2012 Non Reverse Cataldo Basses

[Highlander]

[devil-on-your-shoulder] I hate to be the one to add fuel to your GAS, Scott, and I know that this is not a V or an Ex, but would this comply with being "something special comes along..." ?

It is an NR - your preferred body style; almost a "sig" with you...

Your preferred "vintage" pickup/s in two flavours...

You can always tell your SWMBO it was my fault, that it all made perfect sense... [/devil-on-your-shoulder]

Beautiful work Carlo, as usual...

... and Scott, hopefully Kodak weathers the storm... good luck...

[godofthunder]

  Thanks Kenny as always your a a big help. As for Kodak it's going under, the only thing to do is pick your time to jump or someone will do it for you.

[dadagoboi]

Finally recovered enough to get some work done.  Here's the Fiver body grain filled with drywall compound, sealed, sanded and primed.  It will be seafoam with matching headstock.










The 4 string stained with Mohawk Ultra Penetrating Dye Stain and a wash coat of sealer.  Today it gets grain filled with tinted drywall compound and more sealer.

[godofthunder]

 The cherry II is pretty drool worthy, does it have a home ?

[dadagoboi]

The cherry II is pretty drool worthy, does it have a home ?

Craig Pepe in SoCal ordered it to go with his JAEbird.  I talked him into cherry.  Who knows, he may not like it.  It's getting a ThunderBucker MAX.

The Fiver goes to Tom Jenkins in Pasadena.

[godofthunder]

 I talked to Steve about a TB max I am hoping he can crank one out for me before he goes on vacation.

[godofthunder]

Can't see why he would not like it.
I talked to Steve about a TB max I am hoping he can crank one out for me before he goes on vacation.

[dadagoboi]

I talked to Steve about a TB max I am hoping he can crank one out for me before he goes on vacation.

Cool, look forward to hearing what you think of it.

[Denis]

Those unpainted ones look spectacular!

[dadagoboi]

NR4 body lacquer is done, buffing next week.  Headstock gets a decal and clearcoats, fretboard gets oiled.  Bridge and tailpiece parts need to be polished.

[godofthunder]

Daum Carlo!

[iamthatguy32]

Wow. That looks great! 

I hope we get a good demo of that with the TB Max when it's done.

[clankenstein]

most lustrous.very nice.

[dadagoboi]

Wow. That looks great! 

I hope we get a good demo of that with the TB Max when it's done.

Thanks, guys.  Steve's in town for a while so I think we'll get some clips. I buffed and assembled it this AM and plugged in.  I hadn't touched my amp settings and it is noticeably louder than my test NR with a '66 EX5 in it.  I'll do some better pictures this week.

[jumbodbassman]

the best yet....