be good for your health, both physically and mentally.

[@cleaningmyroom1000]

The amount of tones you could get out of that would make it the perfect bass to have in the studio. Awesome work.

[@mtt23]

1:38 I like how the music harmonizes with sound of the saw. Almost sounds like a musical instrument itself.

[@rayrayokmusic]

Love the bass with the bigsby It also looks great. Stuck to the theme.

[@glenkersul8536]

Best bass ever. Endless tonal possibilities. Want one!!!!!

[@tylerthompson1842]

Love the reclaimed method. My buddy is a talented Luthier, when I worked at a shop years ago he used to have me pull apart pallets to use the 2X4's for necks.

[@gregoryhunter7413]

Such a wide range of tone options!!! Wonderful instrument, it sounds and looks totally unique.

[@perryborn2777]

6:11 As my dad, a carpenter, would say, "You can never have too many wood clamps"

[@billvilla7799]

Hey Tim...gotta tell you that it is a pleasure watching you develop as a guitar builder. The fit and finish keeps getting better all the time. The Bass is beautiful!

[@timsway]

thank you

[@Yvash]

This is one of your best creations, Tim! So much character and so much to play with and get lost in!

[@Cormac2023]

Dude, that has got to be the coolest bass I've ever seen and heard. I haven't played bass since 1980, but I'd play again with one of those. That's awesome!

[@ExcaliburPaladin]

Wow i really like the finnish. Beautiful wood, very smooth design and all the features added to this bass makes is super cool

[@timsway]

Thank you very much!

[@FULLonARMOR]

This is the most interesting bass. Endless creativity will come from this one of a kind bass! Great work as always

[@jeffreytgilbert]

Just watching this now, but this thing is totally bad ass. All the bells and whistles. Excellent work!

[@jasoncsullog3741]

I haven't played bass since high school and THIS one right here makes me want to play again. It is an amazing looking instrument.

[@ouinceton53]

Woaw, that's the most beautiful bass i've seen in a while. I'm astonished, as always with your work : beautiful instruments and perfect tone Thanks for uploading Tim, you're truly an inspiration !

[@timsway]

Thanks a lot!

[@awogbob]

I dont know how else to say this but this is by far the most..... Polished piece to come from you. IT still has your super unique style and the level of polish highlights your already cool luthier perspective. All the best TIM

[@timsway]

Thanks. If I'm not progressing I'm regressing :)

[@cmdrerniepaul]

I don't know what all the switches do here, but I love the fact that when you hit one, it actually changes the tone! I've seen so many builds with series/parallel/dual/single/phase/etc. but I can't hear any noticeable difference in sound. Great job!

[@mccypr]

Love it! I like the color contrast between the fingerboard and the body. Thanks!😎✌️🌞🎸

[@413DaveRN]

It looks like attitude and produces the kind of tone you feel in your bones!

[@timsway]

love!

[@napalmjack]

Ah, yes, My favorite tool. *The Un-Nail Gun*

[@hurdygurdyguy1]

I was today years old when I found out there was even an Un Nail Gun!!!

[@davidheywood9645]

Astounding bass. Pure beauty to behold. So cool to see detail of the build.

[@RaccoonHenry]

it looks so cool!! might be my favorite of your builds yet! I wish I had a guitar version for myself

[@derekdunn4560]

Great video Tim! Such a cool build. That level trick on the table saw is genius! I will for sure be using it moving forward

[@garagemonkeysan]

Great film. The bass is so cool. Excellent detail. Mahalo for sharing!🙂🐒

[@auramatic77]

Best design and best build yet!

[@bongosock]

Really gorgeous, and the design language seems so coherent too!

[@MarcSiqueira]

Great Design! The triple x for sound holes looked great!

[@jvin248]

Tim, an alternative to the awkward router table binding cutting process on that curved shape, put that bit in your CNC machine, clamp the z-axis, and with the machine off but the router on move the x-y axes around by hand to follow the guitar perimeter. Set the guitar on your fixture pucks to level out and clamp or set weights on top. Assumes your CNC can free-wheel when not powered. Nashua aluminum flashing tape (hvac tape) works well for shielding at $8/roll that shields a couple dozen guitars. Really nice guitar design and build.

[@timsway]

that is a very good idea, but the back is curved too so it would still be a matter of setting up a proper jig, just upside down. i could have put pucks or something on the router table, too. I thought it was flat enough so I could freehand it steady but I got a little wobbly.

[@heartofodds]

Killer bass. Great tonal variation.

[@goodboi4807]

absolutely stunning

[@cartoonliker4666]

Cool looking bass guitar with the tremelo bar. Great job building it man!! 😉👍

[@sgsax]

Such astounding variety of sounds you can get from this one. Definitely something for everybody in this one, even a Bigsby. 😁 Not to mention it just looks beautiful. The aesthetic is just awesome! Love the well-worn wood and all the decorative details. Thanks for sharing!

