98 LP Bass finished (mostly!)

[Lightyear]

I'm also considering a dark amber with no cherry edge.  The proble with the trans white is it will obscure the bit of flame in the top and that's nice enoug to highlight.  So, I'm thinking amber might be best.

I still like the tort binding.  Just for something different.

I was thinking something along those lines might work - maybe with slight shading towards the binding.

[drbassman]

Yeah, I think my need for a white LP bass will have to wait until I can find a basket case and do the whole thing in white.  That would be cool for sure.

[Dave W]

I think dark amber (no burst or shading) would go very well with tort binding.

[drbassman]

Yeah Dave, there are no boundaries to my fickle behavior!

[drbassman]

Here she is.  Top and binding finished.  Got some sanding to do on the sides, then some thought about finish.  The center line is dark for some reason, shows more than it should but I'll bury it some with finish.  My main flaw, but not bad for my first time doing this.

[Dave W]

That's a very good bookmatch. Maybe a little too much glue saturated the veneer and changed the color on that part of the seam, even though it's now dry. But as you said, finish can mask it.

[Lightyear]

That looks great!  Are you going to dye it dark and sand it back to pop the figure?  It looks so good now I would be tempted to hit it with some brown/black dye with a sand back with just a dusting of light amber.  I think in this instance less will be more.

[drbassman]

I think a dark brown stain sanded back would be cool. Or, a dark amber tint might be enough. Got to think about it a bit!

[Barklessdog]

I like either the Carvin Brown or Gibson Amber, like Uwes rare pair for MeShell?

Actually natural is not bad either.

[drbassman]

Yeah, natural would be nice but I always like some color on top of the flame to bring it out more.  Amber tint for sure, maybe some grain enhancement first.  I'm going to experiment on a piece of left over veneer with some stain.

[godofthunder]

Man I can't wait till my daughter goes to college !  Looking good !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[drbassman]

Yep, one entirely out of the nest and the other with just 2 years of college left!  Sure won't miss those tuition payments!

[Granny Gremlin]

Good job dude.  Not a fan of natural maple personally, so ya, stain the biatch.

[drbassman]

Yep, gonna mix up some amber tint tonight!

[Barklessdog]

Found Basskisks bass pic