Steve_K Posted May 17, 2007 Posted May 17, 2007 I wound up buying a S1000 Washburn Status with stripped down body and whatnot, and thought I would document the re-finish here to some extent atleast. Here it is in the state it arrived: Whole thing has been sanded further and painted black. About a month ago - The facing wood arrived today . 2 bookmatched pieces of vavona burr - my hand's a little shakey today, it's not this blurry in real life Today - Just taken it out of a press, lovely and flat veneer. I hope to get it attached to the body today, and some rough shaping. Photos to follow. Quote
slaphappygarry Posted May 17, 2007 Posted May 17, 2007 oh wow. looking forward to keeping up with this one G Quote
BigRedX Posted May 17, 2007 Posted May 17, 2007 Love that facing wood... I have a bass that's going to need the same treatment, where did you get the facing from and how thick is it? Quote
Bassmonster Posted May 17, 2007 Posted May 17, 2007 Its does look nice, looking forward to seeing how it turns out Quote
Steve_K Posted May 20, 2007 Author Posted May 20, 2007 Facing was off eBay and it's only .6mm thick, so I won't need to remove any of the original front surface to allow truss rod access, etc. I'll try and get a photo of its current state up tomorrow, exams permitting. Quote
BigRedX Posted May 21, 2007 Posted May 21, 2007 [quote name='Steve_K' post='3261' date='May 21 2007, 01:19 AM']Facing was off eBay and it's only .6mm thick, so I won't need to remove any of the original front surface to allow truss rod access, etc.[/quote] That sounds like exactly the sort of thing I'm looking for for my project. You don't happen to have a URL for the ebay vendor do you? Looking foward to more progress pics... Quote
Steve_K Posted May 21, 2007 Author Posted May 21, 2007 Username was cazand1230_16 I'm actually reconsidering it now that it's on the bass (go figure!) Quote
BigRedX Posted May 21, 2007 Posted May 21, 2007 Many thanks. There's a couple of items that might be suitable for me there... How are you going to glue these to the bass body? Quote
Steve_K Posted May 21, 2007 Author Posted May 21, 2007 Not meaning to be patronising... but, "with glue" Quote
BigRedX Posted May 21, 2007 Posted May 21, 2007 Doh! I supposed I asked for that.... What I meant was have you been recommended a particular type/brand or will what ever's available at the local DIY store do. Sorry for all the stupid questions, it's just that you seem to be doing almost exactly what I want to do with my bass (mine's also a Washburn - not a Status type though), so I'm hoping to tap some of your expertise... Quote
Steve_K Posted May 21, 2007 Author Posted May 21, 2007 If you want to add me on MSN this might be easier I'm cofneverlivetotell at hotmale period company Quote
Rocket Posted May 23, 2007 Posted May 23, 2007 This should be nice to see completed! I used to have a Series 1000, great bass. Stu Quote
BigRedX Posted May 30, 2007 Posted May 30, 2007 [quote name='Steve_K' post='373' date='May 17 2007, 02:46 PM'] Today - Just taken it out of a press, lovely and flat veneer.[/quote] My veneer arrived today - can I ask how did you get it flat? Just squash it between a couple of flat boards with some weighty objects on top? Quote
Steve_K Posted May 30, 2007 Author Posted May 30, 2007 I made it slightly wet first with some water on a big paintbrush, then between 2 pieces of MDF and set my rig ontop Quote
BigRedX Posted May 30, 2007 Posted May 30, 2007 Cool - sort of what I'd guessed although I wasn't sure about the dampening. Did you use yours in the end, you were unsure about the looks in your last update? Quote
Steve_K Posted May 30, 2007 Author Posted May 30, 2007 It's on, but not perfectly shaped or any finish applied yet. Still not sure about the wood, and I don't see any point progressing until I've decided :S Quote
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