[@timsway]

thanks man

[@citizencyclops406]

A white oak bass... so sweet. Artistic trajectory indeed.

[@davebauerart]

Looks and sounds cool, as usual! Contract of the rustic body and the chrome works really well.

[@williamhart4896]

Great sounds from that semi hollow core bass a good new home for the old barn boards .

[@iainchurchill]

What a awesome way to joint a board.

[@sapelesteve]

That is one awesome Bass guitar build Tim! Your luthier skill set is over the top my friend. Hope that you & your family are doing well & staying safe.

[@timsway]

thanks man and same to you. I learn on each one.

[@grantkoeller8911]

Great Tone Starts with Great Strings. STRINGJOY custom guitar and bass strings are crafted one at a time by Nashville musicians who know that great art is made with great tools. Through innovative designs, first rate materials, and labor intensive winding techniques, they make it their mission to craft the finest strings in the world, bar none.

[@eldie3d]

It kinda sounds like a commercial! LOL Do you work at stringjoy? Or maybe own the company? LOL

[@grantkoeller8911]

@@eldie3d I posted their info from their website. I was trying to learn about them. I do not work for them , I'm retired from the USAF Bands.

[@andrewvitale7128]

Super impressed with what it actually is and it's tone! You always amaze me..and feel everyone including the big guitar companies should have your mindset.

[@gregmadden5474]

That really turned out nice Tim and it sounds great! hope too see a hollow body guitar soon also rock on!

[@timsway]

I've done a few, but not arches like this - yet. be good! -T

[@Vanir1337]

Absolutely fantastic, one of my favourite builds from you so far!

[@spurioustransients]

Wow, what a really amazing bass. That the sort of thing I could see myself playing.

[@stubrakon9683]

Absolutely love this instrument!! Stellar work Tim!!!👍😃

[@geoffcowan2384]

Turned out so good! Nice job as always Tim!

[@dE3Lov]

I'm blown away and inspired. Great video and beautiful bass.

[@interact48]

Absolutely fantastic, reminds me of my old Harmony H22 but with more kick , greetings from the UK xxx

[@SzonSer]

Love the bass, really cool method to cnc the top and hollow body from the one blank. will be watching the full video on Patreon later 👍

[@timsway]

Awesome, thank you!

[@DeFiSiYT]

I love everything about this! Awesome job and awesome playing too!

[@grantkoeller8911]

OMG the bass turned out beautifully! This is the bass Jethro would have used in Beverly HillBillies! It's like a Les Paul bass, (but bigger bass body) single cutaway, hollow body, instead of F holes, it has X holes! Definitely mass produce this and put on market. Trademark this and copy write this design for protection!

[@luisvillarreal5262]

Yeah, and used in Seinfeld and Barney Miller too. LOL

[@hurdygurdyguy1]

I'm thinking Jethro would've had a Cigar Box Bass, like a big Roi Tan or White Owl cigar box! 🤣

[@floydlay9189]

Brilliant work Tim,,sounds a treat!

[@lou6261]

I remember drawing pictures of experimental guitars and basses and one was just like this but shaped like a violin. Thanks! 👍

[@foujj]

Fkn sweet ,dude. The marks on the outer pieces are gorgeous.

[@tolvajakos]

you gave great form to nice materials.

[@ZOOTSUITBEATNICK1]

Absolute killer of a bass!

[@djsfunhouse.]

Tim great work man sick bass thank you for the video.

[@FraustByte]

Hey friend another amazing video. Where do you source all your amazing reclaimed wood. I've found some good pieces at ct river lumber company down in old saybrook.

[@timsway]

They are expensive. If you are in CT, follow and check with www.urbanminers.com

[@stevesstrings5243]

Very nice! Well done!

[@glennhynes5263]

That is a country/bluegrass/folk masterpiece.

[@garyhardman8369]

Beautiful job Tim!

[@dfbess]

Glad to see your closing in on 100k subs.. you deserve more..

[@fraterfraxinus6293]

Wow! That looks great! I kinda want that as a guitar now...

[@timsway]

I could make it for you :)

[@fraterfraxinus6293]

@@timsway You make it look so easy, I thought I would just build it myself. ; ) Seriously though, I have a nearly inexhaustible supply of maple, cherry, and walnut on my property. Building guitars is one of my retirement plans.

[@Idontwantthis2023]

Wow, someone out there is playing this!

[@RolandTumble23]

I love this bass--but I must say, I also LOVE your finger-shaped saw pusheers.

[@timsway]

lol. I sell those at sqwayretools.com :)

[@lorenzoramirez7299]

Speechless! All I can say is WOW!!!!

[@atrumluminarium]

What a beauty ❤️ Btw have you ever considered using/designing a bridge with rollers for saddles to use with your bigsby tremolos?

