Zoot refurbishment by Mike

[BigRedX]

1 or 3 IMO.

[RichardH]

Yep, 1 or 3 for me too!

[Joebethell]

So one of the options really stood out to me and I told Mike to go for it! And hes been on it its only been a couple of days but already he has got the top roughly in place. 

 

 

Option 3 the Australian Jarra wood 

 

 

Edited May 8, 2020 by Joebethell

[Joebethell]

[Owen]

1 minute ago, Joebethell said:

So one of the options really stood out to me and I told Mike to go for it! And hes been on it its only been a couple of days but already he has got the top roughly in place.

Details or radio silence. None of this hinting stuff!

[Joebethell]

Just now, owen said:

Details or radio silence. None of this hinting stuff!

To quick for me 

[Owen]

Just now, owen said:

Details or radio silence. None of this hinting stuff!

Classic posting at the same time!

[Joebethell]

[RichardH]

Liking that darker "seam" down the middle, and a lovely bookmatch!

[fleabag]

I wanted Wenge,  you bar steward.

 

[Joebethell]

2 hours ago, fleabag said:

I wanted Wenge,  you bar steward.

 

Sure you could have it as I didnt use it Mike's a great guy he could do you a build 😁

[fleabag]

Only kidding J

Your choice looks awesome

[Cosmicrain]

On 11/05/2020 at 07:13, RichardH said:

Liking that darker "seam" down the middle, and a lovely bookmatch!

Yes, getting the book-match on that Jarra was not easy, but well worth the effort, as the end results show.

[Joebethell]

On 12/05/2020 at 11:41, Cosmicrain said:

Yes, getting the book-match on that Jarra was not easy, but well worth the effort, as the end results show.

Looks amazing 

[Joebethell]

Bit of a delay on the build but it is still in the works and will update as soon as I can. 

 

Have been chatting about pickups and who to use to make them and have a couple of options to think about. 

 

[Cosmicrain]

The custom made 5 string T.bird pickups have arrived.  Big thanks to Mike Rose for making these little beauties, Note the non standard 4 core custom wiring.

[Joebethell]

9 hours ago, Cosmicrain said:

The custom made 5 string T.bird pickups have arrived.  Big thanks to Mike Rose for making these little beauties, Note the non standard 4 core custom wiring.

Looking great! Cant wait to hear what they sound like 😁

[Cosmicrain]

I finally got the double battery box blocked up and filled in with a piece of swamp ash off cut and topped with polyester filler.  I have given the back of the bass some black polyester finish.  The back of the body is now sanded flat and ready to have it's final hi-gloss black coating.  It's going to look great with the book-matched front that Joe picked from my stock of exotic tops.

[Cosmicrain]

The back of the bass is now in it's final colour (hi-gloss black)  and I'm currently working on the top edge fade colour.  Here are some progress pictures showing how the T.bird pickup routing went, and what the top will look like when finished, but like I said, I still have some edge (burst) fading to do to the top.

[Joebethell]

That's looking amazing! So happy. 

 

Cheers 

[songofthewind]

Love this!

[Cosmicrain]

11 hours ago, Joebethell said:

That's looking amazing! So happy. 

 

Cheers 

Hi Joe, It's beginning to take shape now, I'm very pleased with the way it's looking.

[Joebethell]

Been a while since I posted on this thread but it is still on going. 

Had a few delays with covid19/shipping and anything else that could be thrown my way but Mike is keeping me updated and work is picking up again so hopefully a few weeks and I can go collect my bass. 

Here I'm vacuum bonding a Maple veneer to the back of an early Zoot Funkmeister owned by Joe Bethell, and currently in for full renovation. The idea is to hide the old machine head screw holes, as we are going to be replacing the old machines with new Hipshot ultralites. The old machine heads had the Fender vintage style layout of 4 screws per machine head and these holes would have been visible once the new Hipshot machines were fitted, so doing this veneer bonding means the old screw holes will not be visible once the job is complete.

[Joebethell]

Mike has been back on it for me after informing me of a few issues with the finish having to strip it back and start again he is making progress on the body and it is looking amazing. 

 

 

Edited August 13, 2021 by Joebethell
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[JPJ]

Oof that’s beautiful 😍