baa Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 I ordered a kit from guitarkitfabric.co.uk. An Explorer style bass just because I like the looks of it. I work with vinyl and know nothing of paint, so I will wrap it. Sides and back in matte black and front in "black wood" For the price i'm not expecting much, but for the fun of assembling it, as a toy and a decoration it's worrh it to me. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lfalex v1.1 Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 Excellent. If the grain is a good as the body in the photo, just stain the front face instead and paint the back & sides. Or stain it all over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Munurmunuh Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 56 minutes ago, baa said: I work with vinyl and know nothing of paint, so I will wrap it. 35 minutes ago, Lfalex v1.1 said: stain the front face instead and paint the back & sides 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baa Posted December 9, 2021 Author Share Posted December 9, 2021 57 minutes ago, Lfalex v1.1 said: Excellent. If the grain is a good as the body in the photo, just stain the front face instead and paint the back & sides. Or stain it all over. I will stay with what I know 😀 And if i'm not satisfied with the color i just rip it of and try something else. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grahambythesea Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 Something a little more exotic than black would be fun if you’re vinyl wrapping. Gold or a more psychedelic pattern would cool! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonesy Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 3 hours ago, Grahambythesea said: Something a little more exotic than black would be fun if you’re vinyl wrapping. Gold or a more psychedelic pattern would cool! But if it's all black, then it's like - how much more black could it be? None, none more black. 😂🤘 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonesy Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 On 09/12/2021 at 18:51, baa said: I ordered a kit from guitarkitfabric.co.uk. An Explorer style bass just because I like the looks of it. I work with vinyl and know nothing of paint, so I will wrap it. Sides and back in matte black and front in "black wood" For the price i'm not expecting much, but for the fun of assembling it, as a toy and a decoration it's worrh it to me. Lovely stuff, really keen to see how it turns out. I love the Explorer shape and really want to get one, just to take to blues jams. That or a flying V 😃 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baa Posted December 11, 2021 Author Share Posted December 11, 2021 16 hours ago, Grahambythesea said: Something a little more exotic than black would be fun if you’re vinyl wrapping. Gold or a more psychedelic pattern would cool! In my bass collection a black bass IS exotic 😀 A friend has a guitar with that look, and I think it will look cool on the Explorer. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baa Posted December 12, 2021 Author Share Posted December 12, 2021 I think the black vinyl looks good now thats it's done. I promised myself that this time I wouldn't do it on the kitchen table, but at work where light, work area and tools are better. I ended up doing it on the dining room table, so it's not perfect, but good enough. 🙃 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelDean Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 3 hours ago, baa said: I think the black vinyl looks good now thats it's done. I promised myself that this time I wouldn't do it on the kitchen table, but at work where light, work area and tools are better. I ended up doing it on the dining room table, so it's not perfect, but good enough. 🙃 It looks like you had good supervision at least! 😸 Seems to me like it came out nicely. How does the bass sound now it's done? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Luc Pickguard Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 Very 80s - I used to have an MFI bookcase with a similar black woodgrain finish 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baa Posted December 12, 2021 Author Share Posted December 12, 2021 21 minutes ago, Jean-Luc Pickguard said: Very 80s - I used to have an MFI bookcase with a similar black woodgrain finish You are not wrong. In my opinion the 80s was the best era for basses. And music. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baa Posted December 12, 2021 Author Share Posted December 12, 2021 58 minutes ago, MichaelDean said: It looks like you had good supervision at least! 😸 Seems to me like it came out nicely. How does the bass sound now it's done? I forgot to install the grounding to the bridge, so right now it is buzzing very much. But other than that it sounds pretty good. Not the best in the world, but I could gig with it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassfinger Posted December 15, 2021 Share Posted December 15, 2021 I noticed they do a R**********r style bass as well. Might be an interesting diversion. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stub Mandrel Posted December 15, 2021 Share Posted December 15, 2021 Well done, looks good. Back in the 80s someone could have made a fortune selling black ash guitars 🙂 I wrapped my Hohner B2 in 'carbon fibre vinyl'. Shall we say it 'looks good from a distance'? Mind you it wasn't an expensive experiment, and reversible. I found so many tutorials online but noting that really explained how to do 'sharp corners' like those on your explorer. Any tips? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baa Posted December 16, 2021 Author Share Posted December 16, 2021 17 hours ago, Stub Mandrel said: Well done, looks good. Back in the 80s someone could have made a fortune selling black ash guitars 🙂 I wrapped my Hohner B2 in 'carbon fibre vinyl'. Shall we say it 'looks good from a distance'? Mind you it wasn't an expensive experiment, and reversible. I found so many tutorials online but noting that really explained how to do 'sharp corners' like those on your explorer. Any tips? Thank you 🙂 The trick is to have enough vinyl "outside" of the guitar. So when you heat and pull it over the edges, you get all the wrinkles and stuff away from the body. i usually have 30-40 cm more on each side. Carbon, i think, is more difficult. I find it less easy to work with. I like that it's so easy to reverse, if you want to change color or just bring it back to original. I have done it to some of my Vantages. I did one in orange for a gig at a club for dutch people and removed it the day after. I wrapped one to hide holes from an experiment, and then wrapped my main to match. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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