I have just aquired an old 1940's Czech plywood from my old highschool. The bass is in really sad shape. They can't afford to put any money into it, so they gave it to me. The neck was broken off at the block, the head is broken off, and the fingerboard cracked. The body has a nice coat of thick black paint, however it is in decent shape. I am ordering a new neck and ebony fingerboard for it. I have started stripping the paint and old varnish with a cabinet scraper. I hope to have it "in the white" by October. I am going to stain the body first in a dark brown, and then oil varnish it. I know that putting stain on bare wood is usually forbidden, but I want the bass to look old. I want it really dark. I am going to start finishing it after my luthier has installed the neck and fingergboard, and closed all of the seams. Check it out(not pretty I know
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