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Über-Jay 5er Quilted Maple Funk Machine.

#103
Brockerboy said:
i cant wait to see how this bass comes out
it looks absolutely beautiful so far
you are very talented :)
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bryan2112 said:
Amazing... Thank you for posting pictures!
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Thank you. I too can't wait for this bass to be ready. It is taking a bit longer than anticipated. In fact it was supposed to be ready now. My bad.

Tweaking the body design and changing the neck profile took some time. Having the new cavity covers right took time. Having the new string anchors made took even longer. I also had to slow it down a bit to get other builds to the same stage so they can all be sprayed concurrently. But the main culprit is me being away for three months. Oh well....:o

Works is progressing though and I have new pictures to share. I'll upload them soon.

Thank you!
 
#104
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Still a bit crude. Can't wait to start final sanding on this bass. Tomorrow I'll fire the drill press and go ahead with holes for cavity cover and p-ups threaded inserts on all builds at hand. I will be blind before sun down :D
 
#107
... and with the new chrome cover :)

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The hardware on this bass will be chrome plated. Everything, including ferrules and string anchors. The screws will be stainless steel which kinda looks like chrome plated...mmmmmm... should the nut be, say...silver? why...a bit tacky? :D
 
#109
SaintMez said:
That looks sweet with the chrome! Very pretty ash! Clear gloss will look great on that. What is your method for pore filling?
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Thank you. Glad you like it. Ash is one of my favorite body woods really. The grain looks always great. And it's white ;) Such a great start for any combo.

To keep that white as clean as possible I have tried a few ways to do pore filling. My favorite method at the moment - learned from a few TBers no less ;) - is to spray one or two coats of lacquer first. Then do pore filling with z-poxy. Sand, go ahead with lacquer.

Z-poxy is slightly amber so it does add a slightly warmer hue to the white. I like that though. And that's good because clear alternatives to the z-poxy are not available over here.

Maurizio

ps: That's one cool build you have in progress ;)
 
#110
miziomix said:
Thank you. Glad you like it. Ash is one of my favorite body woods really. The grain looks always great. And it's white ;) Such a great start for any combo.

ps: That's one cool build you have in progress ;)
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Thanks! It's not as cool as this one though...Funk Machine is so cool it has to have two names!

Ill have to check out the z-poxy. I've used Timbermate pore filler in the past and it seems to require multiple applications to fill adequately. I agree that you can't really go wrong with ash. It's beautiful stuff.
 
#111
Here's a video about pore filling with Z-poxy.

As the guy in the video says, you could also try West System 105 and 205 hardener. It's not as amber as Z-poxy but apparently not as easy to sand - or so he says. I can't easily find it over here though, so can't comment. If you do try, please let me know how it goes. Thank you!
 
#113
Finally I find the time to update this thread.

The bass is basically ready for lacquer. I will do one more round of finer sanding with the orbital sander. Then the bass will be fully assembled and stringed (and played fretless just to hear the different sound of wood and MOP...LOL). I want to make sure everything is in order before spraying it.

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There's no better way to tell when the neck profile is OK then assembling the bass. Testing the neck alone sometimes can be deceiving. So, once assembled I found that the lower profile needed some extra sanding. The orbital sander is one heck of a tool. Love it.

Now I only have to fine sand the p-up wooden covers and epoxy the Delano.

Till the next update

thank you!

Maurizio
 
#117
HaMMerHeD said:
I would think an Aluminum nut would polish quite nicely to fit in with the chromed hardware.
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Indeed that goes really well with chrome hardware. The owner and I have discussed an idea along the same line. We should consider yours too as aluminum is not to hard to machine. You ask me, I'd go with silver. If only I can find that Grandma spoon...

Stumbo said:
Do you have to account for the thickness of the chrome plating in your measurements?

Hi Maurizio!
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Hi Stumbo! I do account for plating at prototype stage of hardware. But only when a metal part is designed to fit another metal part. When it comes to wood work instead, I account for lacquer which is thicker than plating. So the plating is automatically taken care of ;)

ciao, Maurizio
 

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