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05-05-2012, 10:53 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Perth, Australia | | Progress as promised (yaaay!):
Fretboard cleaned up, re-sanded, dents-filled, oiled, slots re-cut and new frets hammered in. 
Gave each fret a dab of CA as some of the slots were still a teeny bit rough from where the old frets were pulled.
Overall, looking lovely though.
I might trim them later today, otherwise it'll be a case of trim, level and crown tomorrow (whilst my router bits disappeared in transit, my levelling beam and crowning files survived! Whoop!).
Remedial work on the paint job seems to have been a success, and the final coat of lacquer is now drying ready for cut and polish at the end of the week (or as long as I can leave it... really.... want.... to ... finish it....) 
Think I'm back on track with this.  |
05-06-2012, 03:58 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Perth, Australia | | Decided to go ahead and trim the fret ends anyway.
Normally I'd use a pair of end nippers, but since these are in the 'toolbox of mysterious disappearance' I thought I'd improvise with a radius block and a Dremel... 
... and by Jove (!), I don't think I'll ever use the nippers again!
No grunting and straining, just the high-pitched screeching of a cut-off wheel.
... and only one piece of hot metal between the toes before I put on appropriate footwear (health & safety fail).
Filing tomorrow. |
05-06-2012, 05:19 AM
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05-10-2012, 07:42 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Ocala, FL | | Quote:
Originally Posted by DaveRhys  Decided to go ahead and trim the fret ends anyway.
Normally I'd use a pair of end nippers, but since these are in the 'toolbox of mysterious disappearance' I thought I'd improvise with a radius block and a Dremel...
... and by Jove (!), I don't think I'll ever use the nippers again!
No grunting and straining, just the high-pitched screeching of a cut-off wheel.
... and only one piece of hot metal between the toes before I put on appropriate footwear (health & safety fail).
Filing tomorrow. | Any issues with the heat generated by the Dremel? |
05-10-2012, 10:24 AM
|  | Quatre-cordes | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: New Orleans, LA /El Paso TX | | Quote:
Originally Posted by DaveRhys ... and only one piece of hot metal between the toes before I put on appropriate footwear (health & safety fail).
Filing tomorrow. | ouch. |
05-13-2012, 01:25 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Perth, Australia | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Bitterdale Any issues with the heat generated by the Dremel? | Only a perfect, fret-shaped burn in two toes. Quote:
Originally Posted by joeyl ouch. | Indeed!
Aaaaaanyho!
Finally the silence is broken with something worthy of your eyeballs!
After a lot of mucking about, disastrous mistakes, bad luck, inexcusable idiocy, and perseverance I've arrived at probably my favourite moment of any build.
... it's that moment just after my least favourite moment where you attack perfectly good lacquer with silicone carbide.
Long-story-short: 
MATT!
(... followed swiftly by...) 
I CAN SEE MY UGLY FACE IN THAT!
Shame it's such an overcast day, under bright light it's rather gorgeous. 
Some different lighting: 
mmmmmmmmm, that's better.
Incidentally, if you were wondering what any of the disastrous mistakes were, well: apart from the 'fly in lacquer' incident, I also failed to consider that thinning the lacquer down would extend the drying time quite considerably.
Then carelessly leave it on an uneven surface and... 
Ugh. The big long one went right down to the undercoat.
... but not to worry, all fixed, just took time - and taught me quite a bit about spraying.
... just got to get that sodding headstock done now...  |
05-13-2012, 04:52 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney, Australia | | | looks really cool man, looks like you had a busy day today
totally inspired me to fix up an old bass haha |
05-13-2012, 05:10 AM
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05-13-2012, 07:35 AM
|  | Everybody Wang Chung Tonight | | Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Houston Tx | | Quote:
Originally Posted by DaveRhys
Incidentally, if you were wondering what any of the disastrous mistakes were, well: apart from the 'fly in lacquer' incident, I also failed to consider that thinning the lacquer down would extend the drying time quite considerably.
Then carelessly leave it on an uneven surface and... | What kind of lacquer did you use? When I use lacquer I mix it 4 parts lacquer, 2 parts thinner, and 1 part retarder. I use retarder because thinner usually makes the lacquer hotter so it drys faster.
But anyway, That bass looks absolutely fantastic. That color is perfect.
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05-13-2012, 07:40 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Pittsburgh, PA | | | That looks great! It'll look tremendous when it's all assembled. |
05-15-2012, 08:37 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Perth, Australia | | Aaah sunlight my old friend: 
... but wait, is that another bridge mod I see??! 
Yes, yes it is.
(brass thumb-screws for intonation)
... and frankly my dear, it looks awesome.
The colour scheme is now officially black & brass.
... which means the gold machineheads are out (the gold looks noticeably garish against the brass, so I'll stick with black and let the coin act as an accent). Quote:
Originally Posted by Hopkins What kind of lacquer did you use? | Acrylic on this one.
Was mixing almost 1:1 (lacquer to thinner) as the colour pearls acted like flour in water.
Next time I'll be using less of the pearls as (the manufacturer did promise) a little goes a very long way. |
05-16-2012, 01:09 AM
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05-16-2012, 11:04 AM
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05-16-2012, 02:49 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: South Carolina | | | lovin it! |
05-22-2012, 04:11 AM
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05-22-2012, 04:25 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Perth, Australia | | Apologies, I'll get some pics up tomorrow.
Living in the remotest city on Earth means it takes blimmin' ages for anything to get here in the post.
This arrived yesterday though, so I can get on with the headstock.  |
05-22-2012, 09:52 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Perth, Australia | | | Looking great. Mind if I ask where you got the brass thumb screws? I've been looking for some myself. |
05-22-2012, 10:14 AM
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Originally Posted by RamesesNiblick3 Looking great. Mind if I ask where you got the brass thumb screws? I've been looking for some myself. | Looks more like stainless to me,
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05-23-2012, 05:37 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Perth, Australia | | Quote:
Originally Posted by RamesesNiblick3 Looking great. Mind if I ask where you got the brass thumb screws? I've been looking for some myself. | Quote:
Originally Posted by HaMMerHeD Looks more like stainless to me, | Both right actually.
They're brass thumb screws mounted on brass motherboard spacers screwed to some M3 stainless stud. 
Sorry about my zombie-thumb.
Got the brass thumb-screws off of eBay here: http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI...ht_1120wt_1163 
... but it doesn't look like the seller has any more.
(took me a while to find anything suitable, and a lot of Googling "knurled brass". Those seem the best search terms.)
Finally - the coin has a new home - inlaid flush between the machineheads... 
... so I can (at last) get on with the business of matching the headstock.
Rejoice! |
05-23-2012, 05:55 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Perth, Australia | | Quote:
Originally Posted by DaveRhys Both right actually.
They're brass thumb screws mounted on brass motherboard spacers screwed to some M3 stainless stud. | Very clever. I like it. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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