Chris Horton Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 (edited) Here is a picture of my 2005 Ltd Edition butter cream Stingray 5 with a silver paisley scrarchplate. The plate has a real sparkle to it. I will try and take some better pictures in natural daylight when I get a moment. [attachment=97048:IMG_1918.JPG] How have you personalised your bass ? Show off your custom scratchplates Edited July 7, 2012 by Chris Horton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthomp Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Thats nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apa Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 (edited) I have developed a thing for veneer scratch plates. Why spoil a nice bit of wood and wire with a slab of plastic!! More here: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/158865-annie-jazz-bitsa-deluxe/page__fromsearch__1"]http://basschat.co.u...__fromsearch__1[/url] and a first attempt here: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/132409-rosie/page__fromsearch__1"]http://basschat.co.u...__fromsearch__1[/url] A Edited January 11, 2012 by apa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waynepunkdude Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 My Jazz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Horton Posted January 11, 2012 Author Share Posted January 11, 2012 [quote name='apa' timestamp='1326272868' post='1494633'] I have developed a thing for veneer scratch plates. Why spoil a nice bit of wood and wire with a slab of plastic!! More here: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/158865-annie-jazz-bitsa-deluxe/page__fromsearch__1"]http://basschat.co.u...__fromsearch__1[/url] and a first attempt here: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/132409-rosie/page__fromsearch__1"]http://basschat.co.u...__fromsearch__1[/url] A [/quote] That's a great idea Did you make the plate yourself ? What is the vaneer ? I would love to put a dark grain vaneer plate on my natural Stingray 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBassBob Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 I like these basses A LOT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apa Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 [quote name='Chris Horton' timestamp='1326308675' post='1495322'] That's a great idea Did you make the plate yourself ? What is the vaneer ? I would love to put a dark grain vaneer plate on my natural Stingray 5 [/quote] Used a Squier VM plate as template. Got some 4mm ply and machined it down to 2mm (Thats the difficult bit lol) Veneered some birdseye maple on top. Reduced the overall size by 1.5mm all round. Strips of Black/boxwood binding glued around the edges then chamfered back to give you that 3 ply look. Varnished with household clear a few times then cut out the bell plate and neck profiles. Finally stuck on with double sided industrial tape. Its very tempting to just stick some veneer over a plastic scratch plate but give it a while and the veneer will shrink / move as all wood will and it will come away from the plastic. Glad you like it A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hofa Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiOgon Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 One way to get personal/special is to cut/get made a scratch plate from clear Acrylic or Polycarbonate/Lexan sheet, then fit whatever you want underneath, veneer, wallpaper, photograph, newspaper, cornflakes packet, squashed flies, whatever you like. You can even do custom artwork on the reverse & have it protected by the see through top. Cheerz, John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janmaat Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 [quote name='hofa' timestamp='1332167359' post='1584141'] [/quote] AWESOME Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apa Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 Mandelbrot scratchplate how cool is that!! Nice one A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fretmeister Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 [quote name='Chris Horton' timestamp='1326235089' post='1494405'] Here is a picture of my 2005 Ltd Edition butter cream Stingray 5 with a silver paisley scrarchplate. The plate has a real sparkle to it. I will try and take some better pictures in natural daylight when I get a moment. [attachment=97048:IMG_1918.JPG] How have you personalised your bass ? Show off your custom scratchplates [/quote] That is superb! Who made that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Horton Posted March 19, 2012 Author Share Posted March 19, 2012 [quote name='fretmeister' timestamp='1332184144' post='1584528'] That is superb! Who made that? [/quote] I got it from WD Music - [url="http://www.wdmusic.co.uk/category/Pickguards,b.html"]http://www.wdmusic.co.uk/category/Pickguards,b.html[/url] Best to give them a call as sometimes they have items in stock that are not on the website. Not what i call cheap but it is very well pit together. My photo does not do it justice , it is much better looking in the flesh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjones Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 You want weird and wonderfull scratchplates? I'll give you weird and wonderful scratchplates! [url="http://www.greasygroove.com/categories.php?cat=510"]http://www.greasygroove.com/categories.php?cat=510[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahpook Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 [quote name='hofa' timestamp='1332167359' post='1584141'] [/quote] i think i'm having a flashback Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icarus_147 Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 All of these look awesome, really loving the OP's though. I was considering getting a Zebraprint plate for the P I'm doing up, but I ended up getting a different bass to the one I was originally looking at. Thinking a mirrored plate would look better now. Time shall tell! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hofa Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 [quote name='KiOgon' timestamp='1332169965' post='1584197'] One way to get personal/special is to cut/get made a scratch plate from clear Acrylic or Polycarbonate/Lexan sheet, then fit whatever you want underneath, veneer, wallpaper, photograph, newspaper, cornflakes packet, squashed flies, whatever you like. You can even do custom artwork on the reverse & have it protected by the see through top. Cheerz, John [/quote] That´s how I did mine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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