Teebs

Pair of Gonks!

It is my first spray, but I'd read up on how to do itt for ages. That photo is the first coat of the blue/green - I ended up doing 3 coats, flatting back and respraying, before 3 coats of clear PU, flatting back, then polishing & buffing. It took bloody ages!!! Thanks both, butI've only just finished it (literally today) - but I had thought of swapping the pickups for some of the ones mentioned on the p-bass pickups cheap thread. And maybe a Wilkinson bridge - a beefed-up BBOT. The tuners are solid enough - but weigh a ton! I may end up swapping those in due course

I've wanted to build a bass for quite some time - I had a go about 20 years ago, but it did not go well. Mrs Teebs had decided that under lockdown, what I needed was 'structure', so she resolved to keep me busy with DIY tasks around the house and garden. I realised that what was required was a distraction; something that would keep me busy doing something that I would enjoy, whilst keeping me free from Mrs Teebs' evil and onerous chores. I stumbled across an old email from Thomann, and followed a link to their website, where I noticed their DIY kits - thinking that this might be a good introduction to building a bass, I bought their Harley Benton P-Bass kit (was a tricky choice between the P or the J). Despite the lockdown issues, it was delivered from Germany within a week - excellent service! Thank you Thomann. I had already found a headstock template, and slimmed it down to save a bit of weight - I'd read that these kits have a bit of neck dive. THe first thing that I did when the kit arrived was to shape the headstock using a fret saw and sanded 'til I was happy with the shape. The kit: Headstock shaped: I rough sanded the body and masked body & neck: Despite having a Fender headstock, I wasn't intending to make a replica, so I designed a logo that looks stylistically like the Fender logo, but wasn't. (Il Pavone is Italian for 'peacock' ) The name comes from the colour that I was going to paint the body and matching headstock - a darker version of Fender's surf green, but more bluish. @Ricky 4000 said it was Woolworth's green - but he's just a lout! Even @Bridgehouse stuck his oar in! *sotto voice* I hope his dinghy sinks! I think that it's a lovely colour! (Used a yellow primer x 3 coats under the blue/green) More to follow...

Hiya Nerstaff

Hiya GGM

Hiya Eldon

Fixed.

Hiya Matt

Hiya Rob

Hiya GJW

Nice one @bassace

Hiya Bert

Good luck @thebrig - hope it recovers completely! 🍀

Nice!

Hiya Toby

Hiya Dave

Ciao Emerico

Hiya Dan

Pics or it didn't happen!

I don't think it would be wise to use the 18V supply for the Eden - I'm not an expert, but I assume that the pedal is rated at 15V for a reason. I'm sure someone who has more knowledge will give you a proper answer though!

You mean something like this? You're welcome!

Stub is ya man! Alternatively, replace them with these for that little bit of extra metal:

Nice! Hiya @Rich Hiya @Bluewine

I ordered a kit P-bass - took about a week to arrive from Germany, so not too bad. What are you buying?