bassfrancesco
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Here are some decent shots of the barnyard bass coming to life. It's W's tbass with walnut body and wenge top. Last four weeks, between work, life, and reading these here threads, I've been working on this. The barnyard project is comforting, in hind-sight, cause finishing a barnyard bass, lot's of f*ups can happen that will look great when it's done. I started by staining the body with amber and amber mixed with black to give a dryer/older look. Experimenting is key, I tested on scrap walnut from woodcraft san carlos, ca. These W tone-woods react much better than scrap. Both Ws wenge and walnut, sucked the stain and filler. I was expecting natural resistance from the oils in the wood, but that didn't happen. To note, I did wipe a couple times with naptha prior to staining, to clean off hand acids and grease. CBs tip:use alcohol as a stain vehicle: right-on. Man, it stinks and WORKS!. After the stains, the filler went on. To my surprise, stewmac filler is thinner than expected. I expected cream-like consistency or even paint-like, it's not. More like conditioner for your hair. If you don't use hair-conditioner, sweetened condensed milk. I quickly ditched my fool-proof plan that was to use burlap to wipe off filler. The burlap is overkill with this stuff. A clean rag worked. A hand rub works very well too, with blue gloves, smurf gloves. The pickups and hardware: Fralin is winding '51 bass pickups over-wound. That will emphasize the natural wood distortion I'm after. The guys at grguitar delivered a great little box with all the hardware. Looks like old hardware, from an old barn. The pots and wiring are from RS guitarworks. All combined, should account for a serious tone machine. It's all about tone, and we all agree on that.
arty07: :guitarplayer2: ok I'll let you know when it's done. I live in SF
