Bass VI project
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Cagey
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Impatience is often the death of many finishes.
People cry about how long it takes to get necks/bodies from Warmoth when they order a finish on them, but even using catalyzed polyurethane like they do requires a long time to harden up thoroughly, even though it seems dry and hard 15 minutes after it's shot. That's why they say 8 to 10 weeks. Part of that is scheduling, but a lot of it is letting the things cure.
Lacquer dries almost instantly and is sandable after about an hour, but it's not hard enough to polish for about 2 weeks under ideal conditions.
I'm not sure shellac or polymerized oils ever really cure up, at least not to the degree of hardness the lacquers and urethanes do.
Mess with any of them too early, and you're flirting with disaster.
People cry about how long it takes to get necks/bodies from Warmoth when they order a finish on them, but even using catalyzed polyurethane like they do requires a long time to harden up thoroughly, even though it seems dry and hard 15 minutes after it's shot. That's why they say 8 to 10 weeks. Part of that is scheduling, but a lot of it is letting the things cure.
Lacquer dries almost instantly and is sandable after about an hour, but it's not hard enough to polish for about 2 weeks under ideal conditions.
I'm not sure shellac or polymerized oils ever really cure up, at least not to the degree of hardness the lacquers and urethanes do.
Mess with any of them too early, and you're flirting with disaster.
Well, it's not disaster, just inconvenient.
It kinda seems like glass: a supercooled liquid. Over time, a tiny bit of pressure gets it to move, even though it seems solid at a momentary touch.
Now I have to get some real work done and forget about that box of parts just crying to get put together. :sad:
Perhaps to practice on the guitars I already have.
It kinda seems like glass: a supercooled liquid. Over time, a tiny bit of pressure gets it to move, even though it seems solid at a momentary touch.
Now I have to get some real work done and forget about that box of parts just crying to get put together. :sad:
Perhaps to practice on the guitars I already have.
The lacquer seems to have firmed up now, and is taking a nice polish. I'm not going to get too crazy with polishing it yet, I still need to drill a bunch of holes in it.
If experience is any kind of teacher, I know I'll be fixing more boo-boos.
Looks pretty black in the flat overcast light...
If experience is any kind of teacher, I know I'll be fixing more boo-boos.
Looks pretty black in the flat overcast light...
Together at last. I just can't wait till July for the paint. I just can't.
Luckily, it's pretty thick, and I can wet sand booboos out of it.
I got the pickups mounted and the electronics in. Push/pull pot on the tone control puts the bridge and middle pups in series. Having to fudge the pickguard a little here and there to get all the jigsaw puzzle pieces to fit.
Luckily, it's pretty thick, and I can wet sand booboos out of it.
I got the pickups mounted and the electronics in. Push/pull pot on the tone control puts the bridge and middle pups in series. Having to fudge the pickguard a little here and there to get all the jigsaw puzzle pieces to fit.
Ok.... I will! Um... did!
Baby pictures!
Lighting changes everything...
It really plays and sounds amazing. I wired up the volume and tone pots backward, and the bridge is just a touch off center... That's going to take some thinking how I'll correct that. But the sustain is like a friggin' piano.
Baby pictures!
Lighting changes everything...
It really plays and sounds amazing. I wired up the volume and tone pots backward, and the bridge is just a touch off center... That's going to take some thinking how I'll correct that. But the sustain is like a friggin' piano.
TroubledTreble
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Dang! Sweet! Now I want one.
♫♪ "...... I hear you singing in the wires...."♪♪♫
♫♪ "...... I hear you singing in the wires...."♪♪♫
TroubledTreble said:
LOL! Ken, I was working on a Bass VI chord solo of that song this morning, using some of what Johnny A did with it. It sounds gutsy and WILD!!
Your pickups are amazing, as usual, though I'm getting an odd phase cancellation with the neck/ mid together. The push/pull series pot works great, and gives it a kind of 'solo switch' to kick it up.
Still getting used to having a guitar strung with piano cables, and my fingers are killin' me. :laughing11:
croquet hoop
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Too bad the pictures do not appear from page 3 on, the first two pages and a half were very interesting to follow.
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Yeah... Those pics where there just a bit ago. :icon_scratch:
Are you sure the pups are in the right position? or wired correctly.. Not to insult your intelligence but it's easy to make a simple mistake.. especially when you so sure. :laughing7:
Thanks! I have been working on that song as well. I really like Johnny A's version. I played my bari for many days straight then picked up the guitar and it sounded like it was whining in a high pitched voice. It may seem strange to play those big ol' wires but when you go back to the guitar you will be a monster.
Are you sure the pups are in the right position? or wired correctly.. Not to insult your intelligence but it's easy to make a simple mistake.. especially when you so sure. :laughing7:
Thanks! I have been working on that song as well. I really like Johnny A's version. I played my bari for many days straight then picked up the guitar and it sounded like it was whining in a high pitched voice. It may seem strange to play those big ol' wires but when you go back to the guitar you will be a monster.
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That is one sexy beast.
Needs more chrome. :headbang1:
Needs more chrome. :headbang1:
