Peelings. Wo-oh-oh-ooo peelings... (BaCH NR and a stripper)

[Denis]

Oh noooooo!

Well, back to pruning.

It's a ChiaFender!

[Denis]

The latest:

Gonna try to start the clear coats Friday...

Magnificent!!!

[chromium]

The good news is that the clear is coming along very nicely so far!  (started spraying yesterday afternoon).  I'm happy that its not coming out like chia-bass up there!!

The bad news is that I ran out after three coats!   fnarfing fnarr fnar #$*!$@*!

Just ordered another can.  Hard to be patient when its sooo close, but it'll be worth it in the end.  I want to have enough on there to be able to cut and buff it without sand-throughs.

So for any would-be BaCHbird ReRanchers keeping track, order at least:
(2) cans of S&S
(2) cans of primer
(1) can of color, at least for metallic.  I sprayed four fairly dry coats, and still have a wee bit left over.
(2) cans of clear


Here's some shots of it so far.  I did the first coats kinda light and dry, and I spayed that last coat a little wetter.  Its starting to flow now:

[gearHed289]

You are absolutely killin me! That's the color I want. Can you do mine for me? 

[jmcgliss]

Nice work.  The color reminds me of a Chevelle a friend had in high school.

[chromium]

A friend of mine in high school played a Victory MVX, and I always liked the color.  It looked like this one:




I think that's what gave me the bug for pelham blue (and friends), and this comes pretty close to that hue.  Blues and greens are my favorite colors.  Now that I can actually see this color on the BaCH, I'm really happy with it.

[Hornisse]

Before I screw mine up too badly I was wondering how you cut the notches for the reverse tuners on the headstock?  Also, how did you know where to cut the notches?  I've got some I want to install but it seems like it is a tight fit.

[TBird1958]

Man, that does look GREAT!

[chromium]

Thanks again, all.  Next pics will hopefully be with it buffed out and assembled.  Can't wait to play it again!

Before I screw mine up too badly I was wondering how you cut the notches for the reverse tuners on the headstock?  Also, how did you know where to cut the notches?  I've got some I want to install but it seems like it is a tight fit.

I kinda hacked that together.  I marked up the tabs on the back of the tuners with a pencil, seated them all into the headstock, and pressed them down - working them side-to-side.  This left marks on the headstock where those tabs sit.  I then used a center punch to tap the exact locations to drill.

I just used a hand drill with a unibit to start the holes, and then to flatten the bottoms of the holes I used this metal cylinder sanding bit with my dremel.  It came out so-so, but its far from perfect.  I figure I'll never see any of it again once the tuners are on  

There's probably nicer ways to approach it, but that's what I did.

[Lightyear]

I second that, even though that body has quite rounded edges, be careful when sanding.

Yeah, I actually move to a finer grade before I sand the edges.  If I start out the top and bottom at a 1000 grit I start sides and edges at 1200 - a little more work but less agravation

This thing is going to be a work of art!

[Hornisse]

The bass looks fantastic.  I can't wait to see the finished product.  Thank you for the tips regarding the tuners!

[Daniel_J]

Looking great!

Again, be very patient. You think it looks close to the end, but really finishing is the longest of the stages of building.

From when I pick up the raw wood board to when it starts to look like a guitar (body shape done, neck fretted and shaped and all put together) seems very fast, customers get all excited thinking they'll get the guitar in less than a month, but in reality, that's when things start moving slow.
Get everything aligned, routing the cavities in the right places, check neck angle and do all the little details like countours and such. Then there's final sanding in preparation for finish, then it's the finish and sanding between coats, and then curing time, and after all that there's still the whole assembly, eletronics, fret leveling and dressing, setup and tests...uff!!
People go to visit the shop and they see a bunch of guitars in raw wood and they say "Hey! you've already got all those guitars done! Just set them up and put for sale!". Little do they know that there are months and months worth of work to be done yet...

Anyways, take your time and keep doing what you're doing cause it looks great!

[Barklessdog]

You're doing a great job Joe. Love the color, it looks great, can't to see it assembled. Once you do one you will want to do more projects. You get "the building bug".

[drbassman]

I've never been a big fan of blue basses, but this one is a knock out!  I might just try a blue one someday too.

[Highlander]

I don't know of a "Re-Ranch" outlet in the UK... still a ways off that issue with mine, yet...

Those are great "words of wisdom" from one who knows, Daniel...

She's gonna look simply beautiful, Joe... simply beautiful...