I think fire would be an appropriate finish. You know, a clear coat of gasoline followed with the judicial application of a struck match.
Seriously though, do what you want.
Seriously though, do what you want.
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the new Stick
- Thread starter jazzEADG
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If you done it for responses, just go buy a nice Jazz for everyone to ooh and ahh.
If you done it because you wanted to, and like it, clearcoat it, assemble it, attach some strings and call it good.
I like it, it's not as if you've cut up a vintage Fender. It's individual. I reckon just doing a clear topcoat would look best, it'd be cool. 
Along with most people, I was hoping to see a new Chapman Stick (perhaps one of the newly tuned models, or a Bamboo Laminate build?) based on the subject title but was instead shown an... "altered" Ibanez SR body with Sharpie scribbling of "All Your Base..." 7 years too late, and hooptie version of a Bigsby tremelo as a bridge that will most likely neither tune nor intonate.
I don't feel myself a "hater" (how I despise that word... :scowl: ) but there are so many basic issues wrong with this "bass" that I feel the last key pressed before entering the post was this:
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(and upon reading your profile, this was your only bass - you sacrificed your only bass to have fun with sandpaper? Huh...)
I don't feel myself a "hater" (how I despise that word... :scowl: ) but there are so many basic issues wrong with this "bass" that I feel the last key pressed before entering the post was this:
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(and upon reading your profile, this was your only bass - you sacrificed your only bass to have fun with sandpaper? Huh...)
(points to his own username)
I too was expecting a chapman, however this is pretty cool actually.
I too was expecting a chapman, however this is pretty cool actually.
actually - the fire suggestion got me thinking - what about darkening the edges with like a propane torch (seriously) and then maybe a light stain on the undarkend portion? maybe a colored clear coat. it is an experiment after all.
Just my 2 pence
Just my 2 pence
What are you wanting this thing to be? I find it hard to be supportive...this has disaster (or something else completely unintelligible) written all over it.
At this point, you may as well keep experimenting, as it's unlikely to end up as anything you'd be happy with, regardless of what you were intending...
I dig the body shape. It could use some kind of finish, though. Even if it's just natural, something to make it feel more complete and deliberate.
Ibanez actually beat you to this idea by about ten years - they torched parts of the bodies of both the Steve Vai and Joe Satriani signature models and then stained over the wood, creating a pretty cool effect. I'd love to do this in Red Stain for a "Stage Bass" finish concept:
Ibanez Jem7BSB Burnt Stained Blue
Ibanez JS1000 Burnt Transparent Blue
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(the differences in the darkness is that the Jem had a satin finish that was easily rubbed down/off, while the JS had a poly clearcoat over its blue finish)
That looks really cool! didn't know they did that! that darkening does some really cool stuff to the grain of the wood.
Hey, there are no snobs here!!!
Hows that bridge gonna work? Are you gonna cut grooves in it? Clearcoat it to preserve the artwork.
There's a*Fender Omega* or something like that thread somewhere w/a torched finish. Looks alright.
Hey, there are no snobs here!!!
Hows that bridge gonna work? Are you gonna cut grooves in it? Clearcoat it to preserve the artwork.
I'm either going to use a trad. bridge, or find something with a little less action. maybe an inch or two shorter
and I think a clear varnish would be killer.
btw, sorry about being 7 years late, i'm only 16. not new to TEH INTERNETZ tho, so no excuses. thanks for knocking some sense into me haha
I'm either going to use a trad. bridge, or find something with a little less action. maybe an inch or two shorter
and I think a clear varnish would be killer.
btw, sorry about being 7 years late, i'm only 16. not new to TEH INTERNETZ tho, so no excuses. thanks for knocking some sense into me haha
No reason to apologize. We may be witnessing early works of the next Mike Tobias.
