Construction process
The necks of Progress and Perception series basses are formed by laminating three or five pieces of quarter-sawn timber, with an even grain structure through the full length of the neck. This ensures greater emphasis of harmonic qualities, enhanced transmission of tone and adds greater strength and rigidity.
Body woods are chosen for their physical stability, acoustic properties and visual beauty. All overlaid tops are split to produce a book-matched pair and laminated to the body core, defined with black maple stringers between the top and core, while Elite models feature matching facings on the back of the body as well as the front.
After machine shaping of the body and neck, final profiling, carving and fretting is carried out by hand, followed by hand sanding and finished using a tough satin or gloss lacquer.
Here is a brief overview of the production process in pictures...
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Neck and body blanks are machined to size and prepared for lamination. | Exotic top woods here being split sawn into book matched pairs. | After lamination, bodies are rough cut to shape before final machining. | The fingerboard is slotted for frets using a dedicated saw for extreme accuracy. | |||
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Necks are shaped before the truss rod and strengthening bars are inserted and fingerboard is glued. | After the fingerboard has been radiused, the frets are inserted and trimmed. | After final shaping is done by hand the bass is fine sanded and prepared for finishing | The fingerboard and frets are dressed and dot markers inserted. | |||
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| The bass is then ready for three stages of spraying. | Electronic circuits are constructed and tested | The bridge and saddles are prepared and assembled | And the bass is hand finished, prior to final assembly and setup. |