[@numbersabcdefg]

Claw hammer, when removing nails, put a block/spacer underneath to make it higher and torque easier

[@angelstrange5097]

The most beautiful bass I have ever seen, and a tremolo, what a sound, gorgeous. 🎃☠️

[@caeeylots]

Today’s fret work is brought to you by killer Mike.

[@timsway]

YES! I was hoping that would translate. The my soundtrack music was so close to what was playing in the shop there :)

[@ВсадникАпокалипсиса-я9е]

@@timsway why xxx? i didn't see anything porny here

[@timsway]

@@ВсадникАпокалипсиса-я9е moonshine theme

[@MrRajay2U]

Out did yourself on this one...LOVE IT!

[@areamusicale]

I love the killer switch and the Bigsby. What's next? A kaoss pad guitar :D

[@carolynhudson6858]

I have gone down too many internet rabbit holes and between seeing this reclaimed barn wood bass get made and some of the various blacksmith/prop makers/machinists on KZbin i half want to see Tim collab with one of the blacksmiths to make at guitar or bass with least some of the bigsby and other larger metal parts out of forged or Damascus steel maybe even using reclaimed metal from farm tools. Though one would need to do something to protect the metal from rusting if plain steel is used.

[@studiodespenates]

Very cool ... on so many aspects !!! Well done !

[@destroyerofcitysduck5937]

Makeing my diy projects look like they need improvement. Great stuff.

[@donaldmach7150]

Extremely impressive build! 👍 Whammy on bass! Nice!

[@grantkoeller8911]

It would be neat to see an entire line of Tim Sway Bass Bodies on the market, P bass, Jazz bass bodies made from different woods, all set to fender neck pocket depths and specs, to match standard Fender replacement necks and warmoth necks. So I could have a Tim Sway antique Chestnut P bass body, or a Tim Sway Fender Jazz body made from Pallet strips all glued up like a cutting board bass and CNC'ed to Fender specs'. This is the beginning of your destiny. You could take logs, out in the forest, and show the milling process, the drying process, and the final CNC process, or even old school NON -cnc made the 1950's way. This is a dream of mine, to see you do this. Or you going to a reclaimed wood pile in the middle of a wood dumping area and talking about what makes good wood for bass building versus, what wood would be non usable.

[@timsway]

I appreciate the sentiment, but IMO Fender is the competition. I don't want them copying my designs and I sure as hell don't want to copy theirs .

[@RJDCR]

not bad Dad , nice to see a Bass project , & its just neat , I like that Robert J

[@timsway]

As a bassist, I prefer building basses. Got a couple more cool ones in development that will be different for me.

[@isetta4083]

Very Primus esque playing the end... Les Swaypool?

[@Rebar77_real]

Cool build!

[@truthxbl]

I wish you took commissions. Pure magic.

[@timsway]

Basically all I do is commission work! This was a commission build. www.newperspectivesmusic.com

[@truthxbl]

@@timsway Omg time to set aside some dosh

[@CS_Mango]

I really like this pointing hand shaped pushing thing.

[@timsway]

sqwayretools.com/shop/ols/products/the-fingerswayver-highly-functional-push-stick

[@tonevertonguitars]

Amazing jog man!! I like it!!!

[@ViewtifulSam]

Amazing project! Wow

[@aWildJosh213]

I love basses with tremolo/vibrato systems! Very cool build. It's good to use whatever you have laying around to build instruments, and what do all those switches and knobs do?!

[@timsway]

standard les paul style vol/tone setup with coil splits, 2 additional capacitors, momentary mute and master on/off. cheers!

[@aWildJosh213]

@@timsway that's cool! I love having a kill switch on my guitars or basses, but none of my instruments have an actual kill switch, but I can use the pickup selector switches as one (only on a few guitars).

[@realitystudioscustomshop]

stunning bass guitar!

[@joshmann2525]

It’s gorgeous!

[@ThDirtyCurfDrummer]

Definitely unique, and the Bigsby adds a touch of class. :)

[@timsway]

I want all my basses to have them now.

[@taufanmochamat7119]

Cool wood working man..... You inspire me to have a bass with killpot on it 💪💪💪

[@jamesh5460]

Is the fretboard Micarta? Great build and love to see see more bass.

[@timsway]

Yes. It is Richlite. There's a video about it and others from a few weeks back. More unique basses are coming!

[@jamesh5460]

@@timsway Very cool. I saw those videos which made me wonder if you are starting to use it more. Awesome!

[@ekatresna8291]

Beautifull bass guitar👍👍👍👍

[@birdwoodcbgs71]

Utterly cool

[@M00nkat55]

Beautiful

[@davidhogan5133]

Thats the most beautiful thing i have ever seen. Cheers.😊🌄