Uploaded August 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Welcome to Part 1 of the Gorgon Bass build series! This first video includes the entire making of the neck.

The neck is Wenge
The fretboard is Macassar Ebony

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0:00 - Intro
0:20 - Cutting neck pieces
01:27 - Gluing up the neck blank
01:52 - Routing truss rod channel
03:05 - Tapering the neck
04:13 - Cutting fret slots
04:50 - 12th fret inlay
08:38 - Headstock wings
09:20 - Gluing on the fretboard
10:16 - Dot inlays
11:39 - Radiusing the fretboard
12:12 - Side dots
12:37 - Installing frets
13:37 - Cutting neck profile
15:04 - Fretwork
17:23 - Carving the neck
18:55 - Headstock veneer
22:08 - Outro