Bobby K

What Happy Jack said is bang on the money, with regards to a P bass. The bass I always come back to

I play in a Kate Bush tribute show called WOW - I feel like a pig in poo as far as the bass parts go; some wonderful lines to be played, as others have said Hoping to be on tour with it next spring. Here's a pic from our Liverpool show last April, taken during BREATHING - prob my fave in the set

Ok, thanks Al

I'm assuming no need to lightly sand or rub with steel wool in between coats...?

Cheers for the link to the data sheet Al I should've read it first, doh!

Thanks for getting back Lawrence, Letts and Al - i'd spent more time watching my inbox than watching this thread, so only saw this today. What sort of thinner should I add to the Rustins? - and do I add this once the Rustins has been mixed with the hardner that came with it? Also, how many coats of Rustins did you put on? I'm not too precious about the outcome of this, just tidying up what's already there really. In some ways this is pretty much my "test neck" - as i wouldn't attempt this on a more valuable bass! One thing i should've stated earlier is that I had to do a bit of a filling job on part of the board. Some pratt who used to own the bass decided to do a Billy Sheehan-esque scalloping job on some of the frets up the dusty end - so I've filled these in with wood filler and sanded the board with a radius block so the filled sections are now flush with the board and it's all neat and smooth Only problem is, the colour of the filler stands out like a sore thumb! This is partly why I was originally asking about darkening the board before the Rustins went on - I wanted to try and mask the filled sections somehow If they can't be masked, I can live with it

Cheers Rich, I'd guessed as much, just wanted to be sure Nice one B of the B, I'll check in with Lawrence and see how he got on....

Hello again chaps Having just sold my lovely 'ray 5 fretless I've decided to give an old de-fretted bass a bit of a spruce up and I'm in the process of finishing the board. The board is rosewood and has been sanded down nice and smooth with a radius block. Rather than go down the epoxy road, I've got hold of some Rustins plastic coating. After sanding, the board is looking very light coloured. I'm tempted to rub some lemon oil on it to darken it again but not sure if I should do so, before applying the Rustins... Also thought about getting some black wood dye and "ebonizing" the board a little. Once again, not sure if I should do so before applying the Rustins... I'd leave it at the natural wood, but I want to use rounds on the bass, so thought the Rustins would provide a bit more hardness to the board and would be a simpler alternative to epoxy. Just need to know if it's ok to darken the board before applying the Rustins... cheers Bob

Pierre bought my Stingray fretless 5. Easy, pleasant transaction, great fella to deal with, hope to do business again