A little progress. After sanding down the top and starting over, I sealed with shellac then a few coats of Formby's.
Starting to get a nice gloss now.
Starting to get a nice gloss now.
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New Build- My Eighth, and a challenge
- Thread starter Rip Topaz
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Not much new to report. Been down sick for the last few days, so I haven't been working.
I got fed up with trying to get the Formby's to stick to the cocobolo, so I sanded it all down and resealed. It now has about four coats of nitro on it and is starting to look really nice. The crappy weather here in PA has made spraying impossible the last few days, though.
More when I feel a little better.
I got fed up with trying to get the Formby's to stick to the cocobolo, so I sanded it all down and resealed. It now has about four coats of nitro on it and is starting to look really nice. The crappy weather here in PA has made spraying impossible the last few days, though.
More when I feel a little better.
Some new pix of the progress. Got a decent day today so I sprayed a few coats.
The weather is playing a big factor now I'm getting this done. I gotta spray outside so it's all in the hands of Mother Nature.
The weather is playing a big factor now I'm getting this done. I gotta spray outside so it's all in the hands of Mother Nature.
A couple of decent days, and this one is working on it's final cure. Hopefully I'll have it together and wired in time to test drive it at church in two weeks.
No more pix I think, until I have it together and can break out the good camera for the reveal shots.
No more pix I think, until I have it together and can break out the good camera for the reveal shots.
Here's a quick teaser till I get the good pix taken tomorrow. This baby is done!!! Plays and sounds great!!! I'm very happy with how she turned out.
Evil Undead said:
I've got a few on Facebook and Twitter, but they're all from my iPhone. I'm hoping to get some good ones with the real camera tomorrow.
iamlowsound said:
That pic was taken before the strings were at full tension, but I am still working out a few issues. All in all though, the bass came out great and plays very nice.
I'm thinking I may have to nudge the tailpiece over a hair to correct the saddle issue, or see if Hipshot has any thoughts.
Well, this one got pushed back a few as I wait for Hipshot to send me new bridge inserts. I had mounted the bridge about 1/16" to the right, and it caused the strings to not sit properly in the saddles. I got lucky on the fix. After drilling and filling, the repair will be completely covered by the bridge.
Also, after playing it for a few days, I decided the neck was a bit too chunky and thinned it quite a bit. NOW it's better. Gonna mean about six more cans of nitro, but beats calling it finished when there were those few things that I couldn't live with.
Also, after playing it for a few days, I decided the neck was a bit too chunky and thinned it quite a bit. NOW it's better. Gonna mean about six more cans of nitro, but beats calling it finished when there were those few things that I couldn't live with.
Ok, let's catch things up. The bridge inserted arrived in two days (I love Hipshot), so I have the bridge repositioned. Thankfully, the repair is completely covered by the bridge. Whew.
I've been spraying Deft clear nitro as often as the weather allows, so finishing it taking forever. Plus, I had sanded down the whole bass and pretty much started over. The neck, btw, is now perfect. Smooth profile, and pretty thin. I'm glad I did this.
Here's a few pix of where things are. I'm really getting good coverage, but forgot to re-grainfill, so the back is taking a long time to get a flat surface.
A little blurry, but really shows the chatoyance of the neck lams.
The neck heal really came out great. I can't say enough how glad I am that I took the step back and didn't call this one done yet.
I've been spraying Deft clear nitro as often as the weather allows, so finishing it taking forever. Plus, I had sanded down the whole bass and pretty much started over. The neck, btw, is now perfect. Smooth profile, and pretty thin. I'm glad I did this.
Here's a few pix of where things are. I'm really getting good coverage, but forgot to re-grainfill, so the back is taking a long time to get a flat surface.
A little blurry, but really shows the chatoyance of the neck lams.
The neck heal really came out great. I can't say enough how glad I am that I took the step back and didn't call this one done yet.
PDGood said:
Thanks. After playing two sets with it, I knew the neck needed thinned down. So far, with all my builds, it has been a struggle to get my necks as thin as I'd like them to be. But this one is now close.
I've always wondered how you know how to shape a neck. When your taking off wood - how much is too much? Seems like that would be hard to figure out.
PDGood said:
Well, I read all the books, own both Koch's and Hiscock's, but the way I usually do it is purely by feel. I shave the neck down, hold it in playing position an if it feels right, it's right. Usually I err on the thick side, which is something I'm trying to get past with each build.
My neck blank is usually cut to a max of about 3/4", since I use separate fretboards. My next build is gonna be a bit different, since I'm building a one-piece Fender-style neck. Still using the added fretboard, it'll be a guitar btw, and I'm using a single quartersawn piece to do a neck through. The blank is 3/4" thick, so where it hits the body, I'll be stacking laminates to bring it to the thickness of the body. Kinda like horizontal laminations, or stacked lams I think they're called.
