Yeah. I've got the cavity routed out for the p pup. I've decided not to flush route the controll cavity and pickguard. I'm waiting for $$ to order reranch paint and a few odds and ends from stewmac.
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MM Copy Modding
- Thread starter blendermassacre
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wife has the camera, but here's an update none the less. I've been spraying for the last two days. I was going to go reranch, but the cost was a bit higher than I would have liked it to be, especially since I try to use only one brand of products per bass. I realize that using the same type of paint is feasible, but using the same brand / type of paint makes me feel better. I ended up using duplicolor, available at your local auto parts retailer. I picked up 4 cans: white primer, red primer, and 2 cans of cordova brown metallic. I had originally wanted sea foam, but this brown spoke to me whilst standing in the paint isle. I love brown basses, and brown bass, white pick guard, white pickups sounds like an awesome idea in my mind.
So I started with the white primer. I sprayed almost the whole can on the body and headstock, in light, dry, even coats. I did a bit of wet sanding on some imperfections, but nothing else.
Then I sprayed the red primer. I thought the red base would look really cool under the brown metallic. This, however created a problem that I could have avoided. The brown metallic was just a few shades off from the rust red colored primer, so I had do make for sure that I was getting good coverage. In retrospect, the primer coat won't make a difference when I have as many color layers as I put on, and being able to see the coverage better is obviously preferred.
I pretty much use the reranch guide to painting, because it makes sense to me and I like it. Also, following the instructions on the paint can help a bunch (may seem obvious, but hey, I've screwed stuff up before by not reading instructions).
In painting color coats, I again use pretty light and dryish coats, but just a lot of them. One thing that is easy to do is deposit a bunch of paint on the front and back of the bass, and not put enough on the edges / corners. This is one of the main reasons I got two cans of paint. One to paint the bass, and the other to cover my ass. I applied multiple coats, starting with the edges of the bass, then working my way to the top, then bottom, letting the bass dry for 10-20 min on each side, spraying the headstock in between these drying times.
One of the dangers of shooting metallic paint from a spray can, is that it clogs REALLY easily. I was constantly using a towel to clean off the nozzle of the spray cans. I did end up with a few little drops from the nozzle onto the bass, but I let them dry, did a 600 grit wet sand on the imperfections, and then sprayed over the area.
Next I need to get a pattern cutting bit, and order the P pickup pattern from stewmac for routing out the pickguard for the new pickup.
Hopefully tomorrow or friday, I'll shoot clear and for sure, I'll put pics up by tomorrow.
So I started with the white primer. I sprayed almost the whole can on the body and headstock, in light, dry, even coats. I did a bit of wet sanding on some imperfections, but nothing else.
Then I sprayed the red primer. I thought the red base would look really cool under the brown metallic. This, however created a problem that I could have avoided. The brown metallic was just a few shades off from the rust red colored primer, so I had do make for sure that I was getting good coverage. In retrospect, the primer coat won't make a difference when I have as many color layers as I put on, and being able to see the coverage better is obviously preferred.
I pretty much use the reranch guide to painting, because it makes sense to me and I like it. Also, following the instructions on the paint can help a bunch (may seem obvious, but hey, I've screwed stuff up before by not reading instructions).
In painting color coats, I again use pretty light and dryish coats, but just a lot of them. One thing that is easy to do is deposit a bunch of paint on the front and back of the bass, and not put enough on the edges / corners. This is one of the main reasons I got two cans of paint. One to paint the bass, and the other to cover my ass. I applied multiple coats, starting with the edges of the bass, then working my way to the top, then bottom, letting the bass dry for 10-20 min on each side, spraying the headstock in between these drying times.
One of the dangers of shooting metallic paint from a spray can, is that it clogs REALLY easily. I was constantly using a towel to clean off the nozzle of the spray cans. I did end up with a few little drops from the nozzle onto the bass, but I let them dry, did a 600 grit wet sand on the imperfections, and then sprayed over the area.
Next I need to get a pattern cutting bit, and order the P pickup pattern from stewmac for routing out the pickguard for the new pickup.
Hopefully tomorrow or friday, I'll shoot clear and for sure, I'll put pics up by tomorrow.
went out to take some pics of the paint
and something kind of bad happened. When I was spraying the color, I sprayed down to the end of the can, which, if there is just propellant in the bottom of the can, is bad. I sprayed a pretty big section (almost the bottom 3rd of the back of the bass) like this. When I came out to look at my progress, there was a big shiny, rubbery feeling spot where I had sprayed the propellant on the bass. I touched it with my finger and got this:
all of the paint down to the first primer coat pushed up. I was not amused, but I knew it could be fixed.
I used a paint scraper to remove all of the gummy / rubbery paint off of the bass, and got this:
then used my random orbital sander to smooth out the surface and prep for primer:
This would be a testiment to take your time and pay attention. After I sanded it down, I shot more primer feathering out from the issue area, then sprayed paint over that. It's been really wet/ nasty / humid in KC, so I haven't sprayed clear yet, except for on the headstock.
I'll hopefully have some cleared body pics by this weekend.
and something kind of bad happened. When I was spraying the color, I sprayed down to the end of the can, which, if there is just propellant in the bottom of the can, is bad. I sprayed a pretty big section (almost the bottom 3rd of the back of the bass) like this. When I came out to look at my progress, there was a big shiny, rubbery feeling spot where I had sprayed the propellant on the bass. I touched it with my finger and got this:
all of the paint down to the first primer coat pushed up. I was not amused, but I knew it could be fixed.
I used a paint scraper to remove all of the gummy / rubbery paint off of the bass, and got this:
then used my random orbital sander to smooth out the surface and prep for primer:
This would be a testiment to take your time and pay attention. After I sanded it down, I shot more primer feathering out from the issue area, then sprayed paint over that. It's been really wet/ nasty / humid in KC, so I haven't sprayed clear yet, except for on the headstock.
I'll hopefully have some cleared body pics by this weekend.
