Hohner "The Jack" Restoration

[Stub Mandrel]

Great to see it coming back to life.

 

These are such nice basses, they were outstanding for their price point when they came out.

[Joe Nation]

Loving that spray booth, might have to get me one of those.

[Hellzero]

Excellent job, congratulations!

[Mediocre Polymath]

6 hours ago, Joe Nation said:

Loving that spray booth, might have to get me one of those.

Trick is to go for the one for tomatoes, it doesn't have any internal shelving. 

 

It's not the sturdiest thing – its ok with the weight of the Hohner, and could probably cope with a body and a neck separately, but it would buckle under the weight of, say, an Ibanez Musician or an Aria SB.

[Mediocre Polymath]

Sigh. So this is what Montana Color call "Fire Engine Red". Oh well, off to buy more paint I guess.

[Geek99]

1 hour ago, Mediocre Polymath said:

Sigh. So this is what Montana Color call "Fire Engine Red". Oh well, off to buy more paint I guess.

Is that the one you’re doing for Barbie?

[ezbass]

2 hours ago, Mediocre Polymath said:

Fire Engine Red

Hmm 🤔.

 

1 hour ago, Geek99 said:

Is that the one you’re doing for Barbie?

Ah that’s it, a fire engine driven by Margot Robbie.

[Mediocre Polymath]

1 hour ago, Geek99 said:

Is that the one you’re doing for Barbie?

There's always a moment when you look at the paint drying and think "maybe I can make this work?", but no. I can't pull off a hot pink bass.

[Mediocre Polymath]

Happy update. Got a can of Kobra "Venom Red" from the local DIY store and this is the colour I was hoping for (going for an Audi Quattro sort of a colour scheme).

[Gank Bass]

8 minutes ago, Mediocre Polymath said:

Happy update. Got a can of Kobra "Venom Red" from the local DIY store and this is the colour I was hoping for (going for an Audi Quattro sort of a colour scheme).

Will the bassist be required to stand too close to the back of the singer whilst blinking aggressively? 🤭

[Geek99]

2 hours ago, ezbass said:

Hmm 🤔.

 

Ah that’s it, a fire engine driven by Margot Robbie.

I’ll be back in a few minutes …

[BassBus]

18 hours ago, Gank Bass said:

Will the bassist be required to stand too close to the back of the singer whilst blinking aggressively? 🤭

No indication.

[tauzero]

On 28/07/2025 at 18:15, Mediocre Polymath said:

Here's the finished channel, and the maple inlay piece I shaped to fit inside it. This was scrap rock maple from an old guitar build, painstakingly shaped and measured out, not – as it unfortunately looks – the stick from an ice-lolly that I fished out of a bin. 

 

Not a tongue depressor?