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Look what I found

#41
Update

Started the polishing process. Here's the before, and the 1st of many many coats.
(Please try to ignore the worm hole)

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#43
Gilmourisgod said:
Wow, that's really starting to pop the walnut, nice!!
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Yeah, that was my first test patch, and I was taken by surprise. Wasn't expecting it to look that good yet.

I now have a number of coats on the front and back, and the figuring is getting deeper.

Here's the steps that I take. I'll follow this for the next 5 to 10 coats.
1) I'll put a couple drops of olive oil on a piece of cheesecloth, and wipe on a very thin film onto the surface I am about to work on.
2) I'll put a few drops of my shellac on my pad and start rubbing it in.
3) I'll continue to put drops of shellac on my pad until I have a section finished.
4) For the first few coats, I gain an understanding of the solution I have prepared. In this case, I'm going to dilute it a little more with denature alcohol. I'm seeing some streaking in the finish, and I think it's because there's just a little too much shellac in the solution
5) My pore filling wasn't the greatest in some areas, so for the first 5 to 10 coats, I'll knock down the surface with some 1000 grit polishing paper. I'll work my way up in grits in the polishing paper as I go.

I need to go send a package, so I'll be back later
 
#44
Update,

I have 12 coats down. It's shiny!
If I were to show a different angle it would show what a poor job I did on filling the pores, so I'm not going to do that. And I don't feel like sanding it to get a great base down, so it's off to a Bass Assembly Day sometime this weekend.
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Also have the neck pretty much set to go. The pic may be a bit difficult to understand at first, but it's the FB on teh left. The back of the neck is as polished as the FB.

Thanks for looking.

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#47
Scoops said:
Update:

Didnt like the finish. It got kinda streaky.
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So I stripped off the carp and started over. Got a nice finish to take in a number of different directions. The neck is quite nice too.
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And the color objective
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Looks like you had a bit of shrink back, that happens when you build up a bunch of finish and the top layer cures and the bottom layers dry slower. Its usually easily fixed by a quick level sanding with 2000 grit and a repolish. It happens all the time with the heavy flake jobs I do
 
#52
I thought this was going to be a NBD, but the finish line aludes me.

I have it all assembled, strung up, etc., etc.

When I go to set the intonation at the bridge, 2 of the 5 screws for the bridge are stripped. More Hipshot QA issues. I'll be calling as soon as I post (Yeah I know Hipshot is pretty good about customer service, but I shouldn't have issues with one out of every 20 or so products I buy from them)

From the little I was able to play, this isnt too bad. Need to break in the Chromes yet

Cheers

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#55
Thanks all for your compliments.

Took her on her maiden voyage last night. Got 4 full sets in and here are my initial impressions
1) I LUV the neck! Fingerboard has a little high spot on the D string around the 3rd fret. I'll tend to that soon. It's fast, smooth and slim.
2) I DON'T Luv it's sound. It's got low end for days, but no articulation in the mid and upper frequencies. I prefer a little bit of a mid-range punch, and there is very little mid-range to it's current sound. Even in it's current location, it somewhat resembles a mudbucker in tonal characteristics. It also has an uncanny harmonic feedback. I noticed it many times. When the keyboards hit some lower register notes, and I was playing the same note, my bass would start harmonically feeding back.

I can't remember what I based the positioning of the pup. I'll be experimenting with this in the days to come.
 

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