Bass picture idea for my bass.

[Permaspooked]

Hope this goes here. So i decided to buy a saga jb 12 fretless kit. My spear has to be fixed the screws for the plate on the truss rod on stripped and the truss rod has to be adjusted. I got 2 of the three out screws out.

Anyways i wanted something to build so i chose a bass. now I wanted to do something cool on it. I learned that there is stuff called transfer medium that will take the ink off of a laserprinted piece of paper.

So i spent hours in photoshop getting an image i liked to propper size now all i have to do is get it printed at staples. What do you guys think?

[Scott in Dallas]

That should be interesting. Can't wait to see how it turns out.

[chris1125]

+1, that's really cool

[Essen]

Have you drawn the holes for the pickups and the neck pocket to be a perfect match? I would rather print it without the black areas just to make sure

[HaMMerHeD]

^^ And I would also print matching transfers for the pickup covers.

Also...love it.

[bassteban]

Spear=spare... gotcha.
Artwork on bass: LOVE it. Post progress or at least the end product.

[ChessTiger]

Looks like a winner to me!!!

[Permaspooked]

Thanks guys!!! I will have progress updates for you. The kit should come by Thursday. I picked up the transfer gel today. The original pic I used off of a template.. I'm gonna print 3 copys s one original one plus 5% and one -5%.

[dcalde78]

Deathly Hallows, right? Pretty cool design, but it's a shame it'll be on a top rout bass, the J control plate will take up a fair amount of space.

[Permaspooked]

I plan on bying clear pickguard and plate. To keep as much of the picture as possible.

[Spatial]

Looks pretty cool, can't wait to see how it turns out.

[ACNick]

Very neat idea, I like it. On a side note, how cool was that scene in the film? when it ended I wished it had been it's own full length film. Very cool art style.

[Scott in Dallas]

I may try that for a headstock logo. Would be a neat way to install a logo that looks kind of woody.

[Permaspooked]

thanks again guys for the support. @acnick yeah i loved the art sdtyle they used for the story. would def be a coll full length movie. @scott in dallas go for it!!!

i read that the saga kits come pre sealed. does this mean i cant stain it?

[Permaspooked]

Look what came in!!!

[Permaspooked]

I ordered these as well tought it would be a good addition.

[Permaspooked]

Time to get down to business. Im gonna document as much of the progress I can and modify it into a tutorial at the end.

I had to gut out the headstock how I wanted. So here are my steps for that.

I started making templates to see what I liked best.



After deciding what I wanted. I penciled it on my headstock.



Then cut it out.



Thats it for now. Will have more soon. Next step is sanding the wood down to remove the sealer for stain.

[HaMMerHeD]

Hm...Rosewood is cool, but I think it needs Elder wood knobs.

[Permaspooked]

Do those exist!?!

[klejst]

Indeed, that is really cool.