The Last Bass Outpost

is ebay a good idea for selling parts?  in particular, a gibson ripper bridge and tuners, an epi t-bird bridge, and an unknown hollow body style tail piece.  Is this stuff worth the hassle of putting it on ebay?

Hi everybody, just wanted to share today's project.
 Its an ibanez iceman. I got it from a pawn shop with the original hard shell case for 200 out the door. Couldn't complain. But I never could get into the burst that was on it, just didn't look right to me. So I found some plastic mirror that you can cut with scissors, bought a bunch of 6x9 inch sheets, and chopped it up and stuck it to the bass, I still have a LOT of work to do, have to coat the whole top of it now with the stuff they use for bar tables, and those big wooden clocks and such. Anyway, here it is so far

are there any techniques or products that allow you to stain or tint a clear coat that is already cured?  maybe sand the clear until its "frosty" then apply dye?
 transparent paint. any ideas?

What factors do you guys weigh in when deciding whether or not to undertake a project?  I've been wanting a hollowbody or semi hollowbody forever.  I recently got a great deal on a hollow body for the project, just the body, but the more I look at it, the more I realize its a LOT smaller than what I want.  I wanted a big monster body, but I've got electrics bigger than this one :[  So, should I still try to get the parts to put it together and refinish the body? or would that be a bad idea since it will be smaller than what I wanted?  So I guess what I'm asking, is how would YOU decide between holding out for what you really want, or settling and working with what you have?

I've been noticing that there are a lot more appealing body choices for hollow boy guitars than there are for basses.  There are obviously fewer bolt on choices than set necks.. but there are still more bolt on hollow body guitars at decent prices than there are hollow body basses in the same price range
  anyway, as long as the neck fit the pocket properly, and the bridge was installed in the right place, the pickups replaced with bass pickups.  That should work and yield a playable instrument, right?
 or is there something I'm not thinking about?

Hi everyone,
  Just joined the forum and didn't want to be one of those pesky lurkers so I figured I'd introduce myself. 
I am 39 years old, live in a musically deprived town called Bryan in the nw corner of ohio.  Desperately searching for a band, but not much in the way of prospects around here.  My biggest and earliest influence was Gene Simmons, and I'm still a die hard Kiss fan to this day.  Gene is the reason I have my gibson, a 77 ripper, it's seen better days, LOL.  My second biggest influence is Allen Woody.
  I started on an old ibanez exb, which went to my wife this past valentines day when she expressed a desire to learn.  Since then she has also picked up an Epiphone Eb-0.  For valentines day I also gave her my bass rig, an ancient carvin pro bass 300 and a more recent carvin 410.  I replaced it with a carvin bx1200 and a carvin 810.  Funny how I used the 810 once and borrow her 410 all the time or use my old carvin 210. 
  The arsenal has undergone a lot of changes this year.  In january, I got rid of my ibanez prestige sr1000.  Picked up an epi thunderbird and financed part of my rig.  A decision I can't imagine I'll ever regret.  For valentines day, my wife  bought me an 81 peavery t-40.  This month was the big one...I had some back issues that keep me from playing the t-40 (the tree trunk that it is), so my wife, out of the blue, buys me a peavey millenium bxp, meanwhile I picked up a pawn shop princess, a super cheap epi-ebo that went under the knife, and the router, and the sander, etc etc etc.  AND, last week I got an orange metallic yammy bb414 off of ebay :]   Ok, enough of my babbling.  Hi everybody :]