My First Project... Diary of sorts - FINISHED W/PICS!

[AlexDelores]

Very nice indeed! Good job and an interesting thread 👏👌

[Ander87]

Three little updates...!

 

a) because the neck is matt finished, the waterslide decal falls out every couple days - I am not gonna refinish/strip the neck etc so I have ordered a hot stamp / branding iron from Etsy for £20 to permanently brand the headstock. I'll update when it's here.

 

b) I chipped the pickguard in 2-3 spots around the screws - maybe a bit too white but those can always age/tint/coffee to yellow up...

 

c) wore down and installed the mandatory pickup cover and thumb rest - the ashtray cover is the only Fender part, much as I've looked for generic options seems only Fender had the right measures at least at the time...

 

 

Ander.

Edited December 17, 2024 by Ander87

[Ander87]

Well! Hot - branding iron lessons have been learnt

 

 

Of course I tried a bunch of times...>

 

 

First go not deep enough (that's what she said)

 

 

Of course now, raising tension since I had to realign it to try again - not aligning nicely would double print it etc etc...

 

But I HAD TO MOST DEFINITELY BLITZ IT on the 2nd go 😢 

 

 

The trouble is that the neck has a matt finish so it was different woods to try and sort, however I didn't have a sample of it - in hindsight, maybe the neck pocket would've been good but anyway...

 

However, I've learnt that 90% of problems of my life can be fixed with sanding - and even if not perfect, I've managed to salvage it methinks:

 

 

Project is FINISHED and Quality Control passed:

 

[SpondonBassed]

I'd say that's worked well.  Of course you will know where there are imperfections but you are the closest person to the instrument most of the time.  I don't think others would notice owt but the fact you have branded rather than applied your mark.

 

The job's a good 'un.

[Rodders]

The brand/stamp logo looks awesome! As does the bass as a whole. Would you mind sharing the etsy seller you bought from? 

[Ander87]

1 hour ago, Rodders said:

The brand/stamp logo looks awesome! As does the bass as a whole. Would you mind sharing the etsy seller you bought from? 

 

Thank you! For the record I did smooth out the ‘burn’ with a bit of oil and it looks better now I think, as below. 

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The Etsy user is Bobbydcer and, whilst listed as delivering from UK, I would be very inclined to believe it came from China. However, service and speed of delivery was good, and they even digitalised my logo out of a picture of the water decal, so I can defo recommend. 
 

 

pretty pretty happy with how it all turned out! Now it’s got a Hipshot Xtender for Drop D/E standard shenanigans 

 

 

strung with Labella Olintos 47-107 and they’re super lush on both tunings…!

 

Ander. 

Edited January 3 by Ander87