glassmoon

Fair point admittedly, but what I've done is replace the pickups with Delanos and I'm looking next to replace the pre-amp with either a Delano or something similar... essentially a hybrid Sandberg/Lakland... I do like the bass (albeit a heavy lump) ... sigh... I hear you guys though. Perhaps I should look at a Skyline again - one from about 20 year ago hahahaha Perhaps a new neck and if I do sell it, I've got the original neck to put back on!

Hello @Andyjr1515 Thank you so very much for such a clear and concise rundown of "how to stain a fingerboard". Very kind of you mate! To answer the questions... * please see the attached picture of the fingerboard * yes, just the fingerboard, so I'll need some of the blue tape I always seem to see on the instrument videos The board is lovely - no mistake, and I'm probably being a little silly contemplating this, but I just really prefer a dark board.... so much so, that I was contemplating looking for a Cort neck from one of the older model GB basses (which I've owned before and really liked, so no worry about "quality" there... it's just finding one) But for about seven quid, the Fiebing stain looks like a win!!! Ta muchly. p.s. hopefully no dog's dinner in sight. KR Julian

Ah, capital - thanks @Geek99. Let's continue the journey!

Hi @franzbassist I honesty don't have the first clue. Good point though, so I will try to get some more info on how it left the Cort factory. However, I'd be certainly stripping any and all coating off that fingerboard before applying anything at all. Scrape, rub, buff, until I'm at pretty much "raw" wood.

Hello all, So, as much as I don't hear any tonal variances between rosewood or maple, I just can't can't seem to get my eyes to like the look of maple - even the roasted maple on my Cort GB75JH. So, I've watched several Yew Choob videos on staining and while most are staining rosewood darker to look more like ebony, I've seen a few on staining maple darker to look closer to rosewood. Iis there anyone here that has ever been successful in staining a maple board/neck dark so that it resembles a dark wood like rosewood, Macassar (ebony), wenge etc etc etc.??? And... if so, how did you do it? My thanks in advance... as ever. Julian aka Glassmoon

Wow, stunning bag. Thank you @Richard R

Yeah, loving how much bang for my buck it was. Quality and at a super price. Long may it last

New board ready for 2024. Only the OctaBass remains from before. New (2nd hand) Pedaltrain. Sorted now, methinks, for a rousing rendition of Mustang Sally or even Brown Eyed Girl!!!

Going to be spending time with each of these new finds. Thanks all!!

BTW, in the end, I got a TGI Extreme bag from GigGear in Harlow. Surprisingly good bag all round, and for £59, a win. Thanks again for the help everyone

BYOD = Build Your Own Device (a take on IT using it for Bring Your....) I'll send these links to a mate of mine in Estonia who is a whizz at this sort of thing. Either that, or I just sell something to pay for a DG.... Sigh

Thanks very much for the link @LukeFRC. Do you know how "close" this one is to the DG? Oh, I was not aware DG came from the BYOD community. Very interesting

Damn, that's some power you've got there @E sharp!!!

Thanks all - looks like the Demonfx Alpha Omicron might be a good option to try... still a little dirty though. The Vintage MicroTubes is just so satisfyingly "clean"