gary mac Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 Nice job, that looks pretty damn tasty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartelby Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 Very nice. But I still think you shold have gone sparkly... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyf Posted July 18, 2011 Author Share Posted July 18, 2011 [quote name='bartelby' post='1307500' date='Jul 18 2011, 10:04 AM']Very nice. But I still think you shold have gone sparkly...[/quote] <DEEP SIGH> I was thinking the same thing. Shoulda stuck to my guns and done it but I bottled it, thinking it was a bit too tricky to get a large enough flake spray in a can. Hey ho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartelby Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 [quote name='tonyf' post='1307509' date='Jul 18 2011, 10:08 AM']<DEEP SIGH> I was thinking the same thing. Shoulda stuck to my guns and done it but I bottled it, thinking it was a bit too tricky to get a large enough flake spray in a can. Hey ho.[/quote] I'm currently refinishing an old Dean bass. Hoping for it to be purple sparkle in the end. It's been a bit of a pain in the arse, with the metal flake layer reacting with the base coats. So I have to sand it back a bit and redo the base coats. But I have found out that one of my mates has recently acquired a proper spray booth and a proper metal flake spray gun. He told me to get the bass ready and give him a bell and I can use his stuff to do the flake properly. As I now have access to proper equipment I may sand back to the wood do a decent job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdwardHimself Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 Nice screwdriver . Seriously though great job well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyf Posted July 18, 2011 Author Share Posted July 18, 2011 [quote name='EdwardHimself' post='1307563' date='Jul 18 2011, 10:51 AM']Nice screwdriver . Seriously though great job well done.[/quote] I love it. It was an impulse buy ages ago whilst standing in the queue at B&Q but we've been inseparable since! T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyf Posted July 18, 2011 Author Share Posted July 18, 2011 [quote name='bartelby' post='1307525' date='Jul 18 2011, 10:22 AM']I'm currently refinishing an old Dean bass. Hoping for it to be purple sparkle in the end. It's been a bit of a pain in the arse, with the metal flake layer reacting with the base coats. So I have to sand it back a bit and redo the base coats. But I have found out that one of my mates has recently acquired a proper spray booth and a proper metal flake spray gun. He told me to get the bass ready and give him a bell and I can use his stuff to do the flake properly. As I now have access to proper equipment I may sand back to the wood do a decent job.[/quote] That was what I discovered when I was researching the sparkle finish. Think you can buy large metal flakes if you're mixing your own paint and using "proper" spray guns with varying nozzles but because rattle cans have much smaller outlets (and nozzles), there's a limit to the size of flake you can buy off the shelf. Sorry to hear you've had a nightmare with the basecoat. When researching the painting, it was such an eye opener looking paint types and how they can react with each other if you get it wrong. T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartelby Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 [quote name='tonyf' post='1307578' date='Jul 18 2011, 11:01 AM']When researching the painting, it was such an eye opener looking paint types and how they can react with each other if you get it wrong. T[/quote] Research? I did buy some spray paint from a specialist company and even their stuff clogged and the flakes were tiny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyf Posted July 19, 2011 Author Share Posted July 19, 2011 Took the Funker Derision bass to rehearsal last night. Sounded absolutely fantastic. Just like a Precision. I'm so pleased. Still got some snagging to do though. The scratchplate feels a bit unsubstantial around the jack socket (hey, surprise, it's a cheapo single ply one and there's a screw missing where the plate doesn't line up) so I may need to go back to the original plan of using a ply one. More importantly, it still needs a serious setup. I briefly tweaked it to get it ball park playable but it's a bit "agricultural" at the moment. Will have another play tonight. However, just tweaks. Will rehearse with it again on Thursday and then make a call on whether or not to gig with it on Saturday and record on Sunday. T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyf Posted November 10, 2011 Author Share Posted November 10, 2011 Have recently made a couple of "pimps" to the Funker Derision. Firstly, added a J pickup to turn it into a PJ. I really missed the flexibility of the second pickup and I tend to favour the bridge pickup usually. The modification is detailed here... [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/158289-p-into-a-pj/"]http://basschat.co.u...89-p-into-a-pj/[/url] Last night, I changed the cream pearloid scratchplate for a red tortoiseshell one. That colour was always the intended one but the cream pearloid was delivered by mistake so I stuck that on when I was building it. Was a bit of a faff undoing all the controls and then fitting them back onto the new plate. Also managed to short the cap on the tone control against the cavity shielding leading to an output problem. More faff unscrewing it and sorting it out. Also removed the blockmarker stickers, going back to the black dot fret markers on the maple board. The "faux pearloid" block markers looked great on the bling version of the bass but the dots look more refined with the tort plate. T [attachment=92919:P Tort 1.JPG][attachment=92920:P Tort 2.JPG] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
99mustang Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 [quote name='tonyf' timestamp='1281713745' post='924107'] There's these people who seem to do the right colour and a smaller size of flake. [url="http://www.specialistpaints.com/product.php?p=flakes-canz"]http://www.specialis...p?p=flakes-canz[/url] [/quote] Thanks for that link, they appear to have the paint I need for my Steve Harris replica tribute thingy. Ta very much. John. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddHytheTown Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 Looks bloody excellent! The idea of doing a refin is interesting, but I'm just not sure if I have the guts to start attacking a bass in case it all goes pear shaped and I'm left with a monster! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nibody Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 I'm liking the logo. The guy that does the "Fecker" ones oversprays them with Nitro lacquer to avoid the problem with them breaking on aplication. Looks very similair to mine on the whole but I whent for the black 3-ply pickguard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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