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This is my AGB-30 short scale bass. I plan to paint it a Purple Candy Sparkle Pearl with a 2K clear coat.
I just did a sand on the body tonight and will try to sand the neck tomorrow. The neck is dry fitted in the pic, I haven't glues it yet, I plan to do that after painting.
Fishbone
Great kit and colour choice, look forward to seeing it built
Looking forward to watching this one unfold!
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Sanded the neck tonight (not the fingerboard). I started with P220 and finished with P500. I'm currently masking the fingerboard leaving the frets exposed. Then I will polish the frets with a Dremel tool and polishing compound to get a high gloss finish. After that, I will mask off the entire fingerboard in preparation for painting and/or clearcoat.
Personally I'd wait until the guitar was ready to string up before polishing frets. It really is one of the last things you want to do as you are bound to get some marks on them during the build that will mean you repeat the process.
I also find a Dremel on frets is a bit dangerous as it doesn't go slowly enough and builds up a lot of heat very quickly and can damage the fretboard even under masking tape (I've done this so you don't have to). Nothing wrong with a cloth and some metal polish to do the job in safety.
Did the final sanding on the body and neck today. I used sanding sealer and grain filler and it feels really smooth. I will start the topcoat tomorrow. I'm not painting the neck, just going to clear coat it next week when I clear coat the body. I'm using a 2K clear coat spray can, which I've never used before. I hope it works out.
I need to know how to do the Pitbull decal. It's it a water based decal? Is it ok to clear coat over it, or will the clear coat dissolve the decal? I'm using a 2K spray clear coat, with the activator inside the can.
I primed the body yesterday. Just waiting 24 hours to sand, then when my paint arrives I will start the painting.
Looking good.
I don't know about 2K, but I have used clear acrylic lacquer many times over decals mostly without issues. The only issue I have had is some slight defects on some blue parts of the decal. Frustratingly, that was on the headstock decal of my tele. If you have any spare decals it would be worth testing.Quote:
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Finished painting and clear coating last night. Some orange peel but I will sand and buff that out. It's coming along nicely.
Very tasty looking.
I did a little wet sanding to see how much I needed to do. I started with P1200 then went to P2000. Looks like I need to do more still, I just wanted to get a feel for how much was needed. Then I polished an area on the back to see how it would shine up. I tried to get the lighting right for the pic to see the difference. This is the Harbor Freight headlight polish kit pad I used and the Meguire's polish compound I used (Harbor Freight).
That'll look sharp once it's properly levelled.
I find 1200 is too light to start (unless I got really lucky off the gun - still waiting for that to happen :o).
600-800 is usually my first grit depending on how heavy the orange peel is.
Did some more wet sanding and polishing. Right up until the velcro backing came off the polishing pad. Another trip to Harbor Freight.
That colour is killer
Put the Pitbull decal on the neck today. No matter how much I tried to line it up, it still looks crooked. I think some of that may be the camera in my phone and the angle I took the picture. Getting ready to glue the neck in place once I re-verify alignment.
Installed the tuning pegs in the headstock. Got the neck lines up, glued and clamped. I noticed that they forgot to drill a hole for the 3-way switch, so I will do that after the neck glue is set, 24 hours.
Indeed. Also the output jack hole. This would normally go on the top of the body like on an SG, but you may be able to fit an electrosocket type on the side if you wanted.
Got the neck glued, no problems. I did notice I forgot to paint the ledge under the neck, but no big deal. I also treated the fingerboard with Tung oil. Lined the pickup cavities with the copper foil and installed the pickups. The neck pickup guard needed a notch cut in it so I did that with a bench grinder. I also drilled the missing hole for the 3 way switch. Next I'll be soldering the electronics, which is easy.
It's pretty much done, just need to install the strap lugs and put the cover on the back.
Love it \m/
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