Neck sanded and now the first coats on! It’s starting to move along a bit now!
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Neck sanded and now the first coats on! It’s starting to move along a bit now!
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That looks great, I really like the angular take on the traditional Fender headstock shape.
the body colour shows off the timber grain nicely too
Nice build!
I am trying to get my head around maple fretboards, can I ask how you are planning to finish the fretboard?
Thanks guys!
FaustoB, I'm using the Dingotone Neck Finish (Colourless) for the neck, headstock and the fretboard. After two coats of the "stain" coat the neck and headstock are turning a nice light camel brown colour whereas the fretboard is largely remaining quite a pale colour but there is a nice shimmer to it. I was not expecting this - I thought colourless meant literally no colour - but I have to say I really like it!! The contrast between the neck/headstock and fretboard is quite nice. I've finished the "stain" coat on the neck now and just waiting for it to dry and then I can put the finish coat on.
The body finish has involved a lot more coats (I think I'm up to 7 now) so is taking much longer but I'm willing to be patient to get the best result. I can't wait to put it all together and play it though!!
Just to show you the contrast between neck and fretboard with the Dingotone Colourless finish
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The neck colour looks nice. Weird that the neck and fretboard come out with different colours if they are both maple. I suppose that is the joy of working with wood!
thank you so much for taking the time to explain and for uploading the photo! Appreciate it.
I have a fretless maple neck hanging around for a project and was interested to hear your approach.
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I finished this about a month ago but forgot to put the finished photos up sorry! Here’s a few if you’re interested to see what Dingotone Karijini Red looks like on an ash body.
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Looks great. Those colours go well together.
How does it play?
It plays surprisingly well! Although there does seem to be a tiny bit of noise coming through when I turn the pickup and tone knobs all the way up. Not a major issue as I don’t hear it when I’m playing but I imagine the guys on the sound desk are probably cringing haha. I did put copper shielding on so not sure what I can really do to improve it. Maybe buy better pickups than the ones supplied.Quote:
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Apart from that it has a lovely earthy tone, a bit different to what I’m used to on my old Yamaha bass which was a bit more bright.
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Looks good.
Unfortunately you'll need to do a small bit of modifying and refinishing if you want to replace the stock kit pickups as the four fixing screw 'bumps' are slightly displaced compared to the original (and other replacement) pickups. Nothing a few seconds work with a drum sander on a Dremel won't do, but obviously it needs care to just remove the right amount from the pickguard and body.
They are single coils, so you must expect some noise, even with shielding. The noise level will depend on the electrical noise in the area you are playing, so it will vary. If one of the pickups is RWRP with respect to the other, then the 'both pickups fully up' combination should be near-silent.