stoo Posted October 20, 2015 Posted October 20, 2015 I'm lucky enough to have a pair of USA EBMM SUBs - one fretted and one fretless. The fretless came from ezbass on here, and he'd stripped the paint off the neck and replaced it with an oiled finish. Feels lovely to play, and looked much nicer than the black paint covering the entire neck and headstock as I had on the fretted one. I'd often wondered about doing the same thing to the fretted one, but my fear of messing up a decent instrument had always convinced me to hold off. Recently some lacquer started flaking off to reveal sticky paint undernath, and my hand was forced... My main worry wasn't so much the main bit of the neck, but of the join between the neck and the headstock. Chris had managed to leave a fairly tidy line between new and old finish.... [url="http://s10.photobucket.com/user/scrapperstoo/media/guitars/IMG_20151020_224805_fl_r_zps91jter3v.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s10.photobucket.com/user/scrapperstoo/media/guitars/IMG_20151020_224818_fl_l_zps3a57kwbk.jpg.html"][/url] ....but as I can't even do colouring in without going over the lines, I needed a different approach! I didn't want to have to strip the headstock front and back faces and lose the logo & serial number. The only way I could think of was to do a lap of the entire headstock and hope for the best at the heel bit of the headstock. (Is that bit called a volute? or is that only if there's an extra bit of wood glued in to reinforce it?) Luckily, it all came good! [url="http://s10.photobucket.com/user/scrapperstoo/media/guitars/IMG_20151020_224932_fr_r_zpsfy0brwyg.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s10.photobucket.com/user/scrapperstoo/media/guitars/IMG_20151020_224947_fr_l_zpsfatnw6pr.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s10.photobucket.com/user/scrapperstoo/media/guitars/IMG_20151020_225025_fr_f_zps89t30knj.jpg.html"][/url] It's not a pro job by any means, but I'm so happy with the result I had to share.. Quote
Beedster Posted October 21, 2015 Posted October 21, 2015 Very nicely done, looks like it was done at the factory Quote
miles'tone Posted October 21, 2015 Posted October 21, 2015 Very impressive! Looks ace, well done mate.👍 Quote
machinehead Posted October 22, 2015 Posted October 22, 2015 Great job!! I like it so much I think I'll do the same to my US SUB. The paint's getting a bit worn anyway. Frank. Quote
mcc Posted October 22, 2015 Posted October 22, 2015 Wow.... I really like it. If I had my SUB with me now I might try it.... luckily I don't. Quote
cocco Posted October 23, 2015 Posted October 23, 2015 That looks fantastic, I never liked painted necks either. Quote
HowieBass Posted October 23, 2015 Posted October 23, 2015 Very tidy job - you should be pleased and proud! Quote
JapanAxe Posted October 23, 2015 Posted October 23, 2015 Great result! I should not be allowed near woodworking tools... Quote
Rikki_Sixx Posted October 23, 2015 Posted October 23, 2015 That looks cool, I love the effect it gives! Interesting headstocks are always great to see! Quote
stoo Posted October 23, 2015 Author Posted October 23, 2015 Thanks for the kind words all - I think the fretless one is going to get the matching treatment this weekend. [quote name='machinehead' timestamp='1445472963' post='2891802'] Great job!! I like it so much I think I'll do the same to my US SUB. The paint's getting a bit worn anyway. Frank. [/quote] Go for it! In case it helps, there's a couple of vids I watched before taking the plunge which helped me get my head round what I was about to do [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24yWr2LRmJY[/media] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiDm4JKtICk[/media] Quote
machinehead Posted October 24, 2015 Posted October 24, 2015 Thanks for the links Stoo. My mind's made up. I'm going for it. Frank Quote
Musashimonkey Posted November 3, 2015 Posted November 3, 2015 (edited) Looks great, nice work. Looks like the headstocks that have laminated front and rear faces! Edited November 3, 2015 by Musashimonkey Quote
ezbass Posted December 20, 2015 Posted December 20, 2015 How did I miss this? Fabulous work Stoo, I should've gone for that amount of stripping originally, it looks way classier. I hope you're still enjoying the fretless. Quote
TheGreek Posted December 26, 2015 Posted December 26, 2015 I really like that...wouldn't be surprised if Musicman nicked your idea... Quote
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