lanark Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 What did you use to seal the wood in the end? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xgsjx Posted June 17, 2011 Author Share Posted June 17, 2011 Cheers. I used a couple of coats of beeswax to seal it. Rubbed it in, left it to dry for a bit & then rubbed it down with just a clean cloth & then did the same again. I may give it another in a few weeks if needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Dave Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 I'll tell you what you should do with that bass............... absolutely bugger all - excellent work. Class. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roland Rock Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 Lovely job - well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norris Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 Beautiful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartelby Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 That looks fantastic!! Nice job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gareth Hughes Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 Looks great - the shape of the horns really brings out the grain. Job well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norm Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 That is a thing of beauty! Nice work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karlfer Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 Ye Gods, wish I had your skills, smashing job, well done. Karl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gub Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 (edited) not read this thread for a while and didnt realise you had done it ,great work it looks ammazing! Edited June 18, 2011 by gub Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanark Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 Just a query - is there a knob missing? Or is that a switch? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xgsjx Posted June 18, 2011 Author Share Posted June 18, 2011 It's a switch. Does look like a pot shaft in the pic tho. I'm toying with putting different knobs on it as the standard ibby knobs are hard to see where they're set to (I might even get a toggle that looks like a toggle too ). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tait Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 Wow! This looks great! I've got an Ibanez SR500 with it's paint all chipped and scratches all over it, you're tempting me to do something similar now! Mine's got a mahogany body though, the grain would be nowhere near as nice as yours! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xgsjx Posted June 18, 2011 Author Share Posted June 18, 2011 Strip it. You wont regret it. If you don't like the wood you can always prime it & spray it or do what I was planing & metal leaf it (I was gonna have part wood & part silver leaf). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wez Posted June 19, 2011 Share Posted June 19, 2011 I've always liked Ibanez basses, but think you've just made want to go out and buy another for a project. Great work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muttley Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 Sorry to drag up an old thread. Re: the jack recess. Was the decision to keep it black based on the difficulty in stripping the paint in this area? Did you have to re-touch the paint here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xgsjx Posted May 1, 2012 Author Share Posted May 1, 2012 I had early on decided to keep the recess black & a good job too. It's made of black plastic! I didn't have to retouch it other than sand the black paint off of it & then I rubbed Danish oil into it when I was doing the body. Even on close inspection, you wouldn't know that it was a moulded lump of plastic (or it could be carved out of ebony ). I've been messing about with the bass a bit more & when I complete my project, I'll post some more pics here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prime_BASS Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 Wow. First trime seeing tghis, it looks really great now, a real Warwick vide going on, the grain is excellent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benplaysbass Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 I did something very similar to my Aria Pro, it was getting pretty chipped and knocked about so did the same. [IMG]http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae119/lc4benmaille/guitar1.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae119/lc4benmaille/guitar2.jpg[/IMG] And it ended up like this. [IMG]http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae119/lc4benmaille/_8160040.jpg[/IMG] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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