GAS has struck!
I received a FBM-1 yesterday (with a TB-4 put away as a Christmas present). My plan is to try a dark vintage type burst using FW stains (jarrah and black). Not sure if I will try the FW wipe on poly or stick with Tru-oil. The body looks good and the neck fits well. Spent a bit of time sanding - good times.
Last edited by Trevor Davies; 05-09-2020 at 05:05 PM.
PitBull Builds: FVB-4, LP-1SS, FBM-1, AG-2, TB-4, SSCM-1, TLA-1, TL-1TB, STA-1HT, DSCM-1 Truckster, ST-1, STA-1, MBM-1.
Scratch Builds: Pine Explorer, Axe Bass, Mr Scary, Scratchy Tele's.
The little voices in my head keep telling me "build more guitars"
Nice. Hope the burst goes well.
Cut out and sanded the head stock. Will try a burst on some scrap wood next.
PitBull Builds: FVB-4, LP-1SS, FBM-1, AG-2, TB-4, SSCM-1, TLA-1, TL-1TB, STA-1HT, DSCM-1 Truckster, ST-1, STA-1, MBM-1.
Scratch Builds: Pine Explorer, Axe Bass, Mr Scary, Scratchy Tele's.
The little voices in my head keep telling me "build more guitars"
I have tried some practice bursts using FW jarrah and black stains. All done using slightly different techniques. They all turned out OK. I just hope I can replicate this on the guitar body!
PitBull Builds: FVB-4, LP-1SS, FBM-1, AG-2, TB-4, SSCM-1, TLA-1, TL-1TB, STA-1HT, DSCM-1 Truckster, ST-1, STA-1, MBM-1.
Scratch Builds: Pine Explorer, Axe Bass, Mr Scary, Scratchy Tele's.
The little voices in my head keep telling me "build more guitars"
Tried my FW black and jarrah burst. First coated the body in jarrah stain, then did a thin black burst, then a thicker black burst.
The pictures are showing the burst darker than reality!
PitBull Builds: FVB-4, LP-1SS, FBM-1, AG-2, TB-4, SSCM-1, TLA-1, TL-1TB, STA-1HT, DSCM-1 Truckster, ST-1, STA-1, MBM-1.
Scratch Builds: Pine Explorer, Axe Bass, Mr Scary, Scratchy Tele's.
The little voices in my head keep telling me "build more guitars"
Also got on a few coats of tru-oil.
PitBull Builds: FVB-4, LP-1SS, FBM-1, AG-2, TB-4, SSCM-1, TLA-1, TL-1TB, STA-1HT, DSCM-1 Truckster, ST-1, STA-1, MBM-1.
Scratch Builds: Pine Explorer, Axe Bass, Mr Scary, Scratchy Tele's.
The little voices in my head keep telling me "build more guitars"
Between a few more coats of tru-oil (15 in total) on the body and neck I have done the soldering.
The electronics cavity in the FBM-1 is quite small. Also the long wires from the switch cavity back to the electronic is only just long enough!
Straightened the neck, then used a 12 inch radius block and levelled the frets using the technique in the build manual.
Put on the neck, pick guard and pickups.
Next I will put in all the electronics.
PitBull Builds: FVB-4, LP-1SS, FBM-1, AG-2, TB-4, SSCM-1, TLA-1, TL-1TB, STA-1HT, DSCM-1 Truckster, ST-1, STA-1, MBM-1.
Scratch Builds: Pine Explorer, Axe Bass, Mr Scary, Scratchy Tele's.
The little voices in my head keep telling me "build more guitars"
Looking really good!
Thanks Bakersdozen.
Can anyone tell me the best place to put the neck strap button so as to reduce the possibility of nosediving?
I cannot seem to find any pictures of the FBM-1 which show the strap button placement.
Last edited by Trevor Davies; 30-09-2020 at 02:25 PM.
PitBull Builds: FVB-4, LP-1SS, FBM-1, AG-2, TB-4, SSCM-1, TLA-1, TL-1TB, STA-1HT, DSCM-1 Truckster, ST-1, STA-1, MBM-1.
Scratch Builds: Pine Explorer, Axe Bass, Mr Scary, Scratchy Tele's.
The little voices in my head keep telling me "build more guitars"
The normal position on a real one would be in the middle of where the neck plate goes, so you could drill a hole in that and screw through. Otherwise you can get a neck screw thats 10mm or so longer than normal, drill out the centre of a strap button so the screw fits through it, and use the longer screw to fix both the neck and a strap button in the upper forward screw position on the neck plate.
Just be careful that any longer neck mounting screw isn’t so long that there’s a risk of it poking up through the fretboard.
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