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Have you tried a heat gun and scraper?

My BlazerRay original finish came straight off pretty quickly with a standard wallpaper scraper and a Dewalt heatgun, and not a gouge anywhere. I may have got lucky of course, but worth a try 😎

7 hours ago, Andyjr1515 said:

And what a pleasure that was.  If I had to choose the favourite bass I've ever held in my hands, it would be - without doubt, that one.  Couldn't tell you why.  It just felt magical.

 Now that.

Is surely saying something 😯

10 hours ago, Hellzero said:

Wow ! 

What he said 😲

Amazing! 👌🏼

Great to see a bass, any bass really, saved and re-loved 👌🏼

Great result 👍🏼

I could see Jane Fonda in 'Barbarella' playing that!

That is one funky looking, unusual, cool bass.

I like it 👍🏼 nicely done!! 👌🏼

7 hours ago, Andyjr1515 said:

Fretboard levelled and re-finished.  Just the nut to cut - I'm using a Graphtech Tusq blank from my bits box and it will be slotted to just shy of the fretboard top. 

 

 

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 Brilliant 👌🏼

As said above, nicely done, great starting point for tinkering/modding, and above all else, it has your stamp on it.

Nice one 👍🏼😉

Love the figuring of the maple in the neck, top top work, this is gonna be a stunner.

And I still want it 🤪

It just gets better every time..🤩👌🏼

Bought a chorus from Mick, first class communication, speedy delivery and very well packaged. Top work from a top Basschatter, he's Mick the Greek, and well known round these parts for his reliability 👌🏼

Thanks Mick 👍🏼

38 minutes ago, SpondonBassed said:

That is really nice.

And the 'understatement of 2021 thus far' award goes to @SpondonBassed😆😆😆👍🏼

I'm always amazed how you chaps not only do, but actually love to do, the neck carve bit 👍🏼

It looks incredibly difficult to me, and would be waaay beyond my diy limits 😖

It is always impressive to see the results 👌🏼

Great result!! 👌🏼👍🏼

14 hours ago, levelken said:

Hi Open to offer?

Pm'd 😉

49 minutes ago, Andyjr1515 said:

So why is cutting the two 4mmx4mm slots such a challenge?

Well, with a standard router, you have to fix the neck immovably and dead flat - and then you have to get the router itself to run in a dead straight path for half a meter with less than 0.2mm drift.  And, unlike a Fender neck, the headstock on the Vox doesn't sit flat with the heel - so there are no convenient surfaces to put double-sided tape to stop the neck moving around (which, if it happened, would spell disaster).  And you can't use clamps because they get in the way of the router  

Then, with a router table, you don't have to clamp the neck at all.  BUT you would normally run the side of the neck along the table fence which gives you the dimensional accuracy...but then the headstock would hit the fence and move it a couple of inches...not good for the 'no more than 0.2mm drift' 

So enter the, probably, least used accessory that comes in some of the Dremel sets - the radius jig:

Now, for cutting radii, 'precision' is emphatically not its middle name.

But I'm not thinking of using it to cut a radius

Add a spare strip of 2mm thick binding (in the picture above)...then fitting the Dremel with a decent quality and sharp 1.6mm router bit:

Then inset the binding strip into the slot and run the router (keeping it square) up the slot, keeping firm pressure of the jig spike against the binding strip:

...gives me a 1.5mm slot parallel to the trussrod slot.  Then removing the binding strip and repeating, this time running the jig spike along the side of the trussrod slot:

...gives me a slot 3.6mm wide - giving me, at worst, a modicum of inadvertent  drift room or, at best, a small tidy up with a sharp chisel.

Then turn it round and repeat on the other side.

Might work 

 

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🤞🏼

Nicely done, two lovely builds right there too 👍🏼

Like it 👍🏼

Looking good, I agree with @SpondonBassed, this is shaping up to be up there as one of your finest builds, and...

I still want it 😖

I'll Nick @TheGreeks line...

....you are a tease 🤭

I've just realised that your profile logo is your initials 😖😖😖😖😖 why did I think it was the top of a gearstick???

D'oh 🤪

Superb work, look forward to hearing this beauty 👌🏼👍🏼

Incredible work, the whole build package is jaw dropping in skill and inventiveness (if that's such a word?) 👌🏼

Awesome stuff 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Brilliant pics and how to - as usual 😉 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👍🏼

2 hours ago, Ricky 4000 said:

Bob Ross? Hims dead I'm afraid. 😬

Yup.

And not a single painting sold 😲

Incredible 👌🏼https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/12/arts/bob-ross-paintings-mystery.html

Interesting project Jim, I certainly know who'll approve of the volute 🤭