I built myself a Rickenbacker Bass Guitar

My first attempt at building a guitar. A through-neck Rickenbacker bass guitar made from a bannister, some Venetian blinds and ash. This was just a Covid lockdown project to help pass the time but I’m pretty happy with how it turned out. It plays great and sounds great too. Nice and punchy. The video shows the process of building the bass from the very first steps right up to my first time plugging it in and playing it. It has mostly been sped up and edited to just show a short section of each step of the process. Since finishing it I’ve started playing again, which I hadn’t in about ten years. For any first time builders out there, it might be of help or give you ideas and at very least it should inspire you to give it a go if you have any sort of level of skill at woodworking. The most intricate thing I had made before this was probably my shed!