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Finished Pics! Andyjr1515 meets his Nemesis?


Andyjr1515

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And - at last - the first coat of the proper finishing:

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Still might do a bit more carving on the 'nose' - I think a modest concave might work better than the present convex?  

The great thing about the Osmo is that you can do those kinds of things even while the rest of the body is having the coats fully curing.

I'm using the Osmo Polyx 3044 RAW.  It is designed to specifically minimise the darkening and 'yellowing' of lighter woods that most other finishes result in which, for this particular walnut, enhances it rather than it going too brown.  It's the same finish I put on @TheGreek 's Psilos bass where I wanted to keep the white poplar white:

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This was the Psilos with tru-oil.  I think you can see the orangey yellow tint.  I love tru-oil - and the tru-oil tends to bring out the figuring more - but this particular Osmo formula is sometimes better for those lighter woods.  It all depends on the woods and the design:

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Next job is a quick rescue of our band's vocalists acoustic I made him for his 70th (yes - it's an old-man's band!) that was knocked over recently and squashed the zero fret a touch:

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And then - probably over the weekend - it's sanding down the neck and out with the inks to try to match the purpleheart.  Haven't had the inks out for a LONG time :)

 

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2 hours ago, Andyjr1515 said:

And - at last - the first coat of the proper finishing:

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Gosh golly Andy - I knew it’d be good, but that is fantastic!  It has the vibe of an acoustic guitar, and I think that will be such a good match to the traditional bass neck.

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51 minutes ago, Pea Turgh said:

Gosh golly Andy - I knew it’d be good, but that is fantastic!  It has the vibe of an acoustic guitar, and I think that will be such a good match to the traditional bass neck.

What - you mean the 'traditionally purple bass neck' ?      :lol:

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Just now, fleabag said:

When that bass arrives here it's going in a glass case and never going to be played

If I get something wrong with the neck angles and so on, it may have to be kept in a glass case because it CAN never be played   :lol:

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The body has had its second coat of finishing and is drying.  In the meantime, most of the varnish is off the neck.

@fleabag wants the neck and headstock to match, as close as practicable, the purpleheart. 

A number of you know that I generally use inks for staining but some of the purple inks have a less secure colour fastness.  Red calligraphy ink, on the other hand is pretty secure - think Lindisfarne Gospels - as are Chestnut spirit stains.  So I reckon one part purple and two parts calligraphy red, overlaid once dry with Chestnut red spirit stain should do nicely.

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4 minutes ago, fleabag said:

Top work !   It's great when a plan comes together 

 

I'd christen that bass The Purple Tart if I didn't think that the name would rub off onto its new owner as well...

Nah.  The Purple Nemesis will do just fine.

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So onto the neck staining proper.  Not finished but getting there.

After sanding and sanding and sanding, there's only one way of knowing whether you've cut down not only the varnish, but also full through the whatever-it-is-they-pre-coat-that-sands-like-wood-but-isn't.  And that is to put some stain on.  

In that my bottom coat will be the red calligraphy ink, that's what I used to check it out.  Anything not wood will reject the stain:

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So back to all the similar patches with more sanding until the stain was able to soak in pretty evenly:

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Then the purple on top.  This is the one that is probably less colour fast, so when it's dry, it will have a red colour-fast spirit stain on top.  But even with just the two colours so far, it's beginning to get there:

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The final red coat will take a bit of the purple out of it and even the colour a little

 

In the meantime, the body finish is getting close.  

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So later this afternoon the final stain coat on the neck and then we are starting to get close to the finishing stages.  :)

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The vision is becoming reality.

I couldn't appreciate fully what you had in mind between you until this last lot of images.  Ee it's grand.

What is it about the colour purple and musicians?  I mean... dark pink is just not the same.

PS:  I wonder if you'd both consider a follow up in five years time, all being well?  I'd love to see images detailing how the ageing process affects this bass.

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