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I sprayed a coat last night to help identify where it needs work. I'm at that awful point in the transition of life where my near vision is becoming terrible without glasses. I have reading glasses, but they don't cut it and from 8-18" out, it's a bit blurry. Anyway it needs a lot more sanding. If you think that colour is horrible, remember, we used to have all our appliances in that colour, with a darker burst around the edges! Avocado I believe it was called... 
I sprayed a coat last night to help identify where it needs work. I'm at that awful point in the transition of life where my near vision is becoming terrible without glasses. I have reading glasses, but they don't cut it and from 8-18" out, it's a bit blurry. Anyway it needs a lot more sanding. If you think that colour is horrible, remember, we used to have all our appliances in that colour, with a darker burst around the edges! Avocado I believe it was called...
Looks great!
I have three pairs of classes - reading, distance, and computer. The computer glasses are optimized for about 18", which is the distance I sit from the monitor. My eyes started to get blurry about 20 years ago. I'm ok with distance, but anything closer and I need one of the pairs to see any detail. What a drag it is getting old. But it's better than the alternative.
Regarding the router mishap, I use clamps for all router guides/templates, with very few exceptions due to my own mishap. When I absolutely need to use tape, I use a piece of masking tape on each piece, glued together with super glue. It seems to work on the rare occasion I have to use it.
And that green brings back memories of my youth. A very popular color in the 60's.
Part of me wants to install some low pile shag carpet in place of the pickguard...
haha, reminds me of thisPart of me wants to install some low pile shag carpet in place of the pickguard...
Bass of the Week: Bas-Extravaganza Fluffy
I wonder if it's machine washable
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haha, reminds me of this
Bass of the Week: Bas-Extravaganza Fluffy
I wonder if it's machine washable
Wouldn't need a 'fuzz' pedal...
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Looks swell! Maybe a few refrigerator magnets holding on a shopping list or set list would complete look? Oh and don't forget the bottle/can opener with the plastic white handle with gold swirls. Marsha, Marsha, Marsha!
Maybe a few refrigerator magnets holding on a shopping list or set list would complete look? Oh and don't forget the bottle/can opener with the plastic white handle with gold swirls. Marsha, Marsha, Marsha!
I have a couple of pics of progress that I'll try to get posted up this evening. I finally got notice of half of my parts being shipped, but still no word on the other batch. The shipped order is my adhesive pearloid PG material for the headstock, plus the new chrome gotoh tuners.
The other order which may have been shipped, but I don't friggin' know for sure, includes the battery box, pearloid pickguard blank, neck bolts/ferrules, knobs and 25k pots for the emg pickup. I can't use the stock pots as they are long shaft, plus push/pull, so too deep for my body.
Pics to prove it are coming, but so far, I've basically finished reshaping the neck profile, reshaped the heel to fit the body better, trimmed the headstock and sanded smooth, sanded the whole neck to 400 and sprayed about 6 thin coats of clearcoat.
I've also sanded the body down and paint off, epoxy drop filled lots of small spots, spot puttied anything remaining after the epoxy fill, filed, scraped and block sanded the face and back to 400 and hand sanded the edges. The body is ready for primer and paint, but I can only do one thing at a time in my "spray booth", so I'm waiting to finish the neck before tackling the body. Body should be done pretty soon, and the neck just needs some paint on the face of the headstock in preparation for the adhesive pearloid.
Pics are coming in the next few hours...
The other order which may have been shipped, but I don't friggin' know for sure, includes the battery box, pearloid pickguard blank, neck bolts/ferrules, knobs and 25k pots for the emg pickup. I can't use the stock pots as they are long shaft, plus push/pull, so too deep for my body.
Pics to prove it are coming, but so far, I've basically finished reshaping the neck profile, reshaped the heel to fit the body better, trimmed the headstock and sanded smooth, sanded the whole neck to 400 and sprayed about 6 thin coats of clearcoat.
I've also sanded the body down and paint off, epoxy drop filled lots of small spots, spot puttied anything remaining after the epoxy fill, filed, scraped and block sanded the face and back to 400 and hand sanded the edges. The body is ready for primer and paint, but I can only do one thing at a time in my "spray booth", so I'm waiting to finish the neck before tackling the body. Body should be done pretty soon, and the neck just needs some paint on the face of the headstock in preparation for the adhesive pearloid.
Pics are coming in the next few hours...
I ended up getting too busy to organize my pics but I thought I would post up that right after the above post, I got an email saying my other order was shipped!
Who knew that a polite, apologetic canadian complaint would get things rolling in both cases?
I'll get some pics up asap...
Who knew that a polite, apologetic canadian complaint would get things rolling in both cases?
I'll get some pics up asap...
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Yes, late 60's-70's Avocado Green or the squash yellow "Harvest Gold" - they both (sometimes) had a slightly darker 'burst' of a similar colour on the edges. There was a more rare 'burnt' orange "Poppy Red" also - all three a very "fall/autumn" palette. Avocado Green was paler - this hue is more high chroma, more a classic 'olive' - martini time!
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Oh, and brown - in it's many shades. Again - earthy and a targeted design/taste inspired by the "natural" movement in the late 60's. Think mid-70's Fender's 'Mocha' brown and as a further spin-off, late 70's 'Antiqua' - more 'haloing' like on the Avocado Green & Harvest Gold. Orange also was big in the 70's - in retrospect some interesting colours - it's the sort of ugly beveled wood cabinets etc that has never looked good. 
A few pics here showing what I'd described above.
Back of the headstock:
The reshaped heel:
The entire back of neck:
Face of the headstock post shaping/sanding out. Nothing else has been done to it yet in these pics, and it needs some work to prep for receiving the adhesive pearloid overlay:
Back of the headstock:
The reshaped heel:
The entire back of neck:
Face of the headstock post shaping/sanding out. Nothing else has been done to it yet in these pics, and it needs some work to prep for receiving the adhesive pearloid overlay:
And here's the body as it stands today, fully primed but not sanded and ready for colour. Colour coats start tomorrow morning - more pics to come...
Front of the body in my "spray booth":
Back of the body:
Front of the body in my "spray booth":
Back of the body: