May Guitar of the Month Competition

[dingobass]

/<\\/p>[]<\\/p>/Quote from macool on April 7, 2014, 21:29
I made the pick guard with clear polycarbonate etched the logo on the underside and then wet and dry sanded it to get the frosting.

Nice job!

However, am I missing something here? The pics I see of the pick guard are the standard three ply, sans Logo..

[pablopepper]

Jumbled up responses. Macool would be talking about this beauty.

[maxaxe]

Jumbled up responses. Macool would be talking about this beauty.

Yeah, that is a bit odd about the 'guard.

Anyway, speaking as a fan of satin black, this guitar really does more than justice to it.
Great build and a hot chance for GOTM IMO.

[quiet1_au]

Well "Jenny" my JBA-4 Jazz Bass is finally finished I left everything as stock apart from adding copper foil shielding under the pickguard and in the cavities and my own custom decal design. I'll eventually change the strings to flatwounds (string squeak annoys me) and might switch to a black plastic knob set

Body and headstock (front) finish: Orange Shellac with a few coats of Carnauba wax polish
Neck and headstock (back/sides) finish: Tru-Oil - thinner & steel-wooled on the working area, gloss on the ends

[quiet1_au]

A few more photos that I managed to get in the sunlight this morning before the clouds rolled in.
The headstock holes looked pretty evenly spaced but come mounting the tuners there is obviously some variation - no big deal.

[lawry]

Hurrah? Another bass in GOTM. Looks magnificent, Q1. The grain fair hits you in the eye. You've gotta be happy. Are you going to upload a sound clip? I'd love to hear how she sounds!

[quiet1_au]

Maybe - gotta learn to play it first! ;-) Was very happy with the grain, it's exactly what I hoped it would do and why I was keen to avoid stains, etc. sticking with natural and transparency. Shellac's a bit of a tricky finish to use though, very much a crash-course in using it for me (put it's not too hard to recover from stuff-ups and try it again... and again... :-P)

[wokkaboy]

awesome build John, simple but classy finish really shows off the beautiful ash grain. Cool headstock logo too.
Bet you can't wait to start your next build.
You may want to open a new gallery thread for JBA-4 as you posted your pics in the JB-4 gallery - two different models

[robin]

Very nice John. simple and beautiful. Gotta love a classic J Bass.

rob

[Brendan]

Looking great John - gotta love the JB's... Picked up my placky knobs of eBay for a couple of dollars delivered. Downside is that saving time costs money, so they took their sweet time getting here... Tempted to go a JBA-4 with some pupgrades as well - the wife has said she likes my JB-4, but with a white and not blue pickguard. Figured the easy way to keep us both happy is to get one of each...