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Scored a Half price bass on the second anniversary sale. Congrats & Cheers Adam and crew.
Going to keep it reasonably standard.
Change the nut to a boney
May change the scratch plate
The bridge might be replaced
MMMM there goes the keeping it standard :D
Coating this in KARIJINI RED
Everything looks good and fits well except the scratch plate which I will change anyways
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Nice - another Tim special on the way
Personally think with the Hellboy theme, scratchplate and bling should be black - love the plan tho!
Have some spare black jazz bass control knobs (cheap plastic style ones) if you're interested.
Looks awesome Tim. Will be very interested to see how the basswood looks with Karijini.
cheers,
Gav.
did some playing on hellboy this weekend.
SANDING SANDING SANDING of course..
cut a new nut
Cut out a new pick guard. No misshaps on the router YAY
and shaped the head stock.
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Looks spot on Tim!
nice little head stock detail
Ooh, I love the headstock.
Looking forward to seeing the build diary on this one taking shape Tim.
looking good Tim, can't wait to see how the karajini red looks
If it's Hellboy, shouldn't you snap off the horns?
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LOL No there will be no snapping of the horns
:DQuote:
/<\\/p>[]<\\/p>/Quote from Tim on September 20, 2014, 09:02
LOL No there will be no snapping of the horns
After a sleepless morning the only thing to do is Hellboy Sanding
All the sanding and cleaning prep was done as the sun started to rise
so I cracked out the DINGOTONE
Karijini red is the colour of choice and after the first layer it is looking nice
Now to play the drying waiting game..
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And one of the head stock :D
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Nice colour. Real nice.
yeah very nice, especially considering thats only the first coat
looks good, nice figure on the headstock
Loving the colour and the theme Tim!
Cheers,
Gav.
that karajini looks fantastic on the basswood and maple headstock, good stuff Tim.
So when you can't sleep you sand and stain - good work !
Another successful day today.
A quick visit to the DB mancave with Hellboys neck.
And out with a whole lot of smoothness..
BYE BYE SPEED HUMPS
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fretless goodness, cool
I'm keen to see how the new DT red comes up when it's done. Looks pretty spiffy already - enough to reiterate; maybe basses CAN be sexy?
Love the subtle mod to the headstock shape too.
Silly question - how do you plan to fill in the fret slots?
Yes love a fretless
The photos don't do the Karijini justice its a super sexy colour
And Max Basses are always sexy
With the frets, still in 2 minds about this one
May go with the plastic plant label solution or I may do pearl strip inlays again.
Going to ponder my options on this one
Black MOP Tim - you can't go white on the HELLBOY....I'd offer you some grey plant labels I have here, but I think that they'd be worse than white...
Alternatively - ebony timbermate. You're going to fix the board with CA glue, so the timbermate should have ample CA to hold it in place.
Third option - copper strips (plant pot labels). Would go with the gothic feel of Hellboy.
Oooo fretless, very nice :D . This might seem like a silly question which probably has an simple workaround but I can't help notice there's some quite severe chip outs from where the frets were removed, what's the plans for fixing this Tim?
Brendan I looked into doing the plant labels and the black MOP, but think I may have found another option.
Time will tell. Could be a complete disaster.
Nige the chips look worse on the photo than thay are in real life. Once the slots have been cleaned,new inserts glued in and its all sanded down to a super sexy smooth finish you wont even know. Well that's the plan LOL
Of all the jobs, ripping out speed humps is my favourite :)
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You guys have got me interested. I've played bass for 15+ years and never played on a fretless. Maybe for my next one. Maybe.
Ahh roger that man:-) Looks like you've got it under control anyway. It's gonna be beautiful when all finished!Quote:
/<\\/p>[/<\\/p>[]<\\/p>/]<\\/p>/Quote from Tim on September 24, 2014, 07:58
Brendan I looked into doing the plant labels and the black MOP, but think I may have found another option.
Time will tell. Could be a complete disaster.
Nige the chips look worse on the photo than thay are in real life. Once the slots have been cleaned,new inserts glued in and its all sanded down to a super sexy smooth finish you wont even know. Well that's the plan LOL
nice work Tim going the fretless option. I bet DB had a grin ear to ear ripping out the speed humps.
My next bass build will be fretless for sure, or may look at modding one of my 3 basses to fretless.
I've played a few DB fretless bass's and they are a joy to play
You gotta love a Fretless guys, way smooth 8-)
Things have slowed down here for a bit.
Playing the waiting game for all the online goodies I have ordered
Did get a second stain coat of the Karijini on.
Just loving this Dingotone.
Its come up a beaut deep red so sexy
cant wait to get the intensifying coat on.
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Wow, the red is looking sweet on the basswood Tim! Great work.
Cheers,
Gav.
looking sweet Tim, wait till you get an intensifying coat on man it will bounce !
Mmmmm...fretless + sexy red = lush. Of all the colours that I've seen, that red is by far my favourite
Holy snap did the intensifying coat on the Karijini. WOW.
but I am not going to show you that...yet :)
Have done some work on the fretboard over the last couple of days
dug out the fret markers and dremelled out the 12fret inlay
I am using stone as my inlay and markers
The fret markers used a red and black stone while the 12 fret used red stone.
Some early shots at the moment but so far I is one happy camper
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Cool idea there Tim!
Wow, that's insane!Quote:
/<\\/p>[]<\\/p>/Quote from Tim on October 5, 2014, 16:54
And some 12 fret porn
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That fretboard work is amazing Tim! Really loving this build of yurs. Can't wait to see how the red looks now!
cheers,
Gav.