And just to throw my two cents worth in, a white Pearloid guard would look really nice on that red....
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And just to throw my two cents worth in, a white Pearloid guard would look really nice on that red....
I was going to do my ST-1 in Cherry Flamenco with a white Pearloid guard, how does the CF look on basswood DB????
look at the picture on the wudtone custom finish link thumbnail Pest, pretty sure thats cherry flamenco.Quote:
Quote from keloooe on May 23, 2013, 14:08
I was going to do my ST-1 in Cherry Flamenco with a white Pearloid guard, how does the CF look on basswood DB????
It would look just like Robins Strat but slightly deeper red, would look orsome
When I get time to sand my PBH-4 bass I'm doing that in CF so I'll post some photos of that, that is basswood
Quick update - rosy goodness continues - but have been flat out the last few nights on frets, frets and practicing for a friend's 40th... Looks like one of DB's Katana's wouldn't go astray, or at least one of those little bones...
Now that the frets are done, I've done the first coat of the neck, with more to come over the weekend...
Body - not sure when to stop - want to look at the guitar in real sunlight, but the colour's beautiful now and I'm torn - do I continue and see where it goes (still got 1/2 a bottle of base to go), or do I get into the top coats so I can crank this bad boy up and give it a whirl...
Was looking around at pickups - as much to see what's out there as for any other reason - anyone heard of or used Entwistle pickups? http://www.entwistlepickups.com/pickup.php?puid=PBX
Seem cheap, but with good wraps...
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Looking good! I'd keep going with the stain an cherry it right up.
RE: the Entwhistle P-ups, I've never used them but the people who do seem to rave about them. I've got a fretless P-bass on the bench at the moment which needs all new electrics and these might be a good option. If you do use them i'd appreciate knowing how they go.
Will do...
Wow Brendan, that is a sexy looking bass already!!! It has my P bass vibes going!!!!
DB, can you please keep the secret DB blood recipe that Brendan has, I would love to have that colour going on with my next Strat!
Re the Entwistle pickups- do those prices strike you as incredibly inexpensive? Thirteen quid for a P bass pickup?? Nine quid for a Jazz pickup??
Sure there's an exchange rate to contend with, but I am tempted to give them a shot.
That's what I was thinking - they do seem cheap, but those that use them seem happy...
I think I might be coming around to steal that Bass, Brendan......
Seriously though, you have nailed it! If it was me I would be thinking about starting the top coats now.
Well done!
Top coats started. Photo of the back of the neck - using Vintage Amber stain / top coats. Photos of the body just show red, though even without the topcoats, there's a bit of semi gloss around.
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This is goingto be good!
It's going to be REALLY good!!!!Quote:
Quote from Gavin1393 on June 9, 2013, 22:00
This is goingto be good!
Quick update - top coats going well - was waiting a week between coats (crossed lines) and rethought it and am now taking a couple of days between top coats. Keeping them thin, but may give it a couple of more coats before calling it quits... Lack of other things to do, so have shielded the back of the pickguard. Waiting on the top coats to dry to do the cavity. Also drilled out the ground wire hole to the bridge to allow me to replace the supplied wire with a shielded one that was a few mm thicker - found a long 1/8" bit that is a poofteenth bigger than the 3mm wire, but just enough to go through nicely. No reason for this bass to be anything but silent.
so is the PB going to be ready to enter GOTM July Brendan ?
could be 3 basses entered with yours, mine and Gav's !
Enough to have a Bass Guitar of the month compo?Quote:
/<\\/p>[]<\\/p>/Quote from wokkaboy on June 24, 2013, 14:49
so is the PB going to be ready to enter GOTM July Brendan ?
could be 3 basses entered with yours, mine and Gav's !
May have to come up with a reason to push it back a month... The standards are quite high!
No don't do that Brendan, I MIGHT have a bass ready for next month and I don't think I want to come up against yours.Quote:
/<\\/p>[]<\\/p>/Quote from Brendan on June 24, 2013, 19:09
May have to come up with a reason to push it back a month... The standards are quite high!
Classic looking P Bass mate. :)
rob
Disaster!
All good to start to put it together - had taken the body off my painting pole and put it down for a minute to do something and now I know bodies can bounce... Unfortunately on the face of all places... :x
Have sanded back most of the damage and started to apply Wudtone again - out of deep base, so will try the areas with the base coat only. So far it's looking ... better... Will see what a couple more coats will do. Unfortunately had to learn this lesson the hard way...
:(
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I think this qualifies! The suspicious among us might think...Quote:
Quote from Brendan on June 24, 2013, 19:09
May have to come up with a reason to push it back a month...
Ouch, there's nothing worse than seeing all your hard work undone in the blink of an eye. Heartbreaking :( The gods of luthery can be fickle and cruel, and you have my utmost sympathy. Did the fall/drop happen in slow motion with your accompanying scream of "Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo" unable to do anything to stop/catch it? It did when mine fell (fortunately it was still bare wood and only partially sanded at the time, but I counted 7 major dents afterwards).
As frustrating as it is when you're so close to finishing it, I'm sure it will clean up ok with more time and patience... and, bright side, now you'll be able to take on the Pest in the August GOTM.
Brendan, did you use the water trick to swell the compressed part back to original? If not. Stop and bring it with you today and I will help you with it.
