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Definitely. I even prefer sanding end grain to lacquering

Beautiful!

Very nice and clean pup securage. It's looking fantastic

You only need to key the surface. Anything coarser than 600 grit will show scratches that you then need to build up the nitro to fill. 600 is ideal for flatting off between too. Give it two or three light coats at least 30 minutes apart and then leave it 24 hours before flatting before applying the next set of coats. When you get the last coat on leave it for 4 to 6 weeks before flatting and buffing

I'd be tempted to use 600 grit aluminium oxide (a.k.a. sterated aluminium) rather than wet and dry. The wet and dry can shed some abrasive which then leaves little black bits embedded in the finish. Also you probably won't want to use it wet anyway - that will lift the lacquer on any edges

You could maybe use a pull-pot to bypass the tone control completely. That would keep the option of using the tone control if you want to

Yes I sometimes grab the acoustic guitar. We play tuned a semitone down so it depends if I can be bothered to retune my bass

To save any further puerile thread derailment I've created...

I don't think biscuits would add anything. Titebond once cured is stronger than the wood.

Plane the edges flat so you can't see any light through the gap when held up to the light. Then use Titebond and as many (sash) clamps as you can beg, steal or borrow

@Andyjr1515 could probably give you some pointers on oil finishes

One thing you can do to try to accentuate the grain is to dye it a dark colour, partially sand it back and then optionally dye it again in a lighter colour. Shame you haven't got any offcuts to try it out on

It depends on the pores in your body. That body is ash which has large pores. Give it a go anyway - if you don't like it you can always sand it off

This. There will be a fuse specific to the amp. Usually mounted on the rear chassis but sometimes inside the amp (I'm not familiar with that particular amp). The amp fuse will usually be a fairly low value compared to the one in the plug.

Have you tried changing the strings?

Or a cheap map reading compass?

Yep, vector graphics... and free! A combination of Gimp and InkScape cover most bases and don't cost a penny. They may have their little quirks, but it saves paying a mortgage to the Adobe money machine

It might be worth checking out InkScape. It's quite good for laying stuff out. Similar to CorelDraw! if you're old enough to remember that

I have a couple that it's difficult to choose between. We were booked to play in a night club on a Tuesday night. We didn't get very many Tuesday night gigs so took it. When we turned up the place was empty apart from bar staff. However we were assured that a coach party were on their way. Sure enough a coach eventually pulled into the car park and disgorged a crowd of middle aged/elderly folk. We thought it a little strange that most of the women seemed to be clutching plastic bags. They marched into the room, sat around the edge of the dance floor and got out their silver dancing shoes. Yes, we had a party of ballroom dancers! I'm still quite proud that we managed to blag our way through an evening of quicksteps, waltzes and foxtrots - we all had "showband" experience. Certainly not the night we had anticipated! The other was the time that we played at a wedding. Towards the end of the night there was a bit of a kerfuffle. It turned out that the brother of the groom had beaten his father unconscious. Police and ambulance were called and the whole venue was in lock down for a couple of hours. Oh, and the wedding we did where the only people to turn up were the bride, groom and maid of honour! Our trio were in danger of outnumbering the guests!

That's a bizarre site bug. I just checked out the latest updates in this thread and at the top of the page are the poll results from the red pill/blue pill thread from the off topic forum. Weird! Anyway you're creating a gorgeous bass. Keep up the good work

I don't know if I'm the only one affected by this or not. Fantastic as the site revamp is, it no longer seems to take notice of the accessibility settings in my browser. Being of a certain age I now need reading glasses. I could get away without using them for my mobile by setting the Google Chrome text scaling to 130%. While the text is large enough to compose a reply in the editor, the text in threads, and especially on the sticky notes is tiny. I suppose there isn't much that can be done about that? I can zoom into the page, but that then involves scrolling left and right to read the text. Damn getting old!

If I costed my build out in labour alone I'd never be able to afford it! The Squier should hold it's value of thereabouts. It was around £300. I spent that in wood for my build, not including any hardware. There again spread over two years and paid mainly out of gig ("pocket") money, it's not too noticeable. The building forum seems to have opened up a bit recently. When I started there were no guitars, or I'd have done a thread

I use 3rd finger on the B, 1st on the D and 4th on the E

One thing I've found is that you can always improve your playing. I've been gigging regularly for over 30 years and think that my playing and technical ability is better now than it's ever been. Songs that I really struggled to learn and play all the notes in time a few years ago, I can now play with ease and even think about nuance too. If you stick at it, without going overboard so that you get fed up & frustrated, it will come.

About 2 years ago I bought the wood to make a telecaster from scratch. Around about the same time I bought my lad a Squier strat. They cost the same. Two years later my telecaster is nearly finished. It has bought me a lot of enjoyment making it, and to be fair it's not your average telecaster either - bookmatched and carved flamed maple top, chambered ash back, birds eye maple neck, etc. It's been a labour of love. However I can fully understand that people don't have the time, patience or skill to make a guitar from scratch (and believe me I had very little skill when I started! ). A kit is an ideal way to make a guitar your own, to put your stamp on it. It's not always about the end result either - it's the journey and sense of achievement. I will post up some pictures of my guitar when I'm done. I know it's not a bass, but I thought I'd gain some skills on a lesser instrument first. I have my bass in my head and it will be made from scratch - but I can't say when I'll finally get to play it - when it's ready