No. 29 is underway. (GPB-4M P Bass Maple f/board.)

I have sanded and timbermated (is that a word?????) all over...body...neck...fingerboard.

Not one hundred percent happy with the headstock....but it matches the template I have pretty close.

This pics taken just after the application of second coat of Fine Buffing Oil......leave to get tacky then hit with a coarse rag....leave for five hours and then buff with a soft rag....it cleans up very nicely.

It is applied with steel wool...so you get the little black lines from the shredding steel wool....but they buff off pretty well.

Some more dry and buffed pics this afternoon.

Back to work again tomorrow. Roster change....so not gone ten days now.....four days away for three days home....more guitar work.

Look close at the body front and back....some serious bug/worm/weather damage lines on these pieces of wood....they have a nice 3D effect to them.

The neck looks bland and has no flame or grain much at all.

The front of the headstock has some growth circles as if the neck was cut flat and not in the quarter sawn manner.

Nice grain on the body Ozzie.

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Originally Posted by wazkelly

Nice grain on the body Ozzie.

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Heck yeah, really nice

I have done four coats of the fine buffing oil. The neck feels so smooth and has a creamed honey appearance to it. I am noting a few spots of wax build up on both the body and neck. I think I will let it hang for a few days and then buff it out....before making a choice whether I put any more coats on.

Honestly, I think the neck is done.....hang....solvents gas off....then wax a few times.

The body has a few spots that could benefit from more Fine Buffing Oil. I think I may work towards the seven coats I did on the last one I used Fine Buffing Oil on.

The nice smooth and natural finish under the hand is amazing.

Some nice necky pics......and one of the bum.

Wow, that is really impressive Ozzie.

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Originally Posted by wazkelly

Wow, that is really impressive Ozzie.

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Thanks.

The different shades and tones of timbermate left their mark in the grain. But overall the effect is just too subtle. I don’t think a burst using timbermate would be possible to the point that it would be noticeable.

I would be interested in seeing what the buffing oil would do over a stain though.

Like tru oil there will be an amber colouring in the oil itself. I just wonder how much colour the application with steel wool would drag out. I think you would either have to go Browns and oranges or a really overly bright colour and let the oil and steel wool tone it down. The finish is only ever going to be a low sheen waxed finish...so not really robust....but all done really quickly.

Don't be too harsh. I thought what you have done does a great job in highlighting the natural Ash grain. Any darker may have ended up looking weathered or dirty.

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Wow this one has gone fast. The body and the neck/fingerboard/headstock have now all had seven coats of the Feast Watson Fine Buffing Oil.

They will get the coarse cloth buffing and the fine cloth buffing later today and then hang until my next group of days off.

I like the figure in the body, and even the neck looks good. But I have to say WOW the neck feels so smooth. It is not polished and buffed wax smooth....but very silky and naturally without grip. I like this semi-gloss sheen finish.

The body pics.....