Andreas Demetriou Bass resurection...

[Highlander]

I have a 2000 in chrome that's almost new, if you're interested...

PM'd

Or orange maybe...

A tiger type fin would suit that as there is a distinct orange colour to the present fin...

[dadagoboi]

Decoupaged flocked wallpaper, perhaps?

[Highlander]

That's Jackie's department...

(she just chirped up "I'm keeping out of this one...")

[Highlander]

Deal done and a bridge will be winging over from Wi in the near future...

[Dave W]

Deal done and a bridge will be winging over from Wi in the near future...

MN, not WI.  No cheese on this bridge.

[sniper]

MN, not WI.  No cheese on this bridge.

the 2000 will look like a winner.

must be good Minnesota boy, got real hairy legs make good pig farmer ya eh?

[Highlander]

MN, not WI.  No cheese on this bridge.

Oops... I shunted you east... welllll, it's only that far on the map...

[Highlander]

Dave's bridge turned up and is stored ready for fitting...

Stripped the frets (previous owner did warn me about condition of surface) - still got to source a filling shim for the slots - any ideas for an ideal tough filling material for the surface of the neck and the edges of the fret slots...? I've lightly dressed the surface of the neck to clear the glue deposits from the frets... there was some kind of thin varnish like product on the edge of the frets and across the board - now gone...

The surface of the body is rather nice... wiped over with some cleaner to help show up the grain pattern...

[ramone57]

have you considered using strips of veneer to fill the slots?

[drbassman]

Veneer would be good (you could get maple or oak to show up nicely) or plastic binding cut to fit.

http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Bindings,_trim/Plastic_binding/White_Plastic_Binding.html

[dadagoboi]

+1 on using binding, maple veneer has a tendency to pick up fretboard dust when you sand, oak is probably worse.  Strips of modeling styrene sheet is another option...you could go commando and use black plastic

[gearHed289]

The guy who de-fretted my alumi-Kramer (a former Hamer employee) used a mixture of maple sawdust and wood glue to fill the slots.

[Highlander]

Carlos you head-case...! (mind you, I do have some spare black binding material I decided not to use on the Cookie... )

I was planning to use veneer to fill but hadn't thought of using binding - that's an option...

Main issue is where the surface is damaged - look at the pic near the 20th- 24th also at the 8th... I had a local suggest using resin based heavy duty wood filler - similar to the stuff used on cars...?

[Pilgrim]

MN, not WI.  No cheese on this bridge.

.....Where all the women are strong, the men are good looking, and the children are all above average.

[gearHed289]

I had a local suggest using resin based heavy duty wood filler - similar to the stuff used on cars...?

Bondo? We use it all the time as a wood filler for stuff that's going to get painted. Works great and it's easy to work with. But it's PINK!