A new challenge

[Lightyear]

Very nice! 

Did I miss this, or perhaps forgot already , what color is she going to be?

[Highlander]

And I'm not going to make a belly cut either, as I don't have a belly (yet)  

Wish I could say the same...

Err... why aren't you glued to the box watching the footie...? oops, just realised you probably are as it's just about to kick-off... good luck...

[Basvarken]

what color is she going to be?

I had planned something like this:




I'm still in doubt wether I should make the F-hole or not.
I did make a chamber underneath the maple. But I kinda like it the way it is now without the F-hole...
ahhhhh...choices

[PeterB]

I'd say: no F-hole! I think it looks better without, less is more. 

[Lightyear]

Love the color - this will look killer!  But I don't care for the F hole either - less is more in this case

[birdie]

Nay to the f- hole I say. Beautiful as it is..

[Freuds_Cat]

seems a shame to cover up that lovely bookmatched maple top. Are you thinking trans colour or solid? -1 against the F hole. Doesn't need it.

[Basvarken]

Transparent of course! I didn't buy that striped maple for nothing 

[Highlander]

Is that body shape similar to an L5...?

There never was a bass version, was there...?

[Basvarken]

The shape of this bass is a copy of the 1969 Les Paul Bass that I have.





And roughly based on an idea that I had a couple of years ago when I was goofing around with Photoshop:

[Highlander]

Trick of the light... either that, or a trip to the opticians is due...

Err... my wife's just reminded me it has been, for about 12 months now...

[Basvarken]

It's been a while.
I spent two classes sanding the damned thing  

But now it's staining time!

first I stained the top with a dark oak colour. The intention was to bring out the flame in a subtle way.



I sanded this color back down so the flames were only accentuated very subtly.

(I forgot to take a picture of the top after I sanded it)



Then I stained it light red.




And while still wet, I stained it dark red.




Then I did the edges once more to give it a very subtle burst effect.
Hope you can see it in the pic...



I'm pretty happy with the result. I'm glad I did some tests on left over pieces of this maple before I started on the actual top. So it wasn't a big suprise.



The the next day I did the back and sides

First I stained them dark walnut.



And then I stained it with yellow to make it a little more vivid, as the walnut is a bit dull from itself.
It now get a bit of a golden glow. And with the yellow stain I could even out the colour difference between the neck and the body.

[dadagoboi]

Very nice! That's going to really pop when it's clear coated.

[Pilgrim]

Bee
Yoo.
Tee.
FUL!!!

[birdie]

WOW I really dig the way the finish is coming out!