Lawrys IB-6S Fretless

[jarrod]

An option for your pits is to mix a little of your stain with timber mate. There is that much colour change in beautiful cap like that i dont think the timbermate would be visible

[lawry]

Thanks for your input Jarrod. I had thought the same thing but I don't know if I'm game in case I make a mess of the look. I'm still mulling it over but it's certainly an option.
Cheers.

[lawry]

I have ordered a preamp to go inside this build to make it active. A five knob wonder (sounds rude when I put it that way); Bass, Mid (sweepable concentric), Treble, Balance (between pups) and Volume. And I just got an email saying it's is on it's way. Woohoo!
8-)
http://guitarfuel.com/Guitar_Bass_Preamps.php

[Bass Guy]

Thanks for the link, lawry. I was wondering how involved it would be to get an active system for my projects, and for this price I am thinking very strongly this would be the way to go.

Please let us know how it goes once it lands. Cheers.

[jarrod]

Geeze Lowry that is gonna be one sweet axe mate,

[lawry]

@Eliot. Sure will man. In fact, I'll be telling everyone :-)
@Jarrod. I have high expectations on this build. Probably higher than my skills can handle. But I'm buzzing already.

[dallasn]

Hi Lawry,

Thanks for the link for the 5 knob active system. I've ordered the SBK-3. For under 50 bucks and already assembled...it's bit of a no brainer. I'll be posting some pics of my IB-6S shortly. I'm up to clear coat no.8 and now will be letting it cure for 3-4 weeks.....just in time for the active harness to arrive.

Cheers,

[lawry]

Cool Dallas. Looking forward to seeing and hearing it. Can't come soon enough 8-)

[lawry]

Got a bit if work done on the beast yesterday. You may recall that I'm keeping it in the air conditioned workshop at work because the humidity is pretty high at home during the wet season.
Anyway, I sanded the body and neck with 180 and 240 (which took about 3 hours) and today I hope to finish the sanding to the point of readiness for the Wudtone (which is on it's way). The cap is really thin so I can't 'sand, sand, and then sand some more' (sorry DB). There are some machining and glue marks on the cap that will just have to stay there and some little pits too, but they don't look too bad in reality. There was also a circular ding mark on the back of the neck that I had to seriously sand. Then I had to sand the rest of the neck so that you couldn't feel the flat spot. There's still a very small circle left but It now looks like a swirl in the timber. And even though the body is just basswood, there is some really nice grain in it. I have decided on Burning Sun for the spalted parts and Hot Auburn for the body. Still haven't decided if I'll put the Hot Auburn on the back of the neck or just clear coat it. I'm open to suggestions on this.

These are the glue and machine marks. They become obvious when wetted.

[lawry]

And here's some of the body grain.