Davebassics Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 (edited) Insomnia + Pay Day = time to start a new build! In truth, I haven't built a bass in 8 years (where has the time gone?!) but its been on my mind for a long time to do another and it seems like the opportunity has arisen to get started! As I don't currently own a passive jazz bass, and jazz basses have always been my thing, seems logical to build a Jazz. I figured I had best start a thread for the many questions I will have for the experts. I had thought about being very particular and building as close of a replica to a specific bass as possible but I've decided against that. I am going to have the the 60s in mind but I'm not going to worry about making sure everything is period correct. I haven't decided on "relicing" yet. If I do, it will be very light. I'll definitely be going for nitro lacquer, I'd love a bass that ages gracefully. I have a Neck and a Body on the way, and I have a wiring loom and some other bits and bobs knocking around too. I think the only major purchase left is pickups. More on that to follow. So the first major decision is .... colour! I was thinking vintage white but having just been browsing manchesterguitartech and I'm now torn between 4 options. Happy to hear your opinions! Sonic Blue: Sea Foam Green Shell Pink Vintage White So that's enough to start of with, next update will be when the parts start showing up I guess! Edited October 23, 2020 by Davebassics 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertg43 Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 I say any colour other than green ( I really dont like the colour green) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davebassics Posted October 23, 2020 Author Share Posted October 23, 2020 I didnt mention how colour blind i am in my OP did I? Funny, I've craved a fiesta red jazz for years but now its coming round to it, its not even on my hit list! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 (edited) it's mocking up on a Sadowsky jazz so not 100% the same- but this PDF I made uses both aged and non-aged colours. **OPEN IN ACROBAT - NOT BROWSER!** Bass_config_SadowskyWL_v1.1.pdf EDIT: I made use of Manchester guitar tech as a starting point for colours, but the shell pink and aged sea foam I think I sampled from elsewhere... Edited October 24, 2020 by LukeFRC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davebassics Posted October 25, 2020 Author Share Posted October 25, 2020 What a fantastic idea! Thanks for sharing. I'm currently leaning towards vintage white .... that'll change a few times before I order the lacquer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geek99 Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 I did vintage white in nitro beware your choice of undercoat colour I used dark grey on advice from here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davebassics Posted October 25, 2020 Author Share Posted October 25, 2020 3 hours ago, Geek99 said: I did vintage white in nitro beware your choice of undercoat colour I used dark grey on advice from here Thanks for the heads up. What's the logic behind the darker primer coat? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davebassics Posted October 25, 2020 Author Share Posted October 25, 2020 Here are the colours in the running from @LukeFRC's fantastic pdf. Many thanks for this Luke, really useful tool. I'm thinking Aged Vintage White is going to take it. Aged Vintage White: Aged Shell Pink: Sonic Blue: Surf Green Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geek99 Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 5 hours ago, Davebassics said: Thanks for the heads up. What's the logic behind the darker primer coat? See my build thread - darker primer gives a more yellow top coat. White primer gives blinding white. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invertigo Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 This P body was done with Steve's Shell Pink lacquer and white primer, very happy with it and honestly the easiest spray tins I've ever used to get good coverage without runs or splotching. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 Green..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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