varnish

I recently had to have a neck repair done on my 70 year old carved bass. The luthier had to remove the varnish from the neck in the process, and he chose to leave it unvarnished (bare wood). When I asked him about this, he told me that the professional bassists he has worked with over the...

I applied a decal to my 5 string Ibanez GSRM25 Mikro bass, among other visual mods, and I am wondering if I ought to cover it with a protecting layer of clear varnish, or you think it would be fine to just leave it as it is without increasing the risk of it cracking, rubbing or wearing off...

I paint and stain cabinets, but Want to paint my own Bass Guitar. Unsure what type of paint. What type of clear coat. Where to buy? Thanks James Any suggestion appreciated. Final product is glam, glitter, and glossy. Similar to examples below:

I am building a bassand can’t decide what to use to finish the wood, I have looked at Belhens products as well as Color tone, I worked as a yacht painter and varnished for many years and like Epifanes a lot and know how to use it very well, I am looking for a Matt finish, the bass is a thru neck...

All right. Recently went to my local Canadian Tire and came across these two products. Both seem to be water-borne 3x type thick polyurethane durable enough for floors... so they should be pretty good for guitar bodies and necks? Water-borne poly, really thick, self-levelling, doesn't yellow...