My first pitbull, IB-5 five string bass.

[Tindrrel]

Second intensifying coat applied today.



Starting to wonder if that's ochre or blood...

If it dries evenly I think it'll be ready for the top coat (next week).

[Tindrrel]

So I've done this thing with previous builds where I make a logo in a style similar to what the guitar is modelled after. For example my fretless jazz...


So this time around, again using waterslide paper:

It's an IB-5, so it gets an IB style logo.

I've applied it already, waiting for it to dry before applying the top coat over it.


Also waiting for the top coat test I did of a couple of decals on a bit of pine to cure and see that it really does seal the decal in.

[Tindrrel]

I did notice the neck seemed to have gathered some gunge while hanging in my sunroom drying.

It's had two dingotone colourless stain coats.

The gunge is mostly around the edges, the curves of the foot and the head - and along the edges of the neck near the join to the rosewood.

Feels like what you might get left on a surface after you peel a sticker off.

Some 0000 steel wool cleaned it up though.

[pablopepper]

I really like that logo. Is that a font or did you draw it? If it's a font, do you mind sharing which one it is?

[robin]

Really looking good Tindrrel, love the colour and the headstock logo.

rob

[Tindrrel]

I really like that logo. Is that a font or did you draw it? If it's a font, do you mind sharing which one it is?

A bit of both.

My attempts to find a proper loadable font mostly just found websites that wanted to install software on my computer.

I did find this, a guitar fan's attempt at completing the font in the same style.

Cutting and pasting their letters, creating the T based on looking at other fonts and adding some dabs to join the letters together gave me something in the style I wanted.

[wokkaboy]

hey Sam (finally found out your name), the build coming along really well and love the colour intensity ! Headstock logo looks great too. Think your stain got mixed up and you were sent Karijini red

[Tindrrel]

Think your stain got mixed up and you were sent Karijini red

It does seem to be much redder than the ochre on your ST-1.

[wokkaboy]

yeah I'm pretty sure you got Karijini red. It's a great colour and it really suits the IB5 !

[Tindrrel]

First top coat of Dingotone Colourless went on the neck today.

Had to clean up the surface with some steel wool to get rid of whatever had gathered on it.

Then had to clean it again to get rid of the steel wool dust.

Looks shiny at the moment, only a thin coat. I expect to apply a couple more and maybe thicken the coat on the face of the headstock to make the decal edges invisible.