For some reason that I don't really remember, I decided that I needed a bass in my life.
Rather than doing the easy thing (buying one) or the hard thing (making one from scratch), I thought I'd do the
sensible thing and have a chat with our forum friend
@GSPBasses.
And so this turned up earlier this week ...
So I've just got to glue it together and put some sort of finish on it.
The neck has got a nice bit of flame in it, which will hopefully be enhanced by a bit of oil.
The big question is whether you still put 10s on a bass, or whether I should go up a gauge or two.
Comments
Dont listen to all this rubbish about Rotosound, TI, Labella etc etc. Just stick Chromes on it and be done with it - you'll end up there anyway
I saw the price and assumed that it was for a 3-pack!
However - you'll only need to change them in about 10 years time. (Honestly!)
That much per string for cello.
This is some offcut that Mr GSP helpfully included, so that I could experiment on scrap rather than the actual body.
A couple of pieces of scrap. Crimson-stained black, single coat
Now with one of the pieces rubbed back wtih 180grit paper
That same rubbed-back piece, wtih a little bit of colour added over the top
And the above piece, compared to another piece that didn't have the black undercoat first
I think I might try rubbing down a little less before adding the colour over the top.
But when I stained it, it just looked mucky red (see left, below).
So then I added a second coat of colour to the first attempt (on the right) ...
So, I think I'm going to go with the red-over-black staining. It enhances the grain pattern just a bit more and should work well with the black p'ups and chrome hardware.
And, once again, Crimson stain is shown to be incredibly easy to use.
You might get lucky with GSP ... I've got a thinline Tele that he made and that's - naturally - wonderful.
Great stuff
Nothing wrong with that, @Ttony
Crimson black stain on (10 mins), then gradually rub off (an hour) to get to this ..
I was aiming for something midway between the two test pieces - darker than the light one but lighter than the dark one!
Then a bit of Crimson red over the top (another 10mins) to get this ...
Now left to dry - which won't take long - then I'l gently rub down and put another coat of red on and get it more consistently coloured.
The back is currently untreated. I'm going to see how the front works out before deciding what to do on the back.
Once I'm done with colouring, I'm going to Wez tru-oil-wet-sand over the top.
First coat of tru-oil on the neck