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A new body for my darkstarred t-40!
- Thread starter Eilif
- Start date
Quick update.
The body was still turning out too heavy. Tomm gave me the option of continuing to decrease the mass of the mahogany body, taking the body as-is for the price of the deposit (1/2 the cost of the body) or starting over with really nicely figured -and much lighter- piece of ash that he had. I was really impressed, but I elected to continue shrinking the body.
We are going with a larger control cavity that will be twice the size of the original. Tomm is also going to be taking an inch off the butt end of the instrument. He will be dropping off the body tomorrow!
Also, I've decided to go with a BAII instead of the peavey bridge, and a set of Hipshot ultralights just arrived which should keep the bass balanced with the lighter body. Unfortunately that means that the only original t-40 parts will be the neck, neckplate, neck screws and string tree, but I'm not too disapointed. The end is near!
The body was still turning out too heavy. Tomm gave me the option of continuing to decrease the mass of the mahogany body, taking the body as-is for the price of the deposit (1/2 the cost of the body) or starting over with really nicely figured -and much lighter- piece of ash that he had. I was really impressed, but I elected to continue shrinking the body.
We are going with a larger control cavity that will be twice the size of the original. Tomm is also going to be taking an inch off the butt end of the instrument. He will be dropping off the body tomorrow!
Also, I've decided to go with a BAII instead of the peavey bridge, and a set of Hipshot ultralights just arrived which should keep the bass balanced with the lighter body. Unfortunately that means that the only original t-40 parts will be the neck, neckplate, neck screws and string tree, but I'm not too disapointed. The end is near!
The body is here. It pretty much looks like the last set of pics, so I didn't bother to take a picture. I immediately filled the grain with Benwood grain filler that had been colored with "red mahogany" stain. I rubbed off all the filler, and it looks great. I'll try and take a pic tomorrow.
Got the 5th coat of hand rubbed poly on it this morning. I found a couple of minor dings where I bumped the body before finishing, but nothing noticable.
I'm thinking I will stop at 8 or 9 coats of poly. Any reason I shouldn't?
I'm thinking I will stop at 8 or 9 coats of poly. Any reason I shouldn't?
Sorry about the disapearing act. I finished and assembled the bass and took it to the Chicagoland Worship GTG, but almost immediately decided to send it back to Tomm for a few minor adjustments, a new aluminum nut, and to fix a few screw holes I botched. I got it back today, and you can see the results here: http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?p=7098553#post7098553
Nice! It actually looks a lot like a wal mk3 now, more than a lakland decade, the finish looks quite nice
