Recent content by AL-KC

+1 on the '51 reissue, my main play out bass. My baby is a '68 P-bass (sunburst/ rosewood) that I bought from a friend over 30 years ago for $150 ( he got it in a pawn shop for $150). The neck was sorted out by an excellent luthier 30+ years ago and hasn't been touched since. It's now worth...

I'm jonesing for a project and I don't have a jazz. I'm thinking thinking a Squire or MIM jazz, strip it down and do a Closet Classic/ NOS Gretsch orange finish with lots layers, toners and aging but no nicks or dings. Props to Markusbass. Onward.

Sherwin-Williams makes a two part polyester finish called Polane. I believe, from an article I found, that it is the product Fender uses on its bodies. It is a system with different components that are combined to acheive various colors ( or clear) and sheens. A Sherwin-Williams Industrial...

Lemon oil is basically scented mineral oil. It does not cure and form a film and will evaporate over time. Linseed oil, boiled or raw, will oxidize and form a thin film, rather like a very thin coat of varnish. Linseed oil is a traditional furniture and gunstock finish. Over time too much...

I just came across a quote in an aviation tech site to the effect that "all innovation comes from people who have spent at least ten years in another field". The Brits interpreted our blues with more passion and insight than we could here at home.