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Are they 35 or 40? If they are 40 I know someone who's looking for some

I'm no expert on it, did 2 basses last year both turned out great.. but here's my take on it I did probably 5 coats a day for 2 days sanding back at start of 2nd day so about 10 coats - I only did that many as once its cured you cant add more and I was a bit paranoid about rubbing through so I put a bit more on than needed, certainly didnt look thick with 10 coats on when rubbed flat B&Q do Harris 'paint and varnish' (I think) brushes for about £5, these are fine as the RPC flows out almost perfectly after 10-15 mins so you cant see any brush marks bit like tekaloid paint if you've ever used that. Just make sure you dont get any runs or drips as it is very thin so many thin coats and dont get tempted to put thick coats on. Like I say I'm no expert on this stuff so I might be wrrong......

I saved the text below from a forum somewhere on the net. Some guy contacted Rustins help line after having a few problems with reaction between coats and this is the reply he got from them, turns out the instructions on the bottles are not quite correct!! Leave longer between coats. When I used it I did coats every 3 hrs with no rubbing down between coats, left it over night rubbed down very lightly and continued more coats every 3 hrs the following day. That was plenty enough for a good build-up and no risk of rubbing through Bottom line is leave it between 3-4 hours and 1 day between coats and you'll be fine. TOP TIP - Use a good quality bush if you're brushing it on, even homebase and b&q stock lacquer brushes 1. ONLY use the directions for the mixing formula (4 parts coating to 1 part activator, and health and safety advice) 2. Leave each coat as long as possiable bbefore rubbing down and applying the next coat, he recommended 3 ~ 4 hours, the reason for this is that the surface will harden very quickly however the underneath will remain soluable for approx 2 hour and can be reactivated by another coat but the surface will not. Thus leading to wrinkling, or a pitted finish. 3. Inital rubbing down should be done using 600 grit wet and dry followed by 0000 wire wool to apply a key for the next coat, only start to progress to a finer grit when you are ready to apply the final coat. 4. Try to avoid using it on a product that has been assembled using PVA or water based glue, as the coating can sometimes react against the pva glue and cause you problems later on. He said the best glue to use is Polymite (formally known as Cascimite) or any resin based gue. 5. He also stated that the critic phase is NOT reasched untill at least two days after the final coat and that he had used the product over the space of a week on the same projects a number of times and NEVER reached the critic phase. When I told him that this is NOT what the instructions for use say he said< quote [i]"I don't know who wrote them but they are incorrect"[/i]

I think I got a 1ltr kit (it was a while ago) and it's plenty to do 2 - 3 bodies so pretty cheap The only problem with it is that you MUST follow the instructions on time between coats else it's ruined and once done and dried you cant recoat it (as far as I know) as once it cures new coats will react and ripple badly. So you've gotta make sure you've got enough on not to rub through, it's easy you just put plenty of coats on over a couple of days, wait a week then its all done...

I must just say that the cats whisker pickups are so good, they sound incredable!! my new favourite pickups

That looks really nice, it'll come alive with a lacquer on it As Rubis said rusting plastic coating is really very good!! easy to do and polishes up like glass easily, quick drying (only 1 week before buffing). Dont be put of by the "Plastic" in the name it doesnt look or feel at all plasticy

How about something with P90's in? would be different enough from the tele to justify the both without going to humbuckers. P90s are smoooooooth

That is so cool.... Bit off topic but I made a copy of a musicman axis, amazing to play with such small body, its got cats whisker pickups that are out of this world. there is a video of it here https://www.facebook.com/FireCreekCustomGuitarsBasses

[quote name='uncle psychosis' timestamp='1386088470' post='2295559'] [url="http://www.thefretboard.co.uk"]www.thefretboard.co.uk[/url] Its a very good forum and the marketplace moves at a high speed... [/quote] Thanks for that, does look good I've joined up!!!! Dave

Are there any other UK dedicated guitar forums worth trying to sell on?

Thought I'd post some pix of my tele I made recently [URL=http://s1216.photobucket.com/user/firecreekCustom/media/DSCN0629_zpse19439a7.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/dd380/firecreekCustom/DSCN0629_zpse19439a7.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s1216.photobucket.com/user/firecreekCustom/media/DSCN0643_zps9ed2df63.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/dd380/firecreekCustom/DSCN0643_zps9ed2df63.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s1216.photobucket.com/user/firecreekCustom/media/DSCN0639_zps9075eede.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/dd380/firecreekCustom/DSCN0639_zps9075eede.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

[quote name='JazzBassfreak' timestamp='1385328570' post='2287047'] Don't really picture a five way switch going on her. Thinking seperate vols maybe [/quote] I’ve emailed you a diagram now post update pix

[quote name='Dolando' timestamp='1385420639' post='2288182'] That would be great thanks. [/quote] I’ve got a load if Roland Rock hasn’t, PM me your address if needed

[quote name='Jabba_the_gut' timestamp='1385410753' post='2288014'] I too will be watching this thread to see how mine could look when I get round to it. [/quote] Hey don’t hold your breath, I’ve got a wacky (in a good way) /challenging/exciting build to do for wwcringe. I’ve got a feeling we might see yours finished before this…..

[url="http://www.catswhiskerpickups.co.uk/"]http://www.catswhiskerpickups.co.uk/[/url] These are GREAT, I've recently fitted them to Bass and a guitar.

How you gonna do the switching? 5 position strat type pickup selector switch or 3 separate vol pots???

[quote name='BigBeatNut' timestamp='1385313260' post='2286748'] Has this build moved on ? Would love to see more. [/quote] Thanks for asking – I’ve not done any more!!! Since then I’ve been busy making them for others, I’ve made 3 basses and 2 guitars, got 1 bass and a guitar to make then hopefully I can get back to this baby…..

I'm so upset, I had tickets for Stourbridge and didn't get home from work till VERY late and missed it!!!!

looks like a bass to me... one more day and it'll be finished

[quote name='JazzBassfreak' timestamp='1383574457' post='2265994'] Nice thinking mate! Another interesting fact is as it looks it's going to be made of oak, since it's the scraps I have around the workshop. So it'll even be heavy like an Alembic too [/quote] I know oak isn’t fashionable for basses but I’ve always fancied trying it out, I bet it would be very resonant. Oak bass doesn’t have to be too heavy, just make the body thinner than normal as a % of the density difference, for example if you made the body 37mm thick it would weigh about the same as a 44mm thick ash body. I did that recently with an ovangkol body and it’s 8.5lb finished

Make it yourself! Even if your 1[sup]st[/sup] attempt isn’t perfect it’ll still be your baby As long as you take your time and research loads on the net you’ll get there.

you calling me an old slapper??? ha ha

Can you post a photo of the wiring you've done?

That's a cracking piece of Koa, some really nice stuff on Kristall website, never seen them before. Really like the Room basses, bit Rob Allen which has to be a good thing!!

[quote name='ezbass' timestamp='1382903010' post='2257858'] Well that was poor, [/quote] That's being polite!! It was bloody awful