Recent content by scobass

No matter how you look at it, "negotiating" or "lowballing", you are skimming profits off the market from musicians who may actually need that gear and may have found a great bargain if you hadn't resold them. You are predatory towards the market. It's not that cool. And it's certainly not art...

Probably closer to May by the time the package arrives in the mail. My unfinished neck and body should be here Feb 26 (yay!) ordered Jan 8. Perhaps some delays were made since i chose a unique figured wood for the fretboard, and its a bass neck, which doesn't seem as common here. Guessing they...

Interesting. Thanks for all the useful info. I originally bought the pads to polish an oil finish so hopefully i can still get use out of them for that

Thanks! Those results look really great. I recently ordered some micro mesh pads that go up to 12000 (yes 12k) grit. Curious to see what I'll be able to achieve with those

What exactly does the process of burnishing entail? Online search for "how to burnish wood" gives results that say it's basically an outdated technique that has been replaced by modern sandpaper. So burnishing is simply just sanding up to a very very high grit?

thanks!

I'm wondering, will Warmoth send me an email with a tracking number when they send the shipment? I think I placed my order as a guest but I did enter my email and got a confirmation of the order. Not even worried about waiting at this point - I just need to make sure I don't leave the package...

I ordered a body and neck (unfinished) on Jan 8th. As of Feb 11th, haven't gotten it. Oh, the anticipation! Haha, but I can wait. Thanks Aaron for the info here

Yeah, i will definitely be patient, and have been so far. But a whole month for just the final layer (which will also be very thin)? Dunno, just seems excessive. Is there any reason why the 30-day naptha layer is better than buffing out a (fully cured) 24hr tru oil layer?

Thanks for the replies. I'm not too wild about the idea of waiting a whole month for the final layer haha. I'll try the micro mesh pads. I was also wondering if buffing compounds + buff wheel might be worth trying

So I'm planning on finishing a walnut body with tru oil and possibly a wenge pick guard (more on that below). I've been experimenting on scrap pieces for the past few days while i wait for the arrival of the body and neck. What I've found so far - - Wet sanding to fill the pores has a much more...

Thanks for the reply Aaron. My only experience is with bone and synthetic bone (of which I'm not 100% sure of the exact material - very well could be graphtech) on basses. The nut would only affect the tone when playing open strings, right? If so, I could see why guitarists would care more...

I never knew guitar nuts could be so divisive lol. I literally don't care if we disagree or if someone doesn't like them, doesn't mean we can't calmly discuss why we hold those opinions in an attempt to learn from each other. I was honestly hoping for someone to post a critique or comparison of...

Yeah, pretty much this lol... Just genuinely looking for info.

Just curious why you don't like graphtech? Because I ordered one for my current project