98 LP Bass finished (mostly!)

[drbassman]

Wait...you're not gonna have Roger do it? 

Grrrrr......not till hell freezes over!    Besides, I can do it at 1/3 the cost!

[godofthunder]

 Love the LP Jr pick guard, 5 ply will look so cool ! I have enjoyed watching this bass take on various looks, this is the best yet.

[drbassman]

Love the LP Jr pick guard, 5 ply will look so cool ! I have enjoyed watching this bass take on various looks, this is the best yet.

Thanks, I like it too now!

[shadowcastaz]

If you decide you dont like it now ,New hampshire is next to Vermont and we dont turn away strays and wayward folks(and electrics). so send her to me ,she will be loved.

[drbassman]

It's good to know there are still good Samaritans out there!

[shadowcastaz]

 

[shadowcastaz]

love the color

[drbassman]

love the color

Yeah, it looks much better than I thought it would!

[Chris P.]

I think it's on eof the best project basses I've seen here.

It's a shame, though, you didn't thought about clownburst;)

[drbassman]

I think it's on eof the best project basses I've seen here.

It's a shame, though, you didn't thought about clownburst;)

Yeah, I think one clownburst per forum is plenty!  That should be the legal limit!  The blonde is nice and I'll start wet sanding it in a couple weeks.  I like it nice and dry before I touch it.

[drbassman]

Got the b/w/b/w/b pg material yesterday and it's really nice.  Will try to make the guard soon and post it.

[Chris P.]

Cool! I just can't wait:)

[Barklessdog]

so you own the little pickguard bevel router bit?

[drbassman]

so you own the little pickguard bevel router bit?

Nope, I cut it out with a jig saw, file the bevel on by hand and then sand.  I have the bevel but you have to make a stupid template to use it and it takes too long to mess with.

[drbassman]

Here's the pg, all done but some final shaping and the beveling.  I take my paper template, use 3M spray glue to attach it to the face of the pg material (on top of the plastic protective cover).  After many screw ups, this method has worked well for me.