Owen

Thanks everyone. My gut feeling is that the oil will do the trick, but I am a total noob so needed someone to hold my hand. The idea of giving it some Karcher is quite exciting though

Thanks Harry. I tried hoovering with a brush attachment yesterday, but the masking tape thing makes a lot of sense.

I am sanding a black walnut body down ready for a tru oil finish. I have worked my way down to 1000 grit but have sawdust in the grain and cannot shift it. When I damp it down with water it "disappears" but will it do the same when I put Tru Oil on it? I just do not know and do not want to present myself with a project which needs to be re-sanded. I am enjoying it, but not that much! I have "washed" it with Meths which has helped, but it is still there. [URL=http://s8.photobucket.com/user/peredur/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20140416_111011_HDR_zpsadoovnnm.jpg.html][IMG]http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/peredur/Mobile%20Uploads/20140416_111011_HDR_zpsadoovnnm.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Here is a link to my build thread, but I figure that the traffic in that forum is not huge. http://basschat.co.uk/topic/128791-shukfellow-i-need-some-sanding-tips-please/ Huge TIA.

Thanks Ben. Meths seems to be shifting a bit of it but it is still pretty obvious. If I knew that it would "disappear" beneath Tru Oil then I could ignore it, but I have no way of knowing

I need some advice on the sanding front. I have been through the grades and reached 1000 grit which I have been doing wet and dry. This is how it looks from far away - [url="http://s8.photobucket.com/user/peredur/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20140415_204319_zpsqmmm6gh2.jpg.html"][/url] This is how it looks with a coat of water - [url="http://s8.photobucket.com/user/peredur/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20140415_204420_zpsob7jivtf.jpg.html"][/url] But when I get close in there is sawdust in the grain - [url="http://s8.photobucket.com/user/peredur/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20140416_111011_HDR_zpsadoovnnm.jpg.html"][/url] Will this just disappear when I get my Tru Oil from David Dykes on it? Also the curves around the seem to be a bit "cloudier" rather than the flat surfaces. Is this again just sawdust in the end grain? If so how to I get rid of it? TIA

Jack, do they have a storefront or is it just mailorder?

I think they do, but I was under the impression that they were strictly mail order now. I could be wrong though

I REALLY want to try one. Are there any at all in the uk? Either in a shop or owned.

Don't do it. Being in debt is not cool. Being in avoidable debt is even less cool.

I am looking for a fretted NS Omni bass to try, and judging by youtube comments, Mr Verity [i]might[/i] have one. Does anyone have any contact details for him? I realise that this is a long shot. TIA

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1397197299' post='2421621'] It's a Warwick Pro Series (MiK) Star Bass. Unfortunately they've been discontinued, but you can still get the Rockbass version although it doesn't have the arch top and the 4-string model is only 32" scale otherwise it's the full-fat MiG Star Bass II with the associated eye-watering price tag. [/quote] Hmmm..... another bass to stalk on Ebay

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1397144097' post='2421140'] How about this? [IMG]http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n249/BigRedX/DSC00297_zps7ec03d79.jpg[/IMG] [/quote] OOOOOOOOF! WHAT'S THAT?

[quote name='funkypenguin' timestamp='1397054022' post='2420178'] Owen, are those tickets for the Manc gig still available?? [/quote] They most certainly are!

[quote name='4 Strings' timestamp='1396990627' post='2419607'] Brighton, with all my band! [/quote] Manchester with all my students!

I still have a couple of spare tickets for the May 13th gig in Manchester if anyone wants them.

I am ashamed to admit that I actually knew what it was because I am a Bravewood stalker! It looks mighty fine.

[quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1396700549' post='2416551'] Nice cab - and nice Jazz bass too, love the battle-scars. [/quote] Yeah, enough about the cab - let's talk about that Jazz

I re-bought the Uberhorn which I flogged and I started sanding the new body for this yesterday. I have had the body for AGES it is not Mr Shuker's fault that it is not finished. I know that you were all gagging for an update.

I don't doubt the guy has talent in abundance (even though in the early days you'd have said he stole most of his chops from Mick Karn and Percy Jones), Do we not all have to start somewhere? Why not learn from the best? If I was to go under the knife tomorrow I would want a surgeon who had learnt his chops at a top medical school not at the local pub. I just find it a little hard to take on board that NIN now have a guy on board who (as a good friend of mine commented) has whored his way around the music business. It must be truly awful earning a solid wage playing bass all the time. Being constantly asked to join this project or that project, do a bit of traveling and get to challenge yourself musically in innumerable different styles and situations must be a huge drag. Does your friend have a similarly high opinion of Lee Sklar, JMJ, Jaco, Marcus Miller, Nathan East, Bernard Purdie, Steve Gadd, Keith Carlock. Larry Carlton, Steve Lukather, Omar Hakim and all those classical soloists who just seem to wander aimlessly from one orchestra to the next ready to shred that Tchaikovsky concerto?