surfpup Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 New Jazz Bass neck day! Finally got back to my Jazz Bass project. I scored a great deal on a loaded Mex body a few months ago. Right before Christmas I found a nice price on a bound replacement neck on eBay... I want more of an aged/tinted/amber nitro finish, so I'm sanding down the clear nitro it came with and hitting it with an amber tinted nitro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NHTom Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 NICE............like the amber NHTom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub-T-123 Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 Looks great pup! I really prefer the amber tinted look Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Versatile Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 Looks interesting.... Never seen aerosols of 'guitar lacquer' before.... Perhaps I should get out more.... Although I can't ever imagine needing one.. V Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badbluesplayer Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfpup Posted January 1, 2017 Author Share Posted January 1, 2017 Looks interesting.... Never seen aerosols of 'guitar lacquer' before.... Perhaps I should get out more.... Although I can't ever imagine needing one.. V Well, just in case... StewMac and ReRanch Guitar Finishing both sell cans of spray nitro in a variety of colors. They even stock Gibson goldtop which is how we did this baby... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Bill Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 We must see more pics of this!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfpup Posted January 3, 2017 Author Share Posted January 3, 2017 We must see more pics of this!!! I think I posted a bunch last year. I built it last summer. Had a friend paint it for me using Re-Ranch's spray nitrocellulose lacquer in "Gibson gold-top". I love this guitar so much! I'll happily post all the pics I have of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfpup Posted January 3, 2017 Author Share Posted January 3, 2017 Couple more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgm Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Yes I really like the gold Tele too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelly campbell Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 Nice Guitar SP looks really nice. Great work on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfpup Posted January 4, 2017 Author Share Posted January 4, 2017 Nice Guitar SP looks really nice. Great work on it. Thanks, I really do love the way it turned out. Probably my most successful project guitar -though this Jazz bass is gonna be pretty sharp too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Searcy Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 Cool project! Can't wait to see it finished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Bill Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 Wow, I hope this project turns out as nice as that Tele. That thing is sweet!!! Never seen a gold top like that on a Tele!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfpup Posted January 4, 2017 Author Share Posted January 4, 2017 Never seen a gold top like that on a Tele!! I hadn't either till I saw one in an old video. Then I obsessed over it! Did some research, and it turns out there was a short-lived Fender color in 1969 called Firemist gold. Very rare. I only managed to find one Tele in Firemist and it was too pricey for me. More common is the Fender color Aztec gold which is VERY sparkley. There is a John 5 Squier model that is gold all over (headstock and hardware to). But that was not the look I wanted. I wanted it to look like a Gold Top and I definitely wanted double binding, so I found a mahogany double-bound body on eBay. And luckily I have a friend who paints guitars. His finish work is flawless! Also I used all Callham hardware - the best there is - so it plays like a dream too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfpup Posted January 4, 2017 Author Share Posted January 4, 2017 Cool project! Can't wait to see it finished. Wow, I hope this project turns out as nice as that Tele. Thanks! So far I've replaced the stock bridge with the heftier Classic Vibe version and added a tortoise shell pickguard. Have the tuners and neck plate already, but I'm stuck waiting on some more tinted lacquer to finish the neck right now. Otherwise I'd be done and playing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rct Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 Grrrroowwwllll! Needs a rct neckplate though. rct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfpup Posted January 8, 2017 Author Share Posted January 8, 2017 Question... I finished spraying the neck last night. How long should I let it cure before putting on the tuners? I know nitrocellulose lacquer dries fast between coats, but I don't want the tuners to push into the finish the way they can with poly. Anyone know? A day? A week? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfpup Posted January 14, 2017 Author Share Posted January 14, 2017 Went and ahead and gave the nitrocellulose lacquer a week to cure. Putting on the tuners today. Thought I was done, but forgot to order a string tree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfpup Posted January 14, 2017 Author Share Posted January 14, 2017 And done (except for a string tree). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rct Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 Oh My! rct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Bill Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 I touched myself. That is a pretty lady Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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