Haha Scott, you just HAD to mention my awesome LP!!! It's almost done actually, the too has 3 coats on it that I might increase to 4 in some areas, and the back is almost done... So during that time period I'll also apply the neck top coats, the. I'll be wiring, then gluing the neck, then it's all just stringing up and letting the mighty beast roar!Quote:
/<\\/p>[]<\\/p>/Quote from WeirdBits on June 30, 2013, 00:16
and, bright side, now you'll be able to take on the Pest in the August GOTM.
All good to start to put it together - had taken the body off my painting pole and put it down for a minute to do something and now I know bodies can bounce... Unfortunately on the face of all places... :x
Jeepers Brendan, I would still be swearing fluently right now if that had happened to me. Especially considering the beautiful finish you have achieved.
Good fortune with the recovery process my boy . . .
O CRAP!
Brendan, if you want some deep colour I can sort it out for you and have it in the post tomorrow mate.
Email me at dingobass@pitbullguitars.com
Will see how my fix went tonight - applied colour on Saturday night after dropping it. If that's taken then should be good. Otherwise....
That is after cleaning my man cupboard and making sure there's no reason for it to happen again!
Thanks heaps for the offer!
OK - cold hard light of day (didn't look @ it yesterday as I'd be too tempted to react rashly) the damage seems significant but not catastrophic. About 6 big chips in the shell (Wudtone seems to have protected the body well) and lots of smaller dings where it seems a grit of sand has gotten into the top. See first photo. I'm thinking sand top and sides back totally and start them again or just points of damage and try to match colours.
My main concern is area on the bottom left where it seems there's a "V" shaped crack running between the control cavity and the back of the body. See second and third photos (one I've highlighted the damage). Nothing seems loose, but given the shape of the cracking, I'm worried of some underlying damage. I've peeled back the shielding but as I hadn't sanded the cavity too much so you can't see anything there. Should I be worried about this or am I making stuff up? I did sand locally on Saturday and try to repair using base coat only, but the depth of colour isn't there. Unfortunately it doesn't carry with the dodgy phone camera with poor lighting (makes it look like it did pre drop :?).
Positive note - man cupboard upgraded with *new* rubber mats for flooring - may not stop all the damage, of the next drop, but may stop some :|. Benefit of 20:20 hindsight. Also cleared more space on my workbench so hopefully there's no reason for another drop.
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More positives - the neck looks great - really happy with it - logo has come up nicely and overall was fairly successful and simple.
Tricks - printed on a laser printer at work on laser printer decal paper, but not sure both were what they seemed - print didn't seem to stabilise properly, so my first decal's print rubbed off when I left it in the water for long enough. But Wudtone to the rescue - light coat of top coat on the second decal, leave it for 24 hours and Bob's your relative of choice. Plan now - add lots of top coats to the head of the neck and then sand it back till you can't see its a decal (maybe).
What I'll try next time - keep the decal cutout shape simple (I tried to cut out any blank space i.e., around words, etc, but it just made it harder to handle - the two ends seemed to want to go in different directions).
What worked - printed off lots of copies of everything - on one sheet I got 22 logos and 3 copies of 20 serial numbers - so if I stuff one up, there's a couple of spares.
Made the logo using a font from Cooltext.com just using paint so that I could arrange the words how I wanted them and put a hand drawn line between the words and text to give it the same feel as the text. I then imported the logo into Word and copied it over and over again. Same deal with the serial numbers.
Then printed test print to make sure everything was the right size, etc, etc...
Then printed the real thing...
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I'd be sanding the cracked parts right back to the wood. Assessnthe damage properly and get some good quality titebond into those cracks and glued up properly.That way you can continue with your build knowing th body is sound again. The wudtone will cover the blemishes if yo do it properly.
Nice spelling there Gav! :P
Apart from that, sound advice.
I sent the new deep colour coat out to you today Brendan, so I would be inclined to sand the whole body back and start again.....
Bummer, I know but it will give the best results.
Yep, thought so... Will sand, sand, then sand again... I'll have another look at the cracks... Hopefully (fingers crossed) it's only a crack in the Wudtone, not the wood...
Off to sand, sand, sand...
BTW - new project turned up in the mail today - my very own RC-1!
Need a name - was thinking one of the following:
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ (after the singer);
2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byQIPdHMpjc (following my P-Bass nosedive) or
3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nU1VfYYKMDk (I know it should be an SG, but...).
What do you think 1,2 or 3?
Bass almost back to nude now - had to resort to 80 grit as the Wudtone was HARD. Very impressed with the hardness of the Wudtone. Resolved that there is a tiny crack in the body that I can open a hair's breadth. I have some StewMac #2 superglue - was wondering if I used it now in the crack then gave myself all the grits up from 80 to clear any seepage away from the crack? Its not at all conspicuous, being between the back and the control cavity, but would be good to resolve it before it's too late.
In this case I would not use Superglue. It would be better to use Titebond or...choke... PVA...yes, I said PVA...gasp... off to re education tomorrow...
Superglue may repell Wudtone, not entirely sure of this but that is what my gut instinct tells me.
No worries - off to Carbatec tomorrow!
Hi Brendan,
You'll love the Ric, it was my first attempt at pit bulls. Re the what to call your new project, in light of your naming convention, may I propose option 4?
http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=MrV0V...%3DMrV0VSAjEak
;) ;) ;)
Cheers
Glenn
OOOhhh - tempting - my 3 year old would love the idea.
Given my plan is for something black, maybe Kate which is short for Bob?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EnddhETKc4
Only if you write a song called wooble and play it whilst wearing your undies on your head with a pencil up each nostril. ;)
An ode to green perhaps?
Putty?