Jimothey

Here's a bit more sanding with a quick wipe of tinted Danish oil 😀

My plan was to make my unbranded P bass look more like this.......... But when I started to sand this body to refinish it White ready to fit my new maple block and binded neck, to my surprise the body has actually got some really nice grain to it!! So I might now just Danish oil it with a black pickguard instead??.......... The body is really light so I thought it might have been Basswood or Paulownia?? But looking at that grain I'm not so sure??..........

I've flipped the pic so you don't get confused anymore.......... 😁

@SpondonBassed on answer to your question about how it hangs on a strap, for me it hangs perfectly I think if the top horn was shorter it might suffer a bit from neck dive?..........

Sorry but I completely disagree sometimes less is more!!...............

@dyerseve lovely job of the refinishing!! As I've posted before I'm a big fan of Wicks but can't afford to buy a real one so I'm starting to do an Ash body $$ corvette type build and really want to do it Nirvana Black Out of interest have you ever refinished any basses in Nirvana Black because whatever I try comes out a really dark brown and I can't seem to find where I can source anything that reassembles the right colour ?? I don't know if I'm barking up the wrong tree but is a dyed finish not a nitro finish?? 😀

I dont like to sit around twiddling my thumbs so as well as planning this I'm doing a couple of refinishes one on my P bass ready do the new neck Santa is bringing me (vintage style maple block and binded) and I'm refinishing my 'Tropia' 5 string bass as I didn't like the gloss finish on it so that having a new coat if Danish oil and I'm fitting a preamp in it aswell......... 😀

Thanks still not up to your standard but they are getting better 😁 there's a couple of things that I'm not 100% happy with but I think that you'll always notice bits that makes you think "I could have done that better............"

I feel your pain just look back through my builds and it happens to me a lot more often than not!! I have that problem when spraying but that's using rattle cans!! I'm building a little spray booth at work so I can use my compressor and spray gun but I like to use 2k paint as I find it's a lot more forgiving? Hopefully next time round it will work perfectly 🤞

It's still at work at the mo but when I bring it home I'll try and take a pic of it hanging on a strap, I need to weigh it (it feels lighter than my paulownia Jazz) as the body is only 28mm thick so I thought if I elongate the top horn slightly it might counteract any possible neck dive issues and I thought it looked good....... 😀

Well apart from a string tree it's finished and I'm really pleased with the way it's turned out........... 😀

Yeah Spalted Ash

Thanks @Andyjr1515 hopefully this will turn out how I've got it planned in my head?? Here's the timber I'm thinking if using.......

Now that my Reincarnate bass is almost finished and I still haven't decided how to move forward on the neck thru build!! I thought its time to start planning an new build It's either going to be a 5 or 6 string depends on what donor bass I can get hold of?? This is the shape it's going to be: I'm thinking (at the moment but it could all change?? ) of doing a wood and resin body, I can get for a very reasonable price from a fella that lives in my village and sells 'character timber!! ' a nice looking lump of live edge Spalted Ash which I think would look really nice teamed up with some Black resin I haven't decided if it's going to be trans black or opaque yet??............. 😀

IMO I would think it would be fine as it's got carbon rods in it and I would have thought that if it will break anywhere it would be on a glue joint but have you ever had any other joints fail on any of your other builds using titebond? I think @Christine might be better answering tho as she's got more experience than me....... 😀

Or was it her deep throat abilities!! 😁

Wasn't she a porn star from the 70's?? 😁

I'm looking to do a 6er for my next project (hopefully I'll have it finished in time for the MBB) I've never played a 6 string but the necks look a lot wider than they actually are as they are only about 7mm wider than a 5 string........ 😀

Really looking forward to seeing the swift lite in the flesh!! I've got almost 6 months to make something worthy to bring with me!! 😳

Didn't really manage to get a lot more done today apart from installing the electrics, knobs and pickups but even tho I piloted the pickup screw holes I had two bloody screws snap on me!! 😠

The Reincarnate bass it is!! 'The neck pocket insert looks deliberate and tasteful' Yeah that's what I'm going with!! I didn't try to cover up the fact I made a mistake or anything!! 😁

@SpondonBassed just wondering if you have you come up with a name for this build yet?......as you've named my last 2 😁

I was going for the understated look!! 😁

Bridge turned up today and so did the neck screws and ferrules

Yeah that's what I'm going to do so not to make any rash decisions, I'll get the other build I'm doing finished first before I decide how to move on with this one..........