Unlike Joe (with access to aviation stripper - presume that is tolulene based? What do you do for a living Joe...?)
I'm not sure what's in aircraft stripper but it failry easy to find over here - I've seen it the big box home improvement places.
Now then Gentlemen, with a case like this, what is going to look cool filling it...? got this real itch for something left-field and out in the car-park in the next State... er, excuse US-isms; got all over excited just thinking of the possibilities...
love the colour on that top car
Where would I hang the chandelier...?
Ta for that link Joe...
plug the hole, paint it black and call it a day. of course i say that about everything. :mrgreen:do this.
It's that color shifting metallic auto paint.
drbassman, any news on the tailpieces? i've got everything together but that.
sorry for the hijack.... :-[
back to our regularly scheduled show!!!
The good wife has waited 27 years for these things. The first installation will be 6' wide and 11' tall - with three other walls to follow :sad: The first wall will keep the wolves at bay for maybe a year - then it'll be 12' of cases to the ceiling :o
Keep up the good fight on the 'bird ;)
If you use the 2 piece with the centerline in the middle, line up the edges in the open book fashion(side by side)the way you want the top to look when finished. .put tape across the the seam to keep lined up & fold like a book . On the end where the tape is holding the 2 pieces together, place the straight edge firmly over the seam & make your cut . gently remove the straight edge & pick up the 2 veneers pinching them together . Now you have an exact mirror edge where the tape was /& cut was made . re open the veneers like a book and slide them together . they should fit like a puzzle piece.
The usual formula given for potting pickups is 80% paraffin and 20% beeswax. I've never done it though.
ha. there's still some Tequilla left in that bird after all.
Any sugestions, Buzz (or anyone else)...? Poly...? (I know it's a dirty word in some quarters, but...)
I would think that solvent based poly might be a good compromise (solvent will give you some ambering). I too thought about the two part epoxy stuff but it tends to be thick - like congealed snot and perhaps difficult to get a good thin/smooth coat.
I must admit that I had a moment of weakness whilst draining the ink out of my wifes old CISS system for our Epson - a splat-fest on the veneer - the moment passed...
That needs to be re-named the KC bass....for Kenny Custom.
where are going to find gold polepiece bolts to go in the mudbucker
Great job on that burst, Kenny! Looking really tasty!
...she is Mudbucker and Mahogany...
Henry... did I say welcome before now...? I presume you are one of the "old" crew as most of the guys know you, so hi from the UK... this rebuild is penance for years of abuse and neglect to the old girl but she's looking good now...
Al... Bucker-Burst...! ;D the more I look at the fin, the more she looks like she's FLAME-ON...
wish i made gold letter ones!!!! i'll check into it and see if Sandy can get some black painted over gold anodized aluminum blanks or could make some. i'll almost bet a buck she has some .020 material!!!
Well, finally got the charcoal up to a high enough temperature to heat the soldering iron up... wiring all done... no new strings around so I slung the old set back on for now to do some testing late afternoon and all operational... got some nice sounds out of the old girl... now on the home-straight...
I have a few issues as when you turn either of the pots off everything shuts off and if both pups are running and I turn down the RD's pot there is an increase in output from the MB before it all shuts down... whatever, I rarely ever use a pot unless it is to shut the instrument off anyway, but... something to check on...
I always do star grounding on my wirings and never had any noise problems, maybe you should think to try it Kenny.
Here's some info. http://www.guitarnuts.com/wiring/shielding/shield3.php
BTW, tone control? You? It's a joke, right? :D
... but I don't want to lower the MUD-level... ;D
Mud and Mahogany, Al, Mud and Mahogany, through a gloriously warm valve amp... all lovingly wrapped up in a Thunderbird body... ;)
All things come to he who waits... ;)