98 LP Bass finished (mostly!)

[Barklessdog]

That is one ugly piece of wood.

Freddy Krueger wood

[drbassman]

Freddy Krueger wood

I agree!

[Dave W]

As long as it's not spalted (i.e. diseased and rotting) wood or that hideously ugly buckeye burl. That stuff makes Freddy Kruger look good by comparison.

[drbassman]

I just did the flame maple veneer thing.  I'll post some pics after the glue dries tomorrow.

[drbassman]

Here's how I glued the veneer down.  I made a press out of plywood I cut as a template of the body and clamped the life out of it!   

[Barklessdog]

hideously ugly buckeye burl

I call that black lung wood.

Did Home Depot have a clamp sale?

Geeze your already glueing without a poll on your wood choices?

I'm sure you did something cool & tasteful so we will just have to wait to see it now.

All these projects are so much fun, it really must be fun to be a guitar builder without have to deal with customers!

[drbassman]

Yeah, flame maple was my first and only choice.  In fact, I did buy those clamps on sale when I was gluing fretboards onto necks.  I love being a builder/repairman without customers.  People can be such a pain in the tuch.  I use the same philosophy in my playing.  My band doesn't charge anything for gigs, so people get exactly what they pay for!!!   

[Dave W]

You can never have too many clamps.

[drbassman]

You can never have too many clamps.

AMEN!

[Barklessdog]

I just watched Dawn of the dead DC, fitting picture with all those claps sinking there teeth into that poor bass

[drbassman]

Yeah, they sure do come in handy.  I put the last two little pieces of veneer on this morning and will leave it clamped until tomorrow.  Time for a break to clean my shop up a bit.

[drbassman]

I got the veneer on.  Next step is routing for the binding when the new bit I ordered gets here!  I think this will be a bit of an improvement, especially once all of the chrome harware is added.

[Barklessdog]

Nice work, as usual!

[drbassman]

Thanks!  I've got some sanding and tiddying up to do, but it came out pretty good for my first attempt.

[uwe]

Wow, pro job!