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happy day collecting neck fresh from engraver. the hazy spots are burn marks, but they've had a white wash allready awaiting more clear coats.
body is slowly getting flat , with sand/clear/sand/clear etc. taking the nitro coats slowly which is hard
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Wew. That body its looking unreal!
thanks sonics ,playing around with the nitro lacquer has been awsome, even withe ups and downs along the way. its all learning.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sonic Mountain
allready thinkin of next project:D
Wow, simply stunning.Quote:
Originally Posted by Guvna19
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Thats very nice guvna
build update....and new inspiration
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Intriguing???
Starting to slowly assemble now painting is done. I think the stock tuners will have to go eventually, bit ugly looking I think.
I'm sticking with all stock parts as its my first build and I really want to experience the PGB standard kit before I try any upgrades later.
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its very top heavy, maybe when bridge an pups are fiited will balance better, maybe thats normal for bass?
That finish looks immaculate, love the colour - and the engraved headstock came out beautifully! Wouldn’t have guessed it was a first time build!
Thanks VonScott, first time building a PBG, not my first time painting although lot ot learn about nitro. Theres many imperections in the finish when looking closely, some flat spots / dry spray around the horns and solvent boil on arch and edges butwe are happy.Quote:
Originally Posted by VonScott
My weakness is coming as ive not done any fret levelling and expect issues with pots as they are very tight on one side of control cavity.
hopefully it will play ok and not just look pretty hung on wall
Cheers Guv and Adam
Hi Guv. Headstock came up trumps (probably have to drop that word from my vocab.).
Did you go with a decal in the end?
Hardware should fix the balance issue methinks.
cheers, Mark.
howdy Mark, the headstock is engraved with white paint carefully rubbed in. messed around with decals for a bit but couldnt get White on the fine lettering to stand outQuote:
Originally Posted by king casey
O.K. Still, it came up excellent.
For a first build I certainly hope my first build comes within a bull's roar.
cheers, Mark.
Looking very nice indeed. Well done.
The clover leaf tuners do look rather large when all turned the same way, but it's unlikely to look quite like that when strung up and tuned. I'd also imagine that the dark blue/black on the headstock makes it look smaller than if just glossed wood.
Can't wait to see it all finished!
JB4-A kit is completed! noise confirmed!
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the boy tuned it up and played it well, sounded ok (as in - happy it actually works and sound like a bass to our ametuer ears. now i need to learn more about fret/level/dress and intonation. for starters that is..
hope u like it, cheers Gav and Adam
Nice work Gav & son
Congrats. Looks really great!
Looks great when all put together, So much so that it's probably worth taking a little more time to get the finish mirror-smooth, as I can see what look to be quite a lot of small pits in the clearcoat on the body.
Very impressive. Great job.
nice work Guvna and son came up a treat. Better enter GOTM !
Lovely shade of blue. Looks great.
Bloody fantastic. Great looking bass!
Looks lovely, really enjoyed watching this one come together.
If the small pits in the finish do bother you I would wait several months then do another clear topcoat and polish it back. I'm thinking about doing that with the Black Cherry SG. I have a small bit of sink back on one of the wood joins on the back and at just the right angle you can see some of the wood grain pattern starting to show. I really took my time on that and its clearly still had more hardening to do after it was finished.
Really like the headstock decal and the colour with the clear centre. Looks fantastic