blablas

The magic of Danish oil!

[B]before and after:[/B]
Front.
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(the fingerboard was already oiled, so no difference there)

Back.
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[quote name='Hellzero' timestamp='1433409903' post='2790789']won't it be too heavy and unbalanced, because of the tuners ?
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I don't know yet, that's something I'll find out once everything is assembled.

And one more, seen from the other side, I forgot to upload this one.

Five coats now.
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I'll have to wait how this last coat will dry up but I think I'm done oiling.

The top after two coats.
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Yes, that's also a big plus for oil finishes.

The process is dirt simple and does not take a lot of time to do, that's why like it so much.

In principle all the sanding must be done before oiling, most of the time I go up to grain 600 and sometimes when I want just I bit more shininess, like on a fingerboard for instance, I go up to grain 1000.

When everything is oiled and the oil has had proper time to dry l will also apply a hard wax, just for extra protection and that bit of extra zing to the shininess.

Rustins Danish oil ,no oil sanding, I don't want to fill the wood and still like to feel the wood grain after oiling.
I just wipe it on with a paper towel, wait five(ish) minutes and rub it out again with a paper towel (I use several before I'm satisfied with this rubbing), wait four hours and repeat this process until I'm happy with the result, most of the time five or six coats will give the above result.

The back is done, six coats.
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Exactly the shininess I want and yet still able to feel the woodgrain.

Sanded the body up to grain 600.

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Busy oiling the back, there are two coats on now.

It should, both tops are coming from the same piece wood.

All but four holes are drilled.
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These last four will be done during assembly.
But first... Sanding and oiling.

Beautiful Restoration.

Don't worry, what's an hour extra over almost 10 months time!

The neck is done! [size=2](except for the nut, that's the last part that will be worked on)[/size]
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Detail porn:
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Top of the headstock with two coats of Danish oil.
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Nice teaser for how the top of the body will turn out!

The fretboard is flat, I prefer the wider ones that way.

Adjusting two trussrods is done in the same way as a single one, I start out with giving them roughly the same (light) tension, just by feel. And after that it depends on how hard the strings are pulling on them how much I need adjust them.

Back of the neck after two coats of Danish oil. Three more to go.
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Fingerboard is finished.
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Nicely shiny.....

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and colourful.

Lovely looking (almost) finished bass, brilliant for something that started out as being unusable for its purpose.

Almost ready for sanding.



Still need to drill several holes and than I can start on it.

And finished the (hopefully) final 'nit pick' session yesterday evening.

Straightened the alignment of the bridge.
At first I didn't really notice it was mounted crooked but with the placement of the bridge pickup I immediately saw something was out of line, either the pickup or the bridge (of course it was the bridge , not my pickup placement),
The more I looked at it the more crooked it seemed! Decided to fill the existing screw holes and after that mounted the bridge on straight.

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Very elegant solution! Looks good.