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I bet it's too smooth - it's so smooth it's reflecting the ceiling paint / tile "popcorn" texture I bet! Not in the bass finish at all, just acting like a perfect mirror! Cool pic now that I see it right.The Jackson Kelly Bird V David Ellefson signature bass I bought from a fellow TBer last summer.
Not sure why the finish looks so "gritty" in that one pic, but in real life it's smooth as can be.
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Yes, another commenter made that observation, and both of you are right; it's the reflection of the stucco ceiling in the very smooth and reflective finish of the bass...I bet it's too smooth - it's so smooth it's reflecting the ceiling paint / tile "popcorn" texture I bet! Not in the bass finish at all, just acting like a perfect mirror! Cool pic now that I see it right.
My warmoth build. I was trying to go for LPB, but didn't really turn out the way I wanted. Done in nitro rattle can car paint.
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Took a brass wire brush to it before painting to deepen the grain and did 2 light coats of primer, a few coats of color, then several coats of clear and stopped right when the grain started to get buried. No wet sandingIt's cool how the grain on the body got 'emphasized'. Kind of a Fender "sandblasted" effect.![]()
Whatever it's called, it's pretty!Peavey calls the "Green" one for "Peacock Blue