Andyjr1515

Actually, since I bought that particular palm model, I have never used my big one since. BUT pretty essential to buy also the plunge base to go with it. The only thing I don't like is the on off switch.

Hi, Norris / BobVBass Just a point on the colours - remember that this is what the colour is like on white paper - the wood will impact the shade to a greater or lesser degree. The great thing is that you can order samples from Diamine at a very small cost so you can try a number of colours before deciding which one to go for. That said, 30ml is plenty for a body and is only a few pounds in any case BobVBass - if you are interested in this approach, I will find a thread I've done in the past. However, my experience is that it [b]doesn't[/b] work well to do the full buffing treatment. What you do instead (it is thinned down by 30% - 50% with white spirits) is get to the last coats, let it dry, then flatten it with 2000 grit wet-sanded...so far similar...but then simply apply 1, 2 or 3 VERY thin coats on top. As long as the main coats are smooth and the varnish is well thinned, it will not need any further buffing and to do so will give you unpredictable results. It does polish well, once fully dry, with good quality auto wax if you feel the need.

I use ink (Diamine has a huge range of colours and comes in small bottles ideal for a single bass) and then either Tru-oil or Ronseal Hardglaze. This is allighatt0r's Westone - this one was tru-oiled: This strat 6-string was varnished with the Ronseal: As you see, I generally veneer first, but the sides of this 6-stringer is inked straight onto the basswood. This one uses two ink colours is also Ronseal: For both varnishing and oiling, I wipe-on using cheap micro-fibre cloths. I find it less problematic than spraying.

Lovely job . And...genuine WW1 machine gun gathering dust????

[quote name='scojack' timestamp='1437402306' post='2825668'] Thanks Guys, your comments are always appreciated Still waiting on fretwire, had to send to Stewmac in the end to get the same stuff. Been seriously close to chopping an inch off the bottom horn, there's something around there im not 100% happy with. I have however, been here before and merrily got to work with a tenon saw and regretted it right after (project was binned !!) so just going to leave as is this time around, it's a very minor thing. I will fiddle with the design on paper first before (if) i build another. [/quote] Yup - definitely try with paper before getting the saw out. Bin there, done that, scrapped mine too . It looks right and balanced to me, Ian. Trouble with shortening it is that it will end up more stubby and not a reflection of the shape of the upper horn. Not necessarily wrong but definitely a different look...

Any photos?

HOORAY!!!! Progress at last It's amazing what you can get done in an uninterrupted morning! First of all, the inner control chamber was routed. I won't do the additional rout for the cover until the back has been carved. Not quite sure how I will sort a curved cover, but managed to cut some thin sheets of bubinga from an offcut with my dirt-cheap entry-level bandsaw ....and I didn't break the blade : Still with the bandsaw, I cut the neck side and top profiles and the headstock excess: Routed the slots for the pickups and cable run: ...and now it's starting to look like a bass: And here's the back (before I routed the control chamber): Next step is to start the body carve Andy

That's more like it Now that's what I call a REAL project I will follow with great interest...

Me too...and don't forget the photos

[quote name='Jabba_the_gut' timestamp='1436724152' post='2820243'] [font=Calibri][size=3][color=#000000]Hi Andy,[/color][/size][/font] [font=Calibri][size=3][color=#000000]Building has been quiet due to needing to do some DIY!! I’m still finishing off a sycamore bass – need to do the frets, a bit of wiring then a final polish and that should be about it. This one should look nice with blue LEDs on the side of the neck. I’ll post pictures when it is complete but this is where it is at currently. [/color][/size][/font] [font=Calibri][size=3][color=#000000]Cheers[/color][/size][/font] [/quote] Lovely job - as always!

Lovely....simply lovely

I use this hand exerciser - available in most music shops (it's well worn but I think it's Planet Waves). Great for warm-up or just keeping the finger strength up. In theory, you can change the tension for each finger, although weedy me has them all set on lowest

[quote name='spongebob' timestamp='1436986346' post='2822617'] I thought you were sticking to the MIM's Lozz, LOL!! I think a bigger neck you can adjust to. A smaller one, IMHO, is worse. I bought and sold a Road Worn Jazz in record time as the neck was giving me serious finger ache. I was getting woken in the night with it! My US P is a 2014, and it's one of the comfiest necks I've ever played. So comfy in fact, that I couldn't bear to part with it! [/quote] This ^. I think in most cases, moving to a thicker neck will just need a period of adjustment. Moving to a neck that is too thin can be a real problem...especially to the many of us heading to the early stages of arthritis...

[quote name='HowieBass' timestamp='1437169413' post='2824269'] Not being a g****rist I'm wondering what's with that 'trick' bridge? The body wood looks fantastic [/quote] It's a floyd rose tremolo fitted with a drop D mechanism, Howie. Simple but effective. Bit like the hipshot drop D tuners but operating at the other end

Just to affirm that the bubinga beckons, this one's (at last) finished

[quote name='blablas' timestamp='1437124038' post='2823725'] I didn't read it (all), a picture can tell me more than a thousand words, another very nice build you've done there. [/quote] Thanks, blablas. I'm pleased with it but I really want to get back to the bubinga... Andy

[quote name='Chris Sharman' timestamp='1437127682' post='2823771'] I have to say that I saw that 6-string gee-tar in all it's walnutty glory yesterday. It looks stunning. Is it bad that I want one? [/quote] Yes - it is, Chris. Very bad. Besides, you might not be so impressed with what it looked like a couple of hours later "...now is it the black wire or the green wire that I cut?????"

[quote name='allighatt0r' timestamp='1437122128' post='2823708'] Just read through the whole of the dirty stinking guitar build thread. [/quote] Yeah, Bryan - I thought of going to confessional but thought I'd probably be kicked out of the church on the basis that some things are beyond redemption

[quote name='alittlebitrobot' timestamp='1437040245' post='2822964'] ! That's a beautiful guitar! Is there a build thread for that that I'm missing? [/quote] Thanks, alittlebitrobot! There's a build thread ongoing on [url="http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/42422/walnut-re-body-of-peavey-evh/p1"]The Fretboard forum here[/url]. I didn't want to risk being clubbed by 1950's bass guitar baseball-bat-necks for posting a 6-string build thread on this esteemed forum... Andy

This is not forgotten, folks. The above 6-string electric has taken much of the time in the last week or so but is nearing completion: This should be done this week and then the only active full build I have on my bench is my bubinga bass

In the Greater Oxford Dictionary, one of the definitions of 'insanity' is "condition reached quickly when attempting to sand off a modern poly finish from a musical instrument, esp guitar or bass" I use a heat gun because, frankly, life's too short...

Well, certainly in the picture it's looking very good!

Superbly made and wonderfully finished, Jabba. What's on the build board at the moment?

[quote name='blablas' timestamp='1436339604' post='2817130'] First I want to get a bit more comfortable playing this beast, but samples are planned. [/quote]

[quote name='Rumple' timestamp='1436113874' post='2815067'] Another lesson learned today DO NOT tape the pickup cavities so close to the top edge that when you remove it it chips the finish, not really a problem on the neck pup cavity but it looks a bit naff on the exposed bridge one. I'm not starting again so I'll live with it (for now) and with that in mind I got on with T-Cutting the lacquer. Ordered some Autobright car wax from Ebay. [/quote] Every build I do I have at least one of these kind of glitches. Most of them, as you say, it's best to just live with. Many times I've tried to tweak the error and simply made it worse! Looking forward to seeing the finished finish....