What's On Your Workbench?

[HaMMerHeD]

And this mofo is finally done...mostly. Nut still needs work.

 

[ibateur]

Nice, could you describe your stain, fill process? Sprayed, brushed, wiped?

 

[HaMMerHeD]

Nice, could you describe your stain, fill process? Sprayed, brushed, wiped?

Sure. It was all of the above!

First step was I applied some black Timbermate pore filler. I wiped it on, rubbed it into the pores, and wiped off as much as I could. After it dried, I sanded the excess off so that the filler remained only in the pores. (Source for Timbermate pore filler: Invalid Link Removed)

The second step was to rub on some dye. I used heavily diluted black Transtint dye, mixed with denatured alcohol. I did a single application to get the light grey color I was looking for. (Source for transtint dye: Dyes, Black - Woodcraft)

Third step was to brush on two coats of Zinsser's dewaxed shellac sanding sealer. I applied two coats with a foam brush, and waited 1 hour between coats. I also block-sanded with 600 grit sandpaper after each coat. (Source for shellac: Sealcoat Universal Sanding Sealer, Quart - Woodcraft)

Fourth step was to spray on some Minwax Polycrylic satin clear water-based polyurethane. (Source for polycrylic: Minwax 1 qt. Satin Polycrylic Protective Finish-63333444 - The Home Depot)

Last step was to level sand the poly with 1,000 grit 3M Wetordry sandpaper, then hand-buff it to make it feel worn and smooth, though still totally covered with poly.

 

[ibateur]

Great stuff! Thanks mate, I'll try and do that with what I have available. Inspiring.

 

[HaMMerHeD]

My next bass will be made of dogwood.

It should really growl.

 

[SLivinghouse]

That's quite a husky piece of wood. I know, you're all howling now..

 

[PDX Rich]

My next bass will be made of dogwood.

It should really growl.

That's bananas! Laughing Golden Retriever.

 

[Rodent]

Swapped out pickguards ahead of packing this up to ship off to a customer. I always find it amazing the transformation something as simple as a pickguard swap can make on a bass

Black/W/B guard is how this went to NAMM, and Tort/M/B is how it will arrive in the Bay area next week.

 

[JMorciglio]

Gonna string this up with some flats to see how the neck behaves before I go any further?
Got bent over for 50 bucks at the closest music store.

JM

 

[JIO]

My next bass will be made of dogwood.

It should really growl.

I would hang that on the wall - as is

 

[Gilmourisgod]

Interesting neck construction. What brand is that?

 

[StreetScenes]

Paisley P at the moment.

 

[Rodent]

several PJ5s and a 1-piece Swamp Ash J5 working their way thru production

the swimming pool route is intentional, and allows the modern P5 sized pickup to be configured standard or reversed with a simple pickguard swap.

 

[Dadagoboi]

Wavy Wally, one piece Walnut Fretless Fiver 'Big Bottom' BB52F. Twin Aguilar Ps, Hipshot B type, and Ultralites on wenge/ebony neck. Currently weighing in at 8.8 lbs.

 

[I-Am-The-Slime]

Wavy Wally, one piece Walnut Fretless Fiver 'Big Bottom' BB52F. Twin Aguilar Ps, Hipshot B type, and Ultralites on wenge/ebony neck. Currently weighing in at 8.8 lbs.

Double like!

 

[Rodent]

Wiring day: 10 sets P4 vintage, 5 sets P4 modern, 3 sets P5 vintage, 4 sets J4 splits. There's quite a bit more than this in the wiring queue, including 5 sets of J4 vintage singles, but these are the initial sets I'm working this morning

 

[Rodent]

working their way thru magnetizing, wiring, potting, and packaging

 

[Rodent]

and also a lefty PJ5 is in the works ...

 

[Means2nEnd]

Hey Rodent so you are Honey Badger pickups? I saw the demo of the P pickup in the Lull it sounds freaking fantastic!!!!

 

[Rodent]

Hey Rodent so you are Honey Badger pickups? I saw the demo of the P pickup in the Lull it sounds freaking fantastic!!!!

thanks M2E - I'm a P player at heart, so that pickup design is rather personal to me if you know what I mean.