UBP Model, 5 String: Prototype for Ugly Bass Player site owner Slade

The UBP Model will be similar to my DC-1 body style, with a deeper upper horn cutaway. This first one is a "prototype" for this one, and is really going to be "pimped out"!

Here is a pic of the body shape with the deeper upper horn:
(you can click on the image to see a larger version)

UBP Model Body Outline

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Here are the specs:

Neck:
  • 5 Piece neck: Wenge with two Australian Blackwood stringers
  • Stabilized Leopardwood Fingerboard, 24 fret, 34" scale
  • Thin Purpleheart accent layer between fingerboard and neck
  • Australian Blackwood headstock with Purpleheart accent layer and Amboyna Burl overlay (to match the body)
  • 2 mm side dots
  • White and Gold Mother of Pearl V Block Inlays
  • UBP Logo inlay at 12th fret in White Mother of Pearl and Paua Abalone


    • Body:
  • Australian Blackwood body wings and back
  • One piece Amboyna Burl Top
  • Thin purpleheart accent layer between the top and body wings


    • Hardware and Electronics:
  • Hipshot ultralight tuners and "A" style bridge, black
  • Black dome knobs
  • One Bartolini "MM" style pickup with Aguilar OBP-3 preamp

    • Status and Updates

    01 September 2004 - Here are pics of some of the woods and inlays, and I'll add pics as soon as I start making sawdust!

    (click on image to view larger version)

    Amboyna Burl One Piece Top
    Amboyna Burl One Piece Top, Gorgeous!    		 Leopardwood Fingerboard
    Stabilized Leopardwood fingerboard, perfect match to the Amboyna top!    		 V Block Inlays
    White and Gold MOP
    "V" Inlays    		 Blackwood body wings and headstock, purpleheart accent layers, and the wenge neck blank with blackwood stringers
    Blackwood body wings and headstock, purpleheart accent layers, and the wenge neck blank with blackwood stringers    		 Neck blank glued and clamped
    Neck blank glued and clamped (Slade's is the bottom one...)




    21 October - Neck is done, truss rod is in, fingerboard glued and clamped. Next the inlays go in the fingerboard, then the body wings

    Fingerboard glued and clamped
    Fingerboard glued and clamped (it's the one in the front).    		        


    06 December 2004 - Whew! The new UBP.com Logo and "Slade" inlays arrived. I had to order them twice, as the first two didn't turn out right. Well, they're all in, so next to glue up the body wings and then carve the neck.

    V-block inlay closeup
    A closeup of the white and gold mother of pearl V-block inlays    		 The 12th fret UBP.com Logo inlay
    The 12th Fret UBP.com Logo inlay. Pau abalone in white mother of pearl    		 Alt view, UBP.com logo inlay
    Shell can be hard to photograph, so here
    is another one to
    help get the idea
    of how it looks!    		 24th fret "Slade" inlay
    The 24th fret
    "Slade" inlay    		 Overall rough view
    The Australian Blackwood body wings next to neck just to get an idea of the shape.


    02 January - The body wings are on. Next the one piece amboyna top.


         		        


    15 February - Applying the first coat of oil


     
     
     
     
     


    09 March 2005 - All done! Ugly Bass Player Edition GW Bass, serial number UBP 0001!