$100 Bass Challenge - Marceline's Axe Bass

[JIO]

You will be adding the 'dash' lines on the axe body and the X on the hs yes?

 

[mapleglo]

You will be adding the 'dash' lines on the axe body and the X on the hs yes?

Yikes, thanks for reminding me. The gashes on the body. OK, that's next. The "X" will be on the truss rod cover. And I will make the truss rod cover in secret, and just show it when it's done

Painted the outline for the headstock. It's a lot easier to cut a straight line than an arc.

 

[TinyE]

Status Pics

I realize that I still have to paint the black outline on the headstock. I'm not sure I'm going to paint the black lines on the top and bottom of the body, or the side of the neck.

looks great. i like the gradient as is.

 

[My name is Mudd]

Just requires a friend who knows how to do the rigging ala Peter Pan.

I now have this mental pic of mapleglo hanging from a REALLY BIG engine hoist while being pushed around the con floor. While playing the bass.

 

[michaelwayneharwood]

"Dadddddy, why did you eat my fries..."

 

[Marcury]

Damn Mapleglo you rock!!!

 

[randyripoff]

I now have this mental pic of mapleglo hanging from a REALLY BIG engine hoist while being pushed around the con floor. While playing the bass.

You know, with a simple, well-engineered A-frame, a harness, a bunch of cable and some casters, it could work....

 

[mellowinman]

This is getting pretty darn exciting!

 

[JIO]

And I will make the truss rod cover in secret, and just show it when it's done

 

[JIO]

The "X" will be on the truss rod cover.

Scale the X to the cartoon even if it overlaps your (top secret) tr cover. It's the gestalt you are looking to achieve - to be recognized from a distance as authentic/correct/instantly recognizable.., like... "BAMM - it's Marceline!"

 

[mapleglo]

Scale the X to the cartoon even if it overlaps your (top secret) tr cover. It's the gestalt you are looking to achieve - to be recognized from a distance as authentic/correct/instantly recognizable.., like... "BAMM - it's Marceline!"

I did some preliminary measurements, and the "X" should fit on the truss rod cover, depending on which drawing to which it's compared.

I painted the gashes this afternoon.

Another coat and I should be able to mask the fingerboard, and lay on a few coats of clear, assuming I have enough left over from the acoustic build.

 

[mapleglo]

Ok, second coat done. I'll wait for that to cure for a while, pull off the mask, and start on the clear tomorrow. I wish I had bought another roll of blue masking tape. I'm almost out. With a little luck, I'll have enough to mask the fingerboard.

 

[mapleglo]

I wasn't too happy with the way the top two gashes came out.

It looks like some paint leached under the blue tape. So I thought I'd try to fix that a little by making them slightly wider and attempt to cover that up.

Just one coat.

So I guess I'll start on the clear tomorrow.

A slight re-assessment on the paint costs - the bright red has most of the paint still in the can. I likely used about 50 cents worth. The deeper red has about half a cans worth left. I never added in the black, which I had on hand, and since I used so little, I'm not going to count it. The clear was purchased for another build, but I figure I'll use about half a can, assuming there's that much left in the can. So I'm going with about $4.00 in paint.

 

[mapleglo]

OK, that's looks better.

The alternative was to get out the dremel and make actual gouges, something I was hoping to avoid.

edited to add, I'm pretty happy with the match of color between the fingerboard and body. Should look even better once I buff that out.

 

[mellowinman]

Really cool!

 

[Hopkins]

I would take a small gouge and actually cut some grooves in it. It will look so much more authentic.

 

[michaelwayneharwood]

I would take a small gouge and actually cut some grooves in it. It will look so much more authentic.

That's true, but the lines as painted provides the "cartoon bass" aesthetic quite nicely.

 

[Hopkins]

That's true, but the lines as painted provides the "cartoon bass" aesthetic quite nicely.

It's difficult to pull off a 2D flat image in 3D.

 

[monsterthompson]

So awesome

 

[michaelwayneharwood]

It's difficult to pull off a 2D flat image in 3D.

Totally agreed, but at the same time the looks of the line drawn lines can be emulated to a degree. Whether it's successful is very subjective.