Considering a double-reverse-P build, using a pair of Wilde P46s. Can't decide whether to make it a five-string, an eight-string, or a four-string BEAD...
Eight!
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What's On Your Workbench?
- Thread starter HaMMerHeD
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Eight!
I actually need a workbench! Bongo 5 string kit started Saturday. Working on a crazy ice white blue pearl finish. Once i build a workshop and spray booth it will be time for a scratch build. At that point, I'm gonna have more questions than answers!!
Is this by chance a BYOG kit? Been looking at that but there aren't many reviews.
INTP yes and it just came back in stock. Basswood body, maple neck. Wood is nice quality. The hardware is above average overseas. Pups are of concern. Hard to beat for the money! Good company to work with. Let me know if i can answer other ?'s for you. No idea how it will sound.
Brent
Brent
Thanks for the reply. I'd love to hear about your ongoing experience with the kit. Since they offer a Seymour Duncan SMB-5D upgrade, I presume that it's a drop-in replacement for the pickups. The idea occurred to me to expand the control cavity to allow room for an active preamp later, depending on how it sounds initially.
sorry for the thread hijack.
Hammer,
What did you end up going with paint equipment? Been watching the whole water based paint discussion with great interest. I really loathe the fumes and toxicity of traditional laquer, but it's a well established technology and technique. HVLP? Standard high pressure compressor? Do tell. That paint job looks fantastic, BTW.
What did you end up going with paint equipment? Been watching the whole water based paint discussion with great interest. I really loathe the fumes and toxicity of traditional laquer, but it's a well established technology and technique. HVLP? Standard high pressure compressor? Do tell. That paint job looks fantastic, BTW.
INTP- I'm new to the community an unfamiliar with the software. Is there a private message function? Rather than hijack this thread, we could chat about the kit another way.
I used a conventional, LVHP spray gun. I received the spray gun kit and compressor as a gift. This is the gun kit:
Link:
Campbell Hausfeld 34-Piece Gravity Feed Spray Gun Kit - Walmart.com ($65)
I used the smaller detail brush for the whole thing.
Here's the compressor:
Link:
Campbell Hausfeld 8gal Oil Free Air Compressor - Walmart.com ($210)
It's an 8-gallon compressor, and I did not have any trouble with running out of air, which I think is because it was an LVHP/conventional gun instead of an HVLP gun.
For setup, I had the gun connected directly to an air regulator, which was connected directly to an oil/water separator, which connected to the air hose, which of course connected to the compressor. I had the air compressor dialed in at 40psi, which is what was recommended on the can of paint. The regulator on the compressor was opened wide, so that I could regulate pressure and air flow with the gun and the gun's attached regulator.
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Also, my neck was defective, so it had to be eliminated. I needed the truss rod to make the replacement neck.
This is something that has been on and off my work bench for the past 3 years I think. It is my first ever 6 string guitar. I have only built basses up to this point. The Picture only shows the body but the neck is just about done. The body was ready for pickup routs and finish but since starting this I have really got into playing guitar (Hard rock/Metal) and I am going to make it pickup wise with high output Humbuckers, so the P90's will stay in their boxes for who knows how long now, along with most of the hardware as I am now wanting to go more modern instead of vintage like I had planed and bought for. Also just yesterday I took the bandsaw to the body making it a inch smaller in width. So now I have to start back over smoothing the sides out and beveling everything back over. I may also make the body thickness thinner now as well. This is a one peace mahogany body and will have a mahogany neck with rosewood fingerboard. I cannot wait till this one is finished as I am thinking of painting it a killer Ice Blue Metallic. I know this is not a bass but it has strings and on the bench.
Stuck on the 3rd run of my first scratch built neck. It's fretless and I decided to get even more fancy wit LED lit fretless "frets" (frets 1-12 with lighting) but now it is really kicking my butt. This has been the longest any project has lasted on my bench BUT I have had a huge learning curve with neck creation and customization.
I am about 96% done. Body and neck sanded to 1000 grit. Strung up to hold the nut in place. Fretless maple/cherry neck-through.
I'm looking at using a Tung Oil finish. This is the jack plate with one layer of oil. I need wet sand it with the next layer, i think.
Means2nEnd
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After working on about 10 basses for friends I am finally back to finishing up some of my own work.. Wenge fingerboard going on a flame maple/purpleheart neck.
Hey Chuck Chill-Out where in Lancaster are you? I live in Mountville..
Hey Chuck Chill-Out where in Lancaster are you? I live in Mountville..
