Acoustic Bass plans

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Mike Sandor
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Acoustic Bass plans

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Looking for plans for an acoustic bass. MIMF offer any?
Thanks, Mike
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Charlie Schultz
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Re: Acoustic Bass plans

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This *was* the list of plans and hopefully *will be* the list. I'm not a bass guy, but I don't think we have any on this list.
1959 Les Paul, Jr.
Telecaster®
Stratocaster®
Hondo "V", see below for descriptions of the two "V" plans.
Gibson '83 Korina "V" reissue
Archtop Guitar
Flat-top Guitar based on the plans in "Guitarmaking: Tradition and Technology" by Cumpiano and Natelson.
Guitar based on the Gibson L-00, not an exact replica.
"Fat Boy" guitar, inspired by a 1940s-era Regal guitar.
Weissenborn "Style 2" guitar
Small Guitar/Baritone Ukulele
4-, 5-, or 6-string fretted/fretless solid-body thru-neck bass
Jazz Bass®
4-string fretted solid-body bolt-on electric bass
8-String Lap Steel Guitar
Student Model Mountain Dulcimer
Rodger Knox
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Re: Acoustic Bass plans

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Charlie, I've got several plans that could be added to the list, most notably a '56 Gibson slope shoulder dred and a 70's Ibanez copy of a Gibson J-200.
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Louie Atienza
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Re: Acoustic Bass plans

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Wasn't there a Kasha-inspired acoustic bass somewhere? My friend Mike Phillips found it on the 'net, don't know if it was here or not...
Darrel Friesen
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GAL has a 32" scale plan. http://www.luth.org/plans/harp.htm
Mark Schrier
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Re: Acoustic Bass plans

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Another source, if you're still looking.


http://www.ebay.com/itm/ACOUSTIC-BASS-G ... 231b5b08b5
Mark Schrier
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Re: Acoustic Bass plans

Post by Mark Schrier »

That Kasha style bass is in the MIMF links page

Or, just click here:

http://web.archive.org/web/200503140516 ... ticoe.html
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