Jimothey

Much better choice of body good luck!!

I can french polish and it takes days to get a nice lustrous finish which is the problem with that finishing technique, because of this people don't do it as much now because it's very hard to earn any money doing it and the price you have to charge to make money most customers won't pay it! , I priced up to refinish/French polish a mahogany table top quite a few years ago, but because of the length of time it took to do it, it worked out I earnt under a £5 an hour so I didn't really bother doing it any more.......

Totally agree well deserved!!

I hope you mean firkin in the tradional sense not the urban dictionary definition but I suppose you could dehydrate doing that in this heat too!!😁

Ive never liked a les paul bass till I saw yours!

Oooohh errrr missus! 😁

It's OK the toetectors will fit in nicely with my hard hat and hivis ensemble as I'm the new bassist for the village people 😁

They are my other basses I thought I'd do something a bit different on this one Maybe something like this,

Do you mean like these

Not really a fan of brass but chequer plate sounds like an idea! 🤔 All I'm worried about is the extra weight if it's chrome but I'll see if I can find plastic chequer plate..........

I did try and tell her that no one would like her if she played those twiddly 6 string things but she was adamant 😁

My 9yr old daughter has been bugging me to build her a guitar so I thought I'd better get started on it She's a bit too small for a bass at the mo so I had an old strat copy kicking about she wanted it orange after seeing my Jazz I'm just going to put a black pickguard on it and back cover and chrome hardware

I'm thinking of maybe incorporating a Jazz pickguard and control plate into this build? I would have to modify the shape slightly and alter the angle of the control plate but it will look along these lines not sure what colour pickguard? I'm thinking probably Black?.......

Sorry but I just threw up a bit reading this!! 🤮

I completely agree they are more hassle than their worth! yes they give you a consistent angle but if it's not set up correctly it will be consistently the wrong angle (especially the ones with the plastic flap thing that has the different angles on it) and my technique is moving the chisel in a figure of 8 movement which you can't do with a honing guide Its like everything the more you do it the better you get at it. 😀

I use my Marple for my job as a joiner so I use nearly all the different widths depending what job I am doing as for my Ashley's I only use then for cabinet making or if I'm fitting Oak doors/cabinets etc As for the sharpening and how to sharpen my preference is oilstone for honing then diamond for sharpening (all done freehand) what angle do you set your chisels at? I set my 1/2" or smaller at 30-32° but my 3/4" and bigger are at 25-27° both I do a 2° micro bevel on aswell I think if your not in the trade then most people dont know what angles work best (even tho personal preference is a factor too) but I think that quite a few people on here would benefit from your knowledge if you did a how to guide 😀

Here's mine I went for a bit brighter orange That yellow one would look awesome with black hardware!

I really like the yellow one!! I've just done a bright orange Jazz but was considering bright yellow but I might do that on a 5 string Jazz I've got planned Watching with interest to how these turn out 😀

That's a good shout but also buy good quality tools as it's a lot easier to get them and keep them sharp like my Marples are about £70 a set and keep an edge relatively well but my Ashley Iles are outstanding which were £140 a set and go through Oak and Wych Elm like a knife through butter 😀

Is that a typo did you mean to put UUUURRRGGGGHHHH!! instead of OOOH!!! 😁

I agree with everyone else it's about time you get to enjoy the fruits of your labour, Ive always wanted to try and make an acoustic bass but the bending of the sides and making the neck scares the s**t out of me so I'll be watching this with interest, Also I hadn't seen the thread for the dreadnought build but that looks stunning 😀

Sorry! 😁 I think with 2 humbucker pickups like rubis said with With this kind of finish

Ohh yeah say sunburst again!!

Is that how you got your name?? 😋

Not if you wet sand after a couple of coats then just final colour coat or are you clear coating aswell?