Plexiglass Body

[ginospice]

I appologize if this is being covered somewhere, ut I did not see anything.

I am constructing a Body out of Lucite and I will e making a 3 layer, back mid top laminant of sorts. I am unsure as to the right process for maintaning a clear appearance through the glue. I may use a colored top and back, but still clear. Has anyone done this?

[Greenman]

The guys at work use IPS products for their showcases and displays.
http://www.ipscorp.com/

I hope your installing one of these.
http://www.q-tuner.com/gallery/pages/image9.html

[ginospice]

Yes, I saw that model, love the look and the pickups. No idea how it sounds. I was curious what kind of pickup those are. The Moses site didn't have a ton of info on that bass.

The one I'm building is going to be a 5 string Music Man meets Wal Bass Frankenbass - thing.

I've done some prototyping as well as sign facing with lexan and many other plastics, but it can be messy-not to mention toxic.

[Fwarginator]

Those're Q-Tuner pickups in that picture. BL-4's I think?

EDIT: Yup, BL-4's. It's right in the title, d'oh!

[Yvarg]

I've heard that using JB Weld will give you clear adhesion between two pieces of plexiglas, but I've never tried it myself (I've always wanted to make a plexiglas bass, myself).

[zagnut]

Why not just use 1 solid piece if you choose not to use colored? Would be much easier.

1.5 inch thick plexi (24x24) -
http://www.mcmaster.com/#8560k913/=1axdzz

2 inch thick plexi (24x24) -
http://www.mcmaster.com/#8560k915/=1axela

If you want colored, go with 1.5 or 2 inch depending on if you want front and back colored and put a thin colored layer on.
Go about half way down for colored -
http://www.mcmaster.com/#cast-acrylic-sheets/=1axkqn

I haven't been able to find 1.5 or 2 inch thick colored unfortunately. I think what i would do is go with 1.5 inch thick and put a sheet of .236 colored on the front, leaving the back clear. If it has to be thicker, 2 inch thick with .1 thick colored sheet.

[Armacielli]

I'm just thinkin' out loud here, but It would be cool if you used 2 different primary translucent plexi colors (one on each side) so that from the side you see the 2 different colors, but when you look through it from the front or back you see the secondary color the two halves make like a purple bass made of a red top and blue back

[ginospice]

Well, so far I have aquired the center piece of which will begin my Music Man shape. For the back I have found A unique .25 layer with a nice star chart pattern that has been screenprinted. I will be epoxy coating that to the inner side of the bottom leaving an area open for the electronics much like a typical laminant where the control cavity is part of the origional wood layer. Instead of matching grain, it'l be matching print. I am installing a Moses 5 string neck. Should be real space age looking. It's probably going to be super heavy though.

[tdogg]

yes, im betting it will be heavy. my friend has an acrylic samick G*$tar that weighs a TON

[NoobOnRoad]

Maybe you could chamber it?