Geek99 Posted February 28, 2021 Posted February 28, 2021 Is it going to stay that colour ? I thought you said purple finish 2 Quote
spacecowboy Posted February 28, 2021 Posted February 28, 2021 Need to see more photos of the finish! Looks incredible! 1 Quote
HazBeen Posted February 28, 2021 Author Posted February 28, 2021 33 minutes ago, Geek99 said: Is it going to stay that colour ? I thought you said purple finish Purple Burgundy on Mahogany.... there, fixed. Quote
HazBeen Posted February 28, 2021 Author Posted February 28, 2021 18 minutes ago, spacecowboy said: Need to see more photos of the finish! Looks incredible! I will snap some more pics when there are a few coats of oil on. Will show the final picture. It will get a touch darker. 1 Quote
Geek99 Posted February 28, 2021 Posted February 28, 2021 18 minutes ago, HazBeen said: Purple Burgundy on Mahogany.... there, fixed. It’s not that I like purple as such, I was just curious (and doubting my colour vision) 1 Quote
HazBeen Posted February 28, 2021 Author Posted February 28, 2021 A few things worth noting: this entire bass was almost entirely built from stuff laying around, just the nut, trussrod and frets were bought when putting oil on fretboard two darker lines developed between the 4th and 5th. fret. Almost like they are imperfections in the wood, they didn’t show when sanding. I played around with sanding them out, but that would cause me to sand the entire fretboard again. Since this one is just a fun bass for me I am not bothering. Character and all. i almost never grain fill, as I like the look of just the wood. There are some lovely surface fissures that should look pretty cool once oiled. had some minor tear out when I drilled 4 holes in my pickup/ramp. Needs a little touch up. My pillar drill is a heap of poo. I hand drilled the others, no issues. Should be fine, but just annoying when tools are not doing as they are told. Quote
HazBeen Posted February 28, 2021 Author Posted February 28, 2021 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Geek99 said: It’s not that I like purple as such, I was just curious (and doubting my colour vision) I had blue and red stain left, I hand blended so if honest purple was a guess, ie I knew it would be some sort of purple, but had no clue exactly what. The burgundy I ended up with I will gladly take. Edited February 28, 2021 by HazBeen Quote
Geek99 Posted February 28, 2021 Posted February 28, 2021 28 minutes ago, HazBeen said: A few things worth noting: this entire bass was almost entirely built from stuff laying around, just the nut, trussrod and frets were bought when putting oil on fretboard two darker lines developed between the 4th and 5th. fret. Almost like they are imperfections in the wood, they didn’t show when sanding. I played around with sanding them out, but that would cause me to sand the entire fretboard again. Since this one is just a fun bass for me I am not bothering. Character and all. i almost never grain fill, as I like the look of just the wood. There are some lovely surface fissures that should look pretty cool once oiled. had some minor tear out when I drilled 4 holes in my pickup/ramp. Needs a little touch up. My pillar drill is a heap of poo. I hand drilled the others, no issues. Should be fine, but just annoying when tools are not doing as they are told. I use a plastic mandrel and punch set I got from Amazon - surprisingly good Quote
HazBeen Posted February 28, 2021 Author Posted February 28, 2021 First coat on the body.... man it is looking nice. Will snap pics after 2nd coat tonight. Quote
HazBeen Posted February 28, 2021 Author Posted February 28, 2021 2nd coat on body, 4th on neck. 3 Quote
HazBeen Posted February 28, 2021 Author Posted February 28, 2021 The burgundy/purple or whatever I ended up with the finishing oil just gives such a wonderful deep brown/burgundy colour. I really like it. Quote
spacecowboy Posted February 28, 2021 Posted February 28, 2021 Yep that looks really great! Good work 1 Quote
HazBeen Posted March 1, 2021 Author Posted March 1, 2021 (edited) 4 coats on neck/body and pickup cover ...... and I have run out. I have ordered new finishing oil (much like Tru-OIl the stuff I use), but since 4 coats is ample for protection only I will let dry and then do 1 coat of Lemon Oil. I don’t want high gloss. Edited March 1, 2021 by HazBeen 1 Quote
HazBeen Posted March 2, 2021 Author Posted March 2, 2021 And (bar some tweaking) done. Not perfect by any means (well the neck carve is ) but pretty happy with this. 10 1 Quote
HazBeen Posted March 2, 2021 Author Posted March 2, 2021 To compare size, my 34” fretless and the 27” side by side. 6 1 Quote
HazBeen Posted March 4, 2021 Author Posted March 4, 2021 I stuck flats on, definitely the way to go with a super shorty (imo). Great little bass this thing. 1 Quote
Andyjr1515 Posted March 4, 2021 Posted March 4, 2021 Wow! I love that. The contrast in colours in the body coordinates with the contrasts in neck colours beautifully. Great result @HazBeen. 1 Quote
HazBeen Posted March 4, 2021 Author Posted March 4, 2021 6 hours ago, Andyjr1515 said: Wow! I love that. The contrast in colours in the body coordinates with the contrasts in neck colours beautifully. Great result @HazBeen. Cheers mate, and on to the next 😂 1 Quote
TheGreek Posted March 4, 2021 Posted March 4, 2021 (edited) Don't suppose you have any photos of it "the right way up"?? Here we go... Edited March 4, 2021 by TheGreek 1 2 Quote
HazBeen Posted March 4, 2021 Author Posted March 4, 2021 I 44 minutes ago, TheGreek said: Don't suppose you have any photos of it "the right way up"?? Here we go... iPads and Basschat upload don’t mix well .... that and I’m lazy 2 Quote
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