Andreas Demetriou Bass resurection...

drbassman · March 30, 2011, 09:17:29 AM

I like the stripes too!

Nocturnal · March 30, 2011, 02:31:42 PM

I like the zebra look. Reminds me of the Ceruse finish from F-Basses (no, not Fender).

Highlander · March 31, 2011, 02:22:12 PM

The problem I have had is the nearly but not quite of it - taking the wood down to show a hint of black stripes - with the filler in the grain -

smoothing out too much - still time to decide...

Highlander · May 16, 2015, 04:30:30 PM

Wow... has it really been that long since I touched this baby...? Shocking... truly shocking... shame on me and all that Jazz, er...

Well... today was a beautiful day... truly beautiful, blue-sky day, and we had the estate agent in this morning, and that's the ol' place up for sale, and I thought, wouldn't it be nice (if we were older? who were they kidding) if I put the projects to bed, once and for all... so...

There is something rather perverse in having a Coffin case for an AD bass...

Highlander · May 16, 2015, 04:40:49 PM

Started off masking stuff and then thought, why...? I'm planning to coat the top of the neck with a resin, a-la-Jaco, and still need to make a sanding block for it...

So I just got on with it...

Highlander · May 16, 2015, 04:47:40 PM

Anyway... started off with a bit more black dye, followed by a flame red nitro...

Highlander · May 16, 2015, 04:52:05 PM

... and ended up with this, in need of a bit of polish post a partial top-coat of clear pre-cat nitro...

Hmm... what else did I get up to today...? Is that an RD in the background, hanging in the shed...?

More AD to follow...

dadagoboi · May 16, 2015, 05:20:41 PM

That's fantastic, Ken. Hope you have a bigger shed and time to use it after the move!

Dave W · May 16, 2015, 09:53:24 PM

I'll bet it feels good to make some progress after all this time.

Highlander · May 16, 2015, 11:45:31 PM

Understatement, Dave...

Hoping for a small barn, Carlo, but will settle for somewhere more logical...!

Nocturnal · May 18, 2015, 07:44:33 PM

I really like the look of this bass!!

drbassman · May 18, 2015, 07:59:37 PM

Turned out great Kenny!

Highlander · May 19, 2015, 01:13:33 AM

The nitro clear top-coat went on same day I was finishing of spraying the RD, which appears to have cured quite well... I just need to create a profiling block for the unusually flat "fret" board and coat with the resin (a-la-Jaco), then sort out the components... the Ovation tuners I acquired from Brad, the low-profile bridge from Dave, the EMG Select humbucker that used to live in the PC, a pair of Jazz pups from my Squier (replaced by a set from Scott's modern Jazz), merged as one in the bridge slot, pup switch, mini for phasing or DI, and a volume control for good measure... not sure about a TRC as yet...