Silky999 Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 (edited) So my Rockbass Corvette already had the old fretboard replaced with Ebony whilst having broken truss rod repaired by the previous owner. The bottom of the Just a nut was also replaced for brass. The body was dinked and with the factory low gloss finish didn’t look anything special and very worn. I had seen some posts about hand sanded oil finishes and thought I’d have a go. The body is Alder so wasn’t expecting anything fancy in wood figuring. I sanded the factory finish off the body and prepped for Liberon Finishing Oil which I am currently hand sanding in with increasingly finer grades of wet and dry sandpaper. I’m on day 2 of oil so 2nd coat and sand. I’m hoping to get a few more coats on at 24 hr intervals before curing and then wax. I’m pleasantly surprised by the results so far so I thought I post a few pics. I’ve also taken the finish back on the neck a little as it was a bit sticky. I’m going for a gloss finish on the bodyand will replace the plastic Just a nut with brass to match the base of it. A new preamp and job’s a good ‘un! so first pic is factory finish 2nd is sanded off finish 3rd is second coat of Liberon and sand today 4th & 5th is coat 7 sanded in with 2500 grit Edited October 6, 2020 by Silky999 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.G.E.N.T.E. Posted October 3, 2020 Share Posted October 3, 2020 Looking great! So much better now! The previous finish looked like alder but after the oil the wood grain looks more like ash. 🤔 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silky999 Posted October 3, 2020 Author Share Posted October 3, 2020 Thanks! This is after coats 3 and 4. It’s definitely Alder as confirmed by Warwick serial number checker on their website. I just need to work on the gloss now so I will be using 0000 steel wool between coats. The wood itself feels lovely and I am finding the whole process very therapeutic lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maude Posted October 3, 2020 Share Posted October 3, 2020 That looks so much better. Whatever Warwick used completely disguised that lovely grain. It should only get better with consecutive coats. 👌 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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