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That is nice! Unfortunately for me, fretless isn’t really my bag, tried it, liked it a little but not enough to warrant keeping a fretless in the ranks

Thankyou boss, That is nice though! Quite like the no fret markers thing it has!

Ha ha a challenge I sense...

Toying with the idea of a set of either green or pink DR strings...

Ebonising the fretboard you say?! this could be an idea....

PM’d

Hey all I’ve just built a bass from parts, put it al together and I’ve got buzzing and same notes on several frets up and down the neck, think I’m in need of a fret level but I’ve no idea how to do it myself. is there anyone In the Essex area(s) that might be able to have a look for me at all? many thanks in advance

Black screws for pickups and nail varnish on the pole pieces next I reckon

Perfectly so if I may add?!

...So I’ve been putting her together as she is now...few more setup tweaks, find some new knobs and put the truss rod cover back on...pleased as punch! Can’t plug her in yet, little ones decided they wanted to sleep the gits!!! anyway, her she is pre-proper finishing... thank you @Andyjr1515 for the sterling filling/routing work and anyone else that has given advice to help me finish technically, my first bass build (please excuse the wayward cat fluff in the the pictures) now to finish my ‘51 slab precision build...onwards and upwards as they say...

I’m a fan of matte finishes anyway so know exactly what you mean

It’s fair to say I’m not a patient man by any stretch of the imagination...

Currently toying with idea of going for a flat / matte finish instead of a gloss hmmm...

Thankyou sir! Couldn’t have done it without your expertise

So... Lockdown = boredom I fancy a new plaything...time for a reassessment of the basses and guitars I actually use... It dawned on me that I rarely pick up my Highway One precision bass in favour of my Ibanez because, no matter how long I’ve had it, and regardless of the change from precision neck to jazz neck, it has always felt a bit of a chore to play! How can I get that glorious p sound from an Ibanez but still keep the Ibanez?! Lightbulb moment...What if could put a p pickup in the Ibanez?! Surely it’d sound close enough?! A few messages to the BC collective later I had a “yeah, I could do that” for our very own luthier wizard @Andyjr1515 Highway One up on the classifieds...SOLD! SR300 disassembled SD Quarter Pound PJ pickup set ordered Ordered new loom from @KiOgon Body and pups in the post on their way for Andy to do his thing, separate thread for the work here https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/434728-small-job-for-a-basschatter/ Meanwhile I started the prep on the neck for painting Neck sanded flat and taken back to bare wood, primer on, and painting begins... Had a few issues with my spraying area but once again, the clever souls of this very forum came to the rescue https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/432737-painting-issue-help/ https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/434263-have-i-just-fluffed-it-truss-rod-content/ Issues overcome and we’re back on track! Painting of the neck is completed and now I’m just running around the house like a big kid at Christmas waiting for the body and pickups to get back to me... Body is here!! Really happy with the work carried out! Masking up... Filling of chips... More sanding... More priming... More sanding... More priming... Ready for paint...4 days of rain forecast! Nadgers! Suns out for a couple of days! with advice heeded, first and second coats go on! Looking good! Third coat of paint followed by a forth and I think I’m done here for now... Most pleased with the results so far! New lesson learnt...lay the body/neck/whatever flat when painting, I found, for me anyway, I get a much more even cover without all the drip marks Currently letting the parts hang and dry/cure for a few days whilst I wait for micro mesh and polishing compound to turn up in the post...standby folks, this is where it’s all going to go wrong...

So, I’ve painted a couple of bodies and a neck with nitro (One just paint, one paint and clear tinted lacquer) which are currently drying/curing... I’m after getting a nice glossy finish. As I understand it, I need to sand flat with 1200 wet and dry, it’s the next bit I’m getting a bit confuddled with... how do I get a glossy finish?! increasingly worried about getting “run through” so a fairly hesitant to use an abrasive compound/polish, first time doing this really so a little nervous to say the least, can anyone suggest any tips/advice or recommend any products to use to get a glossy finish?! many thanks in advance

Ha ha I’ve got two basses and (whispers) a Stratocaster?!?!? Build on the go at the minute so will be adding to the build diaries with two topics when they’re all done...

Looks amazing! Thankyou again @Andyjr1515

Looks amazing @Andyjr1515, can’t thank you enough for the sterling work

I had considered plugging the holes and doing just that, I had a chat with @KiOgon in regards to looms and he suggested ”I suggest a 2 volume and 2 tone setup with 0.1uF on the P pup and .047uF on the J, gives you a wide spread of tones and versatile blending” so I got him busy on making that, as luck would have it, had “a drawer full” of alpha mini pots which also saves me having to drill the holes to a bigger size so as it stands, neck is painted, wiring loom is on its way, @Andyjr1515 is sorting the body for me, the paint is standing by for the body when I get it back! will definately post Finished results when it’s all ready to go again I’m going to use the existing hardware for now but considering a change to either black or gold (neck is and body will be black) I’ve found someone that makes foil stick on headstock decals/badges so a direct replacement to what was on there, if I go gold hardware, the decal will match, any other colour will either be matte silver or “chromed silver”, again, undecided currently...

Wow! So many things to think of that wouldn’t have even crossed my mind! looking really good so far! I have sent you a PM regarding the battery box hole

Thankyou again @Andyjr1515 looking great already, looking forward to seeing it progress to completion

The original paint was from northwest guitars, I’m led to believe It’s much the same paint and that there should be no incompatibility issues, new paint arriving tomorrow so we shall see :-s

Unsure about pickguard at the minute, quite like the plain was of it but then a pickguard also adds a little something, want to get the finish sorted and then decide on the guard really