Hi this is Luke. I have just moved to Australia from the UK with my family. I am currently in quarantine and I have just got my JB-4M jazz bass.
This will be the first Pitbull guitar kit I have ever made.
Colour/finish - I saw a video about a method someone used to colour their guitar kit using rit dye. I really liked the look of that guitar he made and I was planning on doing something similar - because it will probably be slightly cheaper and easier then painting it. This guy used an emerald green rit dye over the entire body, then used blue around the edges and then black right at the edges do give a gradient effect. He then used a few coats of tru-oil or tung-oil (I cant quite remember) to cover the body.
I would like to do this with different colours for my build, hopefully it will work - The body is basswood so I’m not sure how nice the grain will look. I would love to know if anyone has done anything similar to this and knows how well it will turn out - or any tips for a better ways of doing it.
I am starting with the frets as that is all I can do at the moment in quarantine. I have got a drill coming that should get to me soon and then I’ll be able to do the rest.
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