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So I tried a transparent finish and I learned some things 1. Pawlownia is a lot more grainy than I thought and I wouldn’t do it again 2. Translucent finishes are hard as it’s ridiculously easy to burn through 3. You don’t get a lot of paint in a 400ml can

I’m doing one right now I’ll repky in more detail shortly

I read his jazz bass thread

The LP kits you can buy have a bolt on neck

becoming quite collectable - look on ebay for used values. @Bassassin is, I believe, the guru on the genre I played a jazz ("spacy-sound") once and it was very nice (blocks, rosewood, sunburst), although the pickups were a bit weak, they are simple to get re-wound.

@Art this is truth. i take one thing from this, get a teacher and maybe not stick with the first one you try.

There is more than three of them so what the f£&k do they know ?

So today is the day i did some drops yesterday into a few dinks I noticed that just need sanding. Then it’s paint time As I said to @Norris there comes a point when you’ve had enough based on my test strips there just doesn’t seem to be much paint there, and it’s not glossy

It’s just a simple piece of copper sheet held in place by the bridge and touching the earth pole of the bridge pickup. You could even use simple shielding foil

@Art it reads fine and I have been there, bought the t-shirt, worn the t-shirt, washed the t-shirt (repeat) ... and then finally thrown away that t-shirt. Very few people are lucky enough to be a natural.I'm not, its in my family, but I didn't get that gene. So, there's two schools of thought: 1. play songs, lots of songs and it will all work out magically 2. Learn lots of theory until you've pretty much killed the pleasure out of the whole thing and it will all work out magically Lots of popcorn has been eaten watching the factions all over the internet arguing all about this. Which way is better etc. I would suggest that there is nothing wrong with knowing scales and intervals. It all helps understand what is going on, and why things work. And why things don't. And if you're lucky you will realise that some things that shouldn't work do sound good anyway. So, I advise a middle route: stop with the frenetic theory study and take some time to learn a few songs, by ear, using your intervals. Try and move them up a key and down, work out new fingerings in other places, not for nothing is anywhere above fret five or so known as the dusty end. Then use your theory knowledge to work out what scales are in use and why they work over those chords. Then you will start to build up the aural tool box that you seek. I think that in trying to see the patterns, you're missing the point. Its about finding the notes on the fretboard, not learning a pattern. I bought an iphone app that tests me on notes and their locations. Looking for patterns is a crutch, and I leant on it for too long.

Does anyone have any recommendations ? looking for aged pearl blocks Amazon a bit on the expensive side thanks

It looks okay now having dropped a thick coat on paint on wedneday weather permitting - still some finish sanding to do to get it smooth I did a couple of test coats on spare wood to get the hang of painting in strips, sanding back between each

I just dropped a blob on each spot. I’ll block sand it tomorrow at “chateau Peugeot “ and do another really thick coat at lunchtime hopefully next week’s fine weather will give a painting day

So I had another look and there are still flaws in it. After a chat with @Norris I’m going to try and drip sanding sealer in a calpol syringe seems a good tool

My car is too unwashed

she does have a point there, you know....

when I get it finished I guess, which means waiting for several warm and windless days, when I also have a spare lunchtime

It might improve my lane discipline

Its my brain-out-of-gear-for-a -while activity; there's only so much java code you can write before you need to do something monotonous, like endless <fairy cake/> grain filling on paulownia wood. "No one else's business" at that same large company

I just tried some wirewool on one section before I left the car and it left a lovely smooth finish so I will be hand rubbing both coats (1 left to do) . Quite impressed by brushed sanding sealer's ability to fill in little holes that evaded grain filler. I'm using this (but in white). I'm hoping I can use wire wool on it all I've got a lovely brown tort celluloid plate for it. Daughter found above photo on my phone and said "wow what is that?" Buy is she ever going to be disappointed when she sees my attempt at transparent blonde. For better or worse, I'm doing it all in the open air here at work. Basschat's first car-built bass. Woo....🦄

Ohh Tort good idea, I’d never buy one new but they are lovely

It’s not chic without Sylver Sharp Logan either

can anyone who has done a transparent spray job tell me what might happen and how to proceed? I know I need to sand with 400 grit, re-seal then sand again but should I keep this dark colour if possible ?