Geek99 Posted August 25 Posted August 25 (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 August 25 by Geek99 1 1 Quote
Geek99 Posted August 25 Posted August 25 What if you filled in the letters with gold or silver paint as subtle mockery of the fender logos? Quote
neepheid Posted August 25 Author Posted August 25 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 Saturday at 20:05 Author Posted Saturday at 20:05 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... 6 Quote
Hellzero Posted Saturday at 20:44 Posted Saturday at 20:44 Looks like a variety of mahogany to me, same wood pattern, some are very whitish and there over 800 different varieties. Quote
neepheid Posted yesterday at 20:30 Author Posted yesterday at 20:30 Finally finished the design on the headstock today - kept seeing bits which displeased me, and of course the masking tape took the occasional wee chunk out of the edge so spent a lot of time with a tiny brush sorting that out, then seeing other wrong bits, resetting the clock to an hour again every time I put new paint down. Finally think I got it all and got to work on lacquering. Done 6 or 8 coats this evening - want a nice, thick layer before I start flattening it because I would hate to sand through to my paint underneath. Gonna let it harden for 24 hours or so before trying to flatten it back. 86_2007 project headstock lacquer preflattened.mp4 5 Quote
Richard R Posted yesterday at 20:49 Posted yesterday at 20:49 Is this coming to the SW Bass Bash? Quote
neepheid Posted yesterday at 20:59 Author Posted yesterday at 20:59 9 minutes ago, Richard R said: Is this coming to the SW Bass Bash? I hope so! 2 Quote
snorkie635 Posted 14 hours ago Posted 14 hours ago Go Neep, go! Looking more than good to me. 1 Quote
Richard R Posted 3 hours ago Posted 3 hours ago On 30/08/2025 at 21:05, neepheid said: 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... How about deliberately not matching the wood? Cut the piece to a triangle like a piece of cake, and paint it in the same high gloss black of the headstock. If you were to take the patch through to the front the black insert would tie in nicely, keep it invisible from the front then it's a private joke for you. 3 Quote
neepheid Posted 3 hours ago Author Posted 3 hours ago 11 minutes ago, Richard R said: How about deliberately not matching the wood? Cut the piece to a triangle like a piece of cake, and paint it in the same high gloss black of the headstock. If you were to take the patch through to the front the black insert would tie in nicely, keep it invisible from the front then it's a private joke for you. The headstock will be doing a lot of heavy lifting in the distraction game. Private joke sounds good - this certainly hasn't been a "piece of cake", lol 2 Quote
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