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American ash no problem with stain, thats 1 coat. @Christine could it be shellac thats problem on swamp ash ? I've rubbed the body down 3 times and a 4th comming up...its been wiped down with meths and went into the wood no prob

@Fishman what colour was bass body before you sanding down ? Reason i'm asking is the Schecter i was at had a aged satin finish...sure its a finish where waxed shellac thats had a tint added is used. It aint very durable as anchor point for thumb was wearing through and couldn't get rid of marks. I've been trying to use crimsons stains but no joy smells like nail varnish and not the meths kinda smell i was expecting anyway might get a gas axe and do some toasting. As for ingredients to the ebony dye think you'd have to go back to 1942 with ration book and hava word with Mr Boots

Loaded me...2 new Harleys a Phil Lynott sig some dancing girls...and 2 new thumbs

I'm no expert m8..far from it but i think you'll have to grain fill first then sand & reapply stain, another method i read about was dewaxed shellac & meths mixed together as a washcoat for sealing prior to stain Shuker done this on a build thread on here. Possibly tint your poly with stain ?

Cherry Red...WATER based, received this as a goodwill gesture from Crimson Guitars. Its a 150ml bottle...p&p £3.85

Cracking work that Gary 👍 good pair of hands there bud

Sure somebody used this ink on a westone & looked mighty fine

Thats 3 coats light purple & brown still comming thru..f-#*$!g t^£@g..never mind..

Stunning Gary 👍

Seems swamp ash a bit notorious for this brown colour comming thru, wood bleach was suggested..dunno

Some books by him are available online free..pdf files so it says

Thank you very much for the input sir, reason i'm after the TA pups apart from being a Slayer nut is everythings included in the set..plug & play more or less even i couldn't muck it up. Amazon looks the way to go @ £145 thanks for that 👍

How many basses does that take you to ?

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I'm going to be staining a swamp ash body aswell, done a good bit of reading up about it & the more coats the darker it gets seemingly. I've never done it before either hopefully it works out ok

Can't find a UK dealer that sells Tom Araya sig pickups, there is American dealers through ebay that have them but would i have to pay any taxes ? Never bought from overseas before just wondering...cheers

Thought you would know about irons 😁

A good chrome finish is all in the prep work, it'll be cleaned, dechromed and polished up before rechroming again. Mind the items get dipped in vats so i dont think you'll get away with one small area, best bet classic motorcycle magazine theres always chromers in there who know their stuff, and countersink thats what you call the bevel around a hole good luck bud

For P or J. Covers pickup & string height, truss rod adjustment and intonation.

Bawbags, teeth like a burnt fence a bet..

Lovely that, i'd just leave it..or Frank Bello's sig pups for more red

Aye ok i'll submit..red it is...i think

No worries DoubleOhStephan..still rubbing down 😫 fingers in tatters

Crimson Red or Royal Blue