Walnut and Elm Jazz Bass

[Silky999]

Initial cutting and routing done on this beauty, just need to shape in the front and back.

 

 

[Silky999]

Front and back flattened and one side shaped. 
 

 

[Silky999]

Shaped, sanded, black grain filler and first coat of Liberon Finishing Oil. 
 

 

Edited December 26, 2025 by Silky999

[JPJ]

Oof 😍 that looks beautiful. The circular grain on the back is stunning.

[BassTool]

Absolutely superb, that looks mint! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👌🏼

[Silky999]

Thanks Folks, it’s coming on a treat. The Liberon is now curing for 7 days before a couple of coats of shellac and starting the nitro clear coat. 

[HeadlessBassist]

@Silky999 You're becoming the single piece body artiste, my friend! That is seriously lovely... 

[potato bass]

On 24/12/2025 at 19:50, Silky999 said:

Shaped, sanded, black grain filler and first coat of Liberon Finishing Oil. 
 

 

How did it end ??

[Silky999]

Shellac is on and Nitro clearcoat starting today….

[JPJ]

9 hours ago, Silky999 said:

Shellac is on and Nitro clearcoat starting today….

I hope you have a warm and well ventilated workshop / spray booth?

[Silky999]

12 hours ago, JPJ said:

I hope you have a warm and well ventilated workshop / spray booth?

Yeah, I am on my second mdf spray booth in the workshop as the first one was a bit small. It has a 6” Vortex Pro extractor , led strip lights and a spraying jig. The extractor is ducted to outside and I wear a half face VOC respirator. I only spray 1k or nitro as 2k needs positive air fed respirator. The workshop(garage lol) has some fan and ceramic heaters which keeps its reasonable. 

[Andyjr1515]

I like this very much    Excellent choice of timbers and well executed carve 👍

[gary mac]

Impressive work.🙂

[potato bass]

On 03/01/2026 at 11:12, JPJ said:

I hope you have a warm and well ventilated workshop / spray booth?

I would Love to see a Basschat. all walnut (neck and body)  club/ tribute site. + a, same for all natural Jazz Bass

 

Edited January 5 by potato bass

[Silky999]

Thanks for all the lovely comments. 

[potato bass]

Im very excited to follow your build !

[Silky999]

First coats of nitro are on…

[tauzero]

Absolutely stunning.

[Silky999]

Coats are starting to build now. A couple more sessions and then the waiting game to cure before sanding and buffing.

[Silky999]

Spent this morning flattening, cutting back and polishing the walnut and elm body that’s been in nitro for a while now. Always that slightly tense moment when you move from “looks alright” to “don’t mess this up now” 😅

 

It’s come up really nicely overall. There is a bit of grain sink in places, but nothing dramatic — and honestly on an open-pored wood like this, I think it just adds a bit of character rather than looking like a mistake. It still feels smooth to the touch and the gloss has settled well.

 

This one’s very much in the nitro doing nitro things category: natural, slightly imperfect, and already starting to look like an instrument rather than a project. I’d rather that than bury the wood under half a gallon of plastic.

 

It’ll be paired with a roasted maple neck with a rosewood fretboard, Guyker tuners, Fender Pure Vintage ’66 pickups, and a Hipshot bridge. The neck is already finished and set up, with the tuners installed, so it’s just waiting to be bolted on once the body’s had a bit more time to behave itself.

 

Next job is letting it sit and behave itself before assembly. No rushing, 

 

Does this build make you feel “fizzy”?…..it doesn’t have a home yet……

 

This one is going to be a stunner and if it sounds and plays as well as previous builds, it will be immense.

 

MGCS – made to play, built to last.

Edited 1 hour ago by Silky999