Jimothey

I’m onto coat number 4 on the body just gonna give it a few days to completely harden then have a go at flattening it to see if it needs anymore coats So I decided to sort the neck inlays out as I didn’t like the dots I’ll reshape the headstock tomorrow Ive ordered my black hardware and pickguard so just waiting for them to be delivered

My one was a really old record one which I can’t find at the mo The technique I got taught when I did French polishing was to bend the scraper when you are removing the shellac as it gives you more control so that’s naturally how I use it all the time I found learning how to burnish the edge took to a little while to get right with cheaper scrapers so then I went and bought a crown scraper set and burnishing tool and then it was much easier except when trying to do the ‘goose neck’ which is still a nightmare to get right

How do you find bending the scraper with your the arthritis in your hands? When I used to use them after about 10mins my right hand thumb used to lock up because I’ve got a form of arthritis in my right hand as well, so I started using a spokeshave scraper which made it a lot easier and a screw bent the blade for you.

Cheers mate I’ve just been looking at it

Looking very nice!! Can’t wait to see it finished!!!

That’s the right choice, looks good!!

Yeah I thinks so I’ll take your word for that

The bloke I bought this kit off sells the bodies on eBay for about £30 which I didn’t think was too bad I think tram Olympic white will look nice but I have a aversion to tort!!!!

No worries sounds like yours will be a bit more interesting than mine anyway

I know someone who changed their cap from a 0.047uF to a 0.1uF and they reckoned it made a big difference to the sound it removed a lot of the brightness

Did you end up using Hardglaze? If so how did it come out? I’ve just found some I had kicking about so I’ve started to use it on mine (still on 1st coat tho) I think the grain is looking quite nice!?! I don’t know whether to make the finish gloss or satin I’m kinda swaying more towards satin but who knows what it will end up being!?! I think it will look good in the end with Black pickguard and Black hardware?

Yeah teak oil does dry quickly but if you can get quite a few coats on it before you put it outside then that would be good

I would probably would go for teak oil as that’s for outside hardwood items, only problem would be it would need to be re-coated every other year really to keep it properly protected

I preferred the look of the two humbuckers they balanced the look but each to their own, looking great tho!!

My vote would be cream Or Black definitely no tort!!!

That looks lovely!!! I really like the black on black!!

Definitely

Is that the Harley Benton project? That looks stunning!! I love the pickguard!!

I had a Vintage V900 which the neck is very similar to an Ibanez and I just couldn’t get on with so I got a P bass instead and it felt so much more comfortable to me But I’m sure you’ll have loads of other recommendations of other people

You could consider a squier Jazz or Precision I think the best thing you could do is go and play some different types and see which feel most comfortable

Panga panga is in the same family as Wenge it’s usually used as a substitute for ebony

Nice jig!! Have you made it so you can do different radii?

That’s great news I think we need some pics tho i was just looking on eBay and came across a Marshall B30 Bass state amp for £79 collection only (Atherstone) I don’t know if this is any good

I’ve altered the position for the neck and highlighted where the neck pocket will be I think this looks better Im still thinking that the end of the fretboard needs to be slightly less of an angle so it follows the lines of the body better

I’m just thinking that it’s slightly different but I would want to recess the control plate so it’s flush with the body but I spose I can just screw it on top to start with and decide once I’ve painted it whether or not to put the pickguard on