Making a 6 String Bass Guitar

This is an overview video of the 20 part series I filmed while making the 'Roadworks Bass'.

I thoroughly enjoyed the project and am very thankful to those of you who supported and motivated me throughout the series with your assistance and kind words. I really REALLY appreciate it!
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🕵️‍♂️ WHO AM I?:
My name is Matt Estlea and I’m a Woodworker from Basingstoke, England. My aim is to make your woodworking less s***.

I come from 5 years of TRAINING at Rycotewood Furniture Centre in Oxford, 5 years of experience WORKING at Axminster Tools and Machinery in Basingstoke, and 3 years TEACHING both day classes and evening classes at Rycotewood Furniture Centre. All while trying to get this YouTube thing off the ground.

By September 2021, I packed it all in to focus on YouTube and my business full-time.

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[jpwoodwork]

That came out incredible, I followed this build from start to finish and loved every minute of it, thanks mate

[adammbuisberbat]

Greetings from Turkey ! Im a luthiery school student at University of Ege(İzmir) and this year i finally convince my workshop teacher for crafting a bass guitar (5string) and got so many materials from your video series ! Thanks a lot...

[pauln]

Thoroughly enjoyed every minute of the series. Don’t apologize, not necessary. Keep going

[danielrobertson]

Holy bass!!! That is just flipping gorgeous! Great job man.

[rubenscastamann]

Luthier and musicman... we are rarity! congratulations for work!!!

[andrewmiller]

I watched this from start to finish. As a fellow bass player, this whole build was freaking awesome!

[carnovector]

all of this is great but is nobody gona talk about this sick tone? the best part about this thing to me is just how great it sounds easily my favorite bass sound ive heard so far tbh

[TheBuzzJazz]

Woodworking + bass guitar + great filmmaking = instant subscribe.

[chloe]

i just watched all of these non-stop. You did a fantastic job putting this together, the hiccups have really given me some lessons learned and you really convinced me on importance of hand-tooling a lot in this process. Wow! Just really grateful you did this. I intend on this being my profession later in life and will hopefully have this at the ready while I am trying to define a process. Thank you.

[Scudpuddle]

This turned out great Matt. Not a bass player myself, but I know plenty of people who would love this. Not just the bass, but the whole series. I’m definitely passing this along to them.

[claytonjones]

Talent beyond your years....respect to you.

[crashwebb]

I watched the whole series a second time to refresh my memory. Beautiful bass!

[Vendelcrow]

As a retired luthier its great to see your bass building flix. Your skills, your design, your ingenuity and your attention to detail is amazing. Just great!!!

[jesseturner]

I just binged the whole series in two days. I started getting mad about the 6th video in. I was down right looking for blood abound the 14th. I kept thinking to myself, "is he even worried about intonation?" However, two videos back when you started curving the neck and shaping the body, it came alive. I finally saw your dream. I don't mean this to sound negative because it isn't, but while it is obvious you know your way around a piece of wood, you made being a luthier look hard. These guys over at crimson guitars make it look like any one can whip out a master piece. You made it fun and awesome but I'd never try that in a million years.

[PatNetherlander]

Well Done Matt! What a beauty she turns out to be! You shall learn a lot from and with her you do!

[anointed]

I just watched the 21 videos of this series I think you did an awesome job building this gorgeous instrument. Congrats!!!

[MYEVILTWIIN]

This was like a Netflix series ..., binged watched it over 2 days .... was dying to hear the thing plugged in but resisted until the end ... top work mate

[drnicholaspratt]

Watched all episodes and I haven’t been glued to a series this much for awhile. Amazing... look forward to future builds Matt.

[MrJcardimen]

Great series! I began watching this morning and couldn’t stop. What a talent you are.

[EmptyDomoKanti]

this series is what inspired me to make my own bass!
after being annoyed at not being able to get a semi-decent one for cheap, i just decided to make my own, which i’m currently in the process of doing
while it’s not a 6 string behemoth, it’s still got all the features i want in a bass guitar
thanks for the inspiration!