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Prototype F4 short scale
- Thread starter wilser
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Back to the fingerboard...
Wilser: Do you treat cocobolo any special way? I've heard wiping it down with acetone can help for gluing with particularly oily pieces.
I'm more wondering about surface finishes and stuff. I have a fairly nice piece of cocobolo (I've never seen an ugly piece, really.) that is a good size for a fretboard. I'm planning on putting it on a maple neck. Any problems with the oils bleeding and staining the maple.
Also, what about the toxic aspects of it, do you seal it?
Wilser: Do you treat cocobolo any special way? I've heard wiping it down with acetone can help for gluing with particularly oily pieces.
I'm more wondering about surface finishes and stuff. I have a fairly nice piece of cocobolo (I've never seen an ugly piece, really.) that is a good size for a fretboard. I'm planning on putting it on a maple neck. Any problems with the oils bleeding and staining the maple.
Also, what about the toxic aspects of it, do you seal it?
yes, cocobolo will stain lighter colored woods it's glued to if you're not careful. This will also happen with ebony, ziricote, bloodwood and padauk (that I know of, there are probably lots others. these are all very different woods in terms of the oil content, so I'm not sure the fact that it's oily has anything to do with it). Wipe it down with any good quick evaporating solvent (I prefer naptha, but acetone, denatured alcohol and similar will work just as well ...do NOT use lacquer thinner or mineral spirits!) after you're done with the finish sanding, then carefully seal the lighter colored woods it's glued to with your preferred sealer as a wash coat (Larry has always recommended shellac to me and the waterbased shellac I've been using from target coatings works well and goes on thin).
That's right, flux and capacitance aren't just from Back To The Future!
So wait a minute are you saying that this bass will be capable of time travel
So wait a minute are you saying that this bass will be capable of time travel
Only if you can get it going at 88 mph...
Asad
So wait a minute are you saying that this bass will be capable of time travel
YES! if you mean sound-wise. Anybody remember those crazy lines Bunny Brunnel used to play with Chick Corea on a fretless P? Add to that an envelope follower and get those funky sounds the alien brothers from the mother ship used to make.
Yeah, ask the power company how much it will cost to get a 20kA service that you'll need to get the 1.21 Jiggawatts necessary.
Of course, If you've got some plutonium, you're set.
I recommend you stick with class D and SMPS for efficiency, though.
I don't know what those guys are talking about 
I would appreciate it that if you have nothing constructive to say that you would not post in this thread. This is a discussion on this build and the possibilities and it's time all the non-sense stopped.
Hey, kids, really nice converszation (says the engineer) but where is the goods, Wils???
(yells the luthier)
(the message in clear text, since it may not be clear enough for all (I'm doing a course in communication...): I want to see more progress pics and perhaps hear a sound clip later)
(yells the luthier) (the message in clear text, since it may not be clear enough for all (I'm doing a course in communication...): I want to see more progress pics and perhaps hear a sound clip later)
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