Double Bass Winter FB project complete at last

[xwtb]

Tree of life meets mariposa (Colorado wildflower), just in time for spring plucking.

 

[Basshappi]

That is beautiful!

 

[gbaker]

Great work!

 

[uprightben]

Gorgeous!

 

[xwtb]

Thanks for compliments, y'all. But I should explain that it wasn't as tough a job as it might look. It's not really inlay work, but a veneer: made of a coated cellulose material, formed to the fingerboard contours with heat and pressure and bonded using a pressure-activated film adhesive. In other words, I printed it out on photo paper and attached it with double-sided tape (then photoshopped like a fiend to hide the seams.) All for the sake of April Foolery.

 

[1st Bass]

HA! Good joke! I never would have guessed. I also wasn't going to say anything to rain on your parade, but I was primarily thinking, "I wouldn't want to be the next guy who has to dress that FB!" ( I somehow had the idea that it was MOP, or similar...I hadn't thought about wood inlay)

 

[Mike Goodbar]

Had me hook, line and sinker -- I was saying to myself "Beautiful job, but what was he thinking?!?. lol

 

[bigolbassguy]

I was thinking that was a lot of work just to be able to play in tune.

 

[xwtb]

Shucks, if having a pattern on my fingerboard would lead to my playing in tune, I know four or five friends who'd probably volunteer to inlay the thing for me!

 

[bigolbassguy]

Are they all pianists?