31 or 32" scale Double-Cut Bass Guitar (Serial 09B027)
Smaller, Lighter, More Comfortable.

This bass proudly features a new double-cut and neck-through body design for Watson Guitars. We are offering the same boutique quality available in any high-end bass, but in a much lighter, more comfortable package without sacrificing performance.

These are the two mahogany pieces which will make up the back of the instrument.	(2/11/10) We had to stop working on this bass due to the commitments we had for the 2010 NAMM show. Now that the show has passed and we are back in the shop we can re-start some of these projects for completion this spring/summer. On this bass, the material for the back of the body will be Mahogany. These are the two upper and lower bout pieces which will soon be attached to the center core of the bass.
Machining has started on the core of this bass. We're currently cutting the headstock angle.	(6/9/09) The central core of our bass has been set up on our CNC machine and we have started by cleaning up the top joint surface of the neck. This becomes our datum for all the other machined surfaces. We then proceed to cut the headstock angle using a ball nosed end mill. We will do several other machining operations before we remove the neck from the two vises. This ensures that all the machined features are co-planar.
The piece of Tulipwood for the top of the bass is now up on the bandsaw. I have to split it down the middle to get two bookmatched pieces.	(5/1/09) Today I stopped procrastinating and decided to resaw this piece of Tulipwood into its two bookmatched halves. It's a relatively hard wood and it took a while to cut all the way through. This will make a very attractive top for this bass. Next I will sand the two pieces flat and to a common thickness and we'll cut them closer to the actual shape of the body of the bass. I need to decide on a fingerboard for this instrument - maybe cocbolo...
These are the various laminates that will comine to make up the neck of this bass. Padauk in the center, then two strips of Bloodwood and the outer two pieces are Curly Maple.	(4/26/09) The five piece neck is currently being machined. We just finished machining the various laminates to the correct taper for this neck and we have glued light and dark veneers onto the various woods. we are now ready to start gluing the laminates together to create the neck-through core of the instrument. This is our first 31" scale bass and the geometry between the neck and the body is slightly different. We'll proceed with care!
This is the material we will be using for the top of the bass. Tulipwood.	(4/10/09) We are going to use Tulipwood - a member of the Rosewood family, for the top of this bass. It will result in a very nice honey and pink colored top with a nice grain. It's a relatively dense hardwood, so I will have to be careful not to add too much weight. We'll chamber the body to keep the overall weight to a minimum. We have not yet decided on a wood for the back, possibly ash, mahogany or alder, depending on what I see on my next trip to my wood supplier.
This bass is constructed as a neck-through instrument. It will be assembled as a center core of several laminates of Curly Maple and Bloodwood, with an African Padauk center laminate.	(4/5/09) The core materials have been selected and we are now working on the recipe for the body. We have a beautiful piece of Tulipwood which we are planning to use as top and back material. We'll probably sandwich a tasty piece of curly maple in the center of the body as it allows us to do some custom tinting to make the whole instrument come together! With women bass players in mind we want this bass to deliver everything in a small package!