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5 string fretless showcase: Habanero V

#321
Hey Adam, this build is looking really cool. I wholeheartedly agree on the f/board decision. The glossy finish might look cool on another build. But on yours a more subdued one is IMHO the way to go. It just goes well with the body and especially with the large MOP dots. I also find spot on the decision of leaving the p-up exposed and the color is definitely a classy touch. Well done!
Perhaps, given the small size of the body I would have anchored the strings from the back and leave just the saddles on the top. oh yeah...and smaller knobs ;) But that's just me. Great stuff man! :D
 
#322
+1 on the oil satin look for the finger board. I like my finger boards with just a bit of CA glue. Not thick and only with a soft luster. I never liked glossy FBs as they still do wear over time and the wear marks stand out more. I find that when I have to resurface a FB with the satin sheen of CA, the repair seems easier to blend.
+1 on the pickup left without a cover. That thing is a work of art and it would be a shame to cover it.

Very nice work!
 
#324
Thanks Miz, thanks Drake. I am leaning toward smaller knobs, too- tall skinny ones, like old Boss effect pedals. In cocobolo with ebony caps, I might try making them myself. And I'm thinking I'm done with the neck too, no CA. Just wood. If I wear it out, I'll make a new one.

Did some wet sanding!

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Need to keep going. I started with 800, then 1000, then Meguiar's #4 heavy cut cleaner, think I need something in between though, not quite getting rid of the 1000 grit scratches. This looks WAAAAY better than any other finish I've done though, thanks for all the LC advice!
 
#332
Just jumping out of the lurkers' shadows to presume to offer a tidbit to the luthier masters here. I'm a jewelry metalsmith by trade, and have found this product to perform absolute magic on silver, brass, copper, you name it. Not sure how well it would translate to naked wood, but I bet it'd be sweet on a nice hard finish...

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#334
MarkL said:
Just jumping out of the lurkers' shadows to presume to offer a tidbit to the luthier masters here. I'm a jewelry metalsmith by trade, and have found this product to perform absolute magic on silver, brass, copper, you name it. Not sure how well it would translate to naked wood, but I bet it'd be sweet on a nice hard finish...

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Awesome, that's my wife's trade, she went to RISD for metalsmithing. Still trying to get her to pierce me out a copper backplate for my first bass, with an ivy pattern.
 
#336
barnaclebeau said:
Awesome, that's my wife's trade, she went to RISD for metalsmithing. Still trying to get her to pierce me out a copper backplate for my first bass, with an ivy pattern.
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He-heh, I am planning all kinds of such things for my first build. Headstock logo, fretboard markers, truss-rod cover, it'll all be cut & etched. I had even considered flush mounting small cut stones for fretboard side markers as was suggested somewhere else in the LC, but decided that'd be just too "disco" lol.

Staying on topic: this has been one of my favorite build threads: always loved smaller bodied basses.
 
#340
iamlowsound said:
The bass is looking amazing. As for the sanding, my dad is a pen turner and swears by micro-mesh. It is really good and you can just toss it in the wash to clean it.

lowsound
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I bought some of those a few years ago at Rockler for some other projects, I forgot all about them! Hmm, off to dig around in the man-cave...
 

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