Maude

Dons Dickie Davies wig. And the half time scores, So far Forfar 4 - East Fife 5 Stained headstock 2 - Natural wood 3.

I Wanna Be Like You - Louis Prima

It's too difficult, or too risky I should say. Being water based ink it seeps into the wood fibres and I'm not sure I could get a crisp edge. If I did the face of the headstock I'd mask just slightly down the sides to disguise any blurred edge. If I only stained the edges I'd have double the masked lines, so double the risk of seepage and I'd have to mask down the side for the reason above, leaving only a very narrow stained edge. I think it's got to be all of the face or nothing at all.

Absolutely this. I love it. Another bloody bass on the low gas radar, great. 😁

Aww, I'd almost decided on staining it. 😄 I just don't know. I'll wipe some white spirit on it tomorrow, it'll show the colour once lacquered but won't lift the grain like water. A yellower tint will blend better. I do like the idea of a stained headstock as well though, I've been looking at Arias. Here's the TRC against the stained colour. And this a better picture of the darkened edges I mentioned earlier which were a happy by product of my balls up. It looks like a conker! It's not patchy now it's thoroughly dried. I really like it now and it'll only get better once lacquered. Happy days 🙂.

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Is anyone any good with photoshop? Could do a stained head mock up, then we'd know. 😉

I'll mull it over this evening. I've done my usual of placing it opposite the sofa so I keep glancing at it and the ideas can stew for a bit. The brass TRC looks good against the 'fauxhogany' so maybe stained. So far, in favour of staining we have, 2 For 1 Against

Graveyard Stomp - The Meteors

Oh yeah, matching headstock or leave as is? It will yellow more once lacquered. What do we think?

OK crisis averted, I think. The ink that went all patchy looking says non water fast on the bottle, so a good rub with a wet sponge should even it out, right? What's the worst that can happen? 😄 It worked!! As well as evening it out it took some of the colour off again. I had to keep rinsing the ink out of the sponge and really rubbing quite hard to kind of make an ink slurry, then just wiped it off. I've left the heavier, dark ink in the curve of the top horns, around the bottom and right beside the centre stripes and it's given it a cool aged look. It's still slightly uneven but I think that's more the wood than the ink as when I tried it again it dried the same. I've managed to turn boring pine into boring mahogany. The only downside is that the water has lifted the grain and made the surface a bit rough for lacquring, but a couple of extra coats and good wet flat will sort that. I could try lightly sanding the wood to reveal the grain more but the grain is pretty dull and I don't want to risk making it more patchy and having to start again. The colour will 'pop' more (as the cool kids (probably don't) say) once lacquered. Here ya go! The control cavity cleaned out nicely, until I got ink all over it.

Ah, erm yeah, no need to worry. Things haven't gone well! 🙈 Firstly the red ink is brown. I didn't want scarlet so went for 'Indian Red' as it was a deeper dark red. On paper it might be but on this wood it's gone brown. Then as I was wiping coats on it started to drag the colour out from the previous coat, probably not dry enough but I was trying to build up costs to see if it would go a deeper red. Less haste more speed as they say. 🙄 I'm just letting it dry a bit and then I'm going to try a make or break plan. Stay tuned for the results folks. 😄

Drain the Blood - The Distillers

Timebomb - Rancid

Forever Live & Die - Orchestral man hoovers in the dark

Don't knock the 'A1 lead guitarist songwriter'. He had some success backed in the late nineties. 😄

It's the standard Hofner neck joint repair. 🪓🗜️👌

An absolute beauty. I'm quietly keeping my eyes open for an Aerodyne Precision. Enjoy your prize. 😎👍

In case you haven't ventured into the BB mega thread. My BB424X that I've just reversed the P pickup on. I'm really, really enjoying this bass at the moment.

My Jack Casady from a few months ago, on unboxing day. I realised it was a perfect match for the cushions in the garden. 😄 Then I went on the hunt for a strap and found a perfect match a Canadian company, Perri's.

Squier Bronco is 17mm at the bridge. It's a two saddle, not four though so intonation can be a compromise. But it does has a Fender look to it.

It's looking great! 🙂👍

Won't Get Fooled Again - The Who

Cut Up - Ned's Atomic Dustbin

Under My Wheels - Alice Cooper