...my journey building fretless basses continue.
Today I have ordered a GPB-4, and I have two fretless necks coming, one rosewood and one maple. The idea is to use rosewood for this build, and maple for something else, but I will decide when I see the fretboards.
I would like to keep this build simple. I have some ebony Timbermate hanging around, and some Tru Oil that would like to use.
I haven't seen the kit yet, not sure how the grain looks like, but at the moment the idea is to use the ebony Timbermate to reveal the grain and finish with TO.
Based on my research, my understanding is that I should sand the body to 220, apply TM diluted with a bit of warm water, let dry and sand again with 220.
Then apply TO and gradually sand to 400.
Is this the way to go? The sanding stages is still la bit confusing to me.
Alternatively I could consider a natural stain, colourless, to reveal the grain (instead of TM) and then TO but I am still not 100% clear about the sanding steps.
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