Pea Turgh

What wood is that?

Cool! Any pictures of the process, or just more pictures of the finished bass?

Not seen one with that colour/finish before - nice!

Love that!

Which model is that? I’ve only seen the P width neck on the JMJs, and the AP versions had the jazz pickup too.

Deffo a complement - if you ever move it on, I would request first dibs please 😁

That looks bloody brilliant! Reminds me of my mates £2k Gretsch 6 string! Really awesome transformation, we’ll done 👍🏻

Sneaky far away shot to show the colours. Mmm, nice. It’s not quite as orange in real life. I love the subtle rounding of the usually sharp edges. Will do some close ups when I’ve got some satisfactory progress!

Yeah, I should really ask for advice before doing things! I was so happy with the lovely roundedness of it that I jumped the gun. I will sand it down again and go to a higher grade before re-applying a thinned down coat. The scratchplate is on the back burner til the neck is done!

I’m sure you’ve already explored this avenue, but have you experimented with different strings?

The neck is down to bare wood at last! After an evening sanding by hand down to about 240 or something, I gave it a wipe over with some Ronseal “antique pine” from the back of the shed. It’s actually doing a good impression of roasted maple colour, but will need to be sanded back down and thinned before reapplication as it looks a bit pants now. Should I have gone to a finer grade first?

I feel your pain!!!! Trying to do one for my Jag-inspired-Talman-bodied project. Only on the rough cut still so far.

On the contrary dear chap, I positively encourage derailments! Makes it more interesting for everyone!

Looks a little bit like a helium balloon!!! Lovely though.

Episode three is out. Carving a neck looks easy!(but it would do, as that’s his job 🤪).

That is an awesome finish. It’s gonna look so cool when it’s done!

Pics or it didn’t happen!

Not reallly been a fan of these... until now! Looks great!

How’s this one going? I’m excited to see the end result!

Still trying to sand the base coat off! The white topcoat left is some time ago, but this yellow gunk will not shift. I even tried caustic soda mixed thick, that didn’t touch it either! Will just do 20 minute sanding sessions every night and I’ll get there eventually. Still no idea how to bevel the scratchplate edges. I am woefully under-equipped for this modification stuff! However, I shall soon have a bench to leave all my junk spread across. I don’t know how that will help, but it makes me feel better.

I’d so love to rock up to a gig with one of these!

Looks like Fender’s Lake Placid Blue. Nice combo - I might do mine in that colour eventually!!

@hen barn that looks lovely! Why do stripped bodies often seem to look better to freshly finished bodies? Show us some pics of the finished job please?

Oh, man! Only two parts! I wanted to binge the lot!

I think you’ve found your calling!!! Buy up all the stinky poo old Kay’s etc, and snazz them up so they look retro cool but also play well. Sell them for loads on eBay! That paint scheme looks so good!