mickhardup

Hi Christine thanks for the encouraging comments, I only started this to see if I could build a body and it hasn't turned out to bad, lets hope I don't muck it up.

I have given it 3 or 4 coats of white ash wood dye, it looks better than the pics but I am undecided whether I like it or not. If I clear coat it I don't know whether to do it matt or gloss, I suppose if I do it gloss and don't like it I could flatten it and make it matt. I await your inspiration. Thanks for the encouraging comments.

ok with me.

Thanks, I don't know how comfortable it will be to play, that don't really matter because I cant play anyway LOL. I was going down the aerodyne shape to start with but when I cut it out it looked ok so I done it this way.

I know I have been watching it for months now, and then the red one came in stock GAS.

had the day to myself so had a go at binding, things was going quite well until I got to the final bend on the last horn and the bloody binding broke, I had warmed it up and moulded it round the horn but when it came to sticking it on it broke, didn't have any more so I had to splice it together, it came out alright in the end.

that's nice, I wanted one of them but she who must be obeyed said NO.

Hi all, I thought I should share my first attempt at making a body from scratch, I had some offcuts lying around after a loft conversion that I thought I could practise on so I planed the edges and glued them together that was the easy bit like all good quality roof timber it was bent in all sorts of directions, but I planed it as best I could and it didn't turn out to bad. So I copied the shape of a p bass on to it and cut it out, I already have 3 p bass copies I wanted something a little different something without a pickguard, I had a pair pickups and a few other bits, I thought I would like a white body black hardware, I bought a cheap neck of ebay and a set of cheap tuners and set about building it. The neck arrived from china last week good quality for 28 quid. Decided I am gonna do it translucent white if it don't look alright ill do it flat white. All comments and advice gratefully received.

can I come please

Good evening Bass chatterers I thought it was time to say hello, I have been enjoying the site for a while now and has become a daily visit love the build diaries. I cant play but I do like buying cheapies and doing them up a bit. Anyway now that I have broken the ice I might chip in on a few topics (don't mock me if I ask stupid questions LOL) cheers