Geek99 Posted Monday at 22:14 Posted Monday at 22:14 (edited) 2 hours ago, neepheid said: Design transferred and traced onto the headstock... Not starting painting tonight though - that was hard work, plus I only have black paint at the moment - need white and dark grey. The plan is to hand paint it with model paints and tiny brushes, flatten it a tad with very fine sandpaper, then lacquer over the top to protect it. That is f***ing awesome there is a parallel universe where I would create something like that (as well as being a millionaire aristocrat with my own harem) but sadly I don’t live there Edited Monday at 22:15 by Geek99 1 1 Quote
Geek99 Posted Monday at 22:17 Posted Monday at 22:17 What if you filled in the letters with gold or silver paint as subtle mockery of the fender logos? Quote
neepheid Posted Monday at 23:18 Author Posted Monday at 23:18 1 hour ago, Geek99 said: What if you filled in the letters with gold or silver paint as subtle mockery of the fender logos? Nah, no mockery needed, gonna go with the original plan of black, dark grey and white. 2 Quote
neepheid Posted Thursday at 18:24 Author Posted Thursday at 18:24 Small update - frets have been levelled and recrowned. I think the neck did need it, the fret material didn't come off universally so I hope i made an improvement. Also, French polish arrived from @kodiakblair - legend, cheers! 11 Quote
lemmywinks Posted Thursday at 19:54 Posted Thursday at 19:54 Quite a nice bit of wood on that fretboard as well. 1 Quote
neepheid Posted Friday at 20:44 Author Posted Friday at 20:44 First coat of black on the headstock... that took over an hour... Also made a start on the French polish - testing it out in an inconspicuous area first - the neck ferrule holes... 9 Quote
neepheid Posted 14 hours ago Author Posted 14 hours ago Today I got stuck heavily into the cosmetics. Headstock: Still some wobbly bits to sort out (the white neep logo was NOT fun to paint - very fiddly) Also made a start on the French polish - this is the first layer - I guess I just build it up until it more or less matches the surroundings... Not all good news though - there is an area of damage and discolouration on the bottom of the body. Turns out this must have been where the bass was sitting on the shed "floor" (ie. the ground) and i think moisture has gotten in there - thankfully having to fight gravity as the bass was upright. Unfortunately, this area is basically Swiss cheese - the little holes are me being able to push a cocktail stick in with minimal force... It's not structural, but I'll have to decide what to do about it. The obvious answer would seem to be cut it out back to good wood then glue in a patch, but I have no idea what wood this body is made of... 5 Quote
Hellzero Posted 13 hours ago Posted 13 hours ago Looks like a variety of mahogany to me, same wood pattern, some are very whitish and there over 800 different varieties. Quote
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