...when I'm done with this project, I am definitely going to do a BOC tribute...maybe a short scale bass, just for fun.

Any-who...

So, I just couldn't wait...busted out the black stain and went to work...here's a shot of the black sanded back:

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...and with the red:

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Watcha think? Yes? No?

So I did the headstock, and the thin quilted maple veneer just ain't cuttin' it:

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*sigh*

Darned thing is pink...and there's damned little figuring, so THAT was money well spent...

Given how the body looks, I just can't...

My wife suggested just finishing it black, but no...that's not the picture I have in my head, and certainly not worthy of this project. I have a fairly big piece of the leftover 1/4" top that I was going to use for a control cavity cover, AND access to a planer...I am definitely going to see if I can plane it down to a thin piece and use that instead. Sanding this veneer off is going to be a pain in the arse, but a bass player's gotta do what a bass players gotta do...

I was going to do a custom decal logo, but now I'm thinking a custom starman inlay like this...

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This bass is going to end up costing me two grand by the time it's done...