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10-04-2009, 09:13 PM
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Heres the plan, im gonna cover a spare p bass body up in plastic wrap and cover it with bondo to make a mold of the body
Next after bondo is hard im gonna carefully pull bass away
next put bondo shell together and pour castin craft into the empty mold
after castin craft is set remove bondo and hopfully have clear bass body
this is the plan if it works i be damned
I would really really like some input.
Last edited by Mark Wilson : 10-05-2009 at 08:07 AM.
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10-04-2009, 09:22 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Metro Detroit | | | 1) The finish will resemble wrinled plastic wrap.
2) It's going to be amazingly heavy.
if you want a clear bass, buy one. It's been done several times, already. |
10-04-2009, 09:24 PM
|  | I took the one less traveled by | | Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Reims, Champagne, France | | It could be simpler to buy one of the many crappy clear body instruments available on eBay (such as this one) and install proper neck and hardware on it.
I like the concept of clear bodies but they tend to be extremelly heavy and sound like crap.  |
10-04-2009, 09:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Craig_S  1) The finish will resemble wrinled plastic wrap.
2) It's going to be amazingly heavy.
if you want a clear bass, buy one. It's been done several times, already. | pretty much, bondo is hard to work with like that i dont think making a cast out of it will be that easy |
10-05-2009, 12:39 AM
| | | | i have practiced with bondo casts so i can make the finish look right.
as with the weight i dont care too much. i want it mostly for deocration
and i dont wanna buy it i wanna make it, plus i never saw any p basses. |
10-05-2009, 12:40 AM
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Originally Posted by Jazz Ad It could be simpler to buy one of the many crappy clear body instruments available on eBay (such as this one) and install proper neck and hardware on it.
I like the concept of clear bodies but they tend to be extremelly heavy and sound like crap. | where did u get tht bass all i found are ones tht dont look like p basses |
10-05-2009, 06:22 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Leeds, UK | | | Didn't the guy who used to play bass for Goldfrapp have a clear P Bass?
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10-05-2009, 06:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Happynoj Didn't the guy who used to play bass for Goldfrapp have a clear P Bass? | Think so... remember seeing them at a festival with that bass.
I don't dig the plewi-glass look, TBH. Not even the Dan Armstrong ampeg.
I also did a gig where the monitors were made of clear plastic with some lights in them. They sounded terrible!
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10-05-2009, 07:36 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Rocking Chair | | Hmmmmmm unless you just need something to do.......I'd buy one and a wheelbarrow to carry it around in.  |
10-05-2009, 08:08 AM
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10-05-2009, 08:09 AM
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10-05-2009, 06:32 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Orange County | | | would be cool if you filled the inside of the body with LEDs. be pretty cool to suddenly whip out a glowing multicolored bass on a live show
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10-05-2009, 09:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Happynoj Didn't the guy who used to play bass for Goldfrapp have a clear P Bass? | where do u suppose he got it? |
10-05-2009, 09:34 PM
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Originally Posted by BassistFreak416 would be cool if you filled the inside of the body with LEDs. be pretty cool to suddenly whip out a glowing multicolored bass on a live show | I'm more of a wood guy... but that sounds pretty win.
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10-05-2009, 10:14 PM
|  | so far, so good | | Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: US-NY-NYC | | Quote:
Originally Posted by MonetBass See: Dan Armstrong basses. | Also: fmw. 
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10-05-2009, 10:37 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Canadia | | | Gruda, instead of the whole mold thing, if you want to build one from scratch, then just buy a big slab of clear plexi and make a body using regular techniques just like any other. The buffing is what gets it clear as glass. By the way, those that have talked about weight are not joking. A P-bass will easily weigh in the neighbourhood of about 20lbs... |
10-05-2009, 10:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Beej Gruda, instead of the whole mold thing, if you want to build one from scratch, then just buy a big slab of clear plexi and make a body using regular techniques just like any other. The buffing is what gets it clear as glass. By the way, those that have talked about weight are not joking. A P-bass will easily weigh in the neighbourhood of about 20lbs... | That is a great idea, but when i looked i couldnt find anything think enough, and that does sound like the new game plan, and as i said b4 the weight really isnt an issue Im 300 pounds, and its probably gonna live most its life on a wall, so im not too worried.
do anyone know where i can find the plexi?  |
10-05-2009, 10:51 PM
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Originally Posted by pilotjones | thts sick |
10-05-2009, 11:04 PM
| | so far, so good | | Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: US-NY-NYC | | And check out the Sandberg plasma basses. Not sure if they are LED-self-lit, or it's just the photo lighting.
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10-05-2009, 11:34 PM
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