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‘72 style P Bass Kit Build finally FINISHED!!!


Jimothey

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27 minutes ago, Rikki_Sixx said:

Dumb-dumb over here (me) thought you already had a body ready to go, whoops! Is that red body just a template? Looking forward to seeing how this turns out, pine can be a great wood and (mostly) pretty nice to work with - although I've only used it for tables, drawers etc!

No that body is from a basswood p bass kit that I’m doing (that’s just the red undercoat) I’m just waiting for the pickups so I can rout out the new cavities then I’ll topcoat it with Pearlescent Diablo Red 

The Pine bodies are going to be for my next couple of Warwick inspired builds I’m planning on doing a Streamer style and a Dolphin style.....

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Now that my other build is well underway and waiting for some black hardware I thought I’d try and push this one on......

I’m going to fill the old pickup cavity and make the new template so I can rout out the two new MM pickup cavities then get the body finished while I’m waiting for the pickups to arrive.....

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Another change of plan!! I sprayed the body Red but didn’t like it so I’ve now decided on Cream (a bit lighter than Vintage White) but can’t decide on what colour pickguard???

Any suggestions please? (But NO TORT!!!:biggrin:)

Damn it!!!! Looking at the body now I’m thinking the I should have kept the walnut stained neck as I think it would look really nice against the cream now

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7 minutes ago, Pea Turgh said:

Gold anodized aluminum!

If it was White then maybe but I don’t think with Cream it would look right

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I’m toying with White at the minute but I don’t know if it’s to wishy washy

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39 minutes ago, Jimothey said:

If it was White then maybe but I don’t think with Cream it would look right

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I’m toying with White at the minute but I don’t know if it’s to wishy washy

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I don't know, the Classic 50 Precisions look pretty cool...

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7 hours ago, Jimothey said:

Another change of plan!! I sprayed the body Red but didn’t like it so I’ve now decided on Cream (a bit lighter than Vintage White) but can’t decide on what colour pickguard???

Any suggestions please? (But NO TORT!!!:biggrin:)

Damn it!!!! Looking at the body now I’m thinking the I should have kept the walnut stained neck as I think it would look really nice against the cream now

Red pearl - with black flecks and maybe custard, and a nice black/white/black layer behind

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4 hours ago, Jimothey said:

If it was White then maybe but I don’t think with Cream it would look right

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I’m toying with White at the minute but I don’t know if it’s to wishy washy

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Three ply white (with a black central ply) would look great, the black pinstripe outline of the pickguard would look understated, very smart I think 😊

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14 hours ago, BrunoBass said:

Three ply white (with a black central ply) would look great, the black pinstripe outline of the pickguard would look understated, very smart I think 😊

I’m really not sure now?? Should I go back to original??

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Or stick with the 70’s style pickguard??

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Or should I just go Black pickguard??

Also I’m sticking with the maple neck so colour matched headstock or not??O.o

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29 minutes ago, Jimothey said:

I’m really not sure now?? Should I go back to original??

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Or stick with the 70’s style pickguard??

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Or should I just go Black pickguard??

Also I’m sticking with the maple neck so colour matched headstock or not??O.o

If it was me I’d stick with the 70s style ‘plate. Colour matched headstock sounds good!

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35 minutes ago, BrunoBass said:

If it was me I’d stick with the 70s style ‘plate. Colour matched headstock sounds good!

That’s what I was thinking as I’ve gone to the effort to fill the cavities and rerout them, 

Still not sure on the pickguard colour yet??

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(That’s just a very rough cut pickguard to visually compare)

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44 minutes ago, Jimothey said:

That’s what I was thinking as I’ve gone to the effort to fill the cavities and rerout them, 

Still not sure on the pickguard colour yet??

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(That’s just a very rough cut pickguard to visually compare)

That's heading towards a Wootenesque sort of yin yang theme.

I can't really contribute more than that.  Sorry.  I just don't like pickguards.

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Cream with the 70's style white pickguard is the winner for me! The cream looks awesome by the way, is that the erm.. finished finish?

What are you using for the fretboard? If it's something dark like rosewood I'd colour match the headstock, but I'd probably leave it natural if using a maple board.

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11 minutes ago, Geek99 said:

definitely needs some tort

What is it with you and tort!!!!! Now who’s being a filthy scumbag how about you put some closed tort pickup covers on your build!!!!!:biggrin:

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2 minutes ago, Rikki_Sixx said:

Cream with the 70's style white pickguard is the winner for me! The cream looks awesome by the way, is that the erm.. finished finish?

What are you using for the fretboard? If it's something dark like rosewood I'd colour match the headstock, but I'd probably leave it natural if using a maple board.

No that’s just the first coat but it’s going to be a satin finish anyway as I’m not a fan of gloss finish on painted and the pickguard will be satin too 

It’s a rosewood board so I’m in agreement to colour match it

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