CURRENT CATALDO

[dadagoboi]

New look for 2016.  Black power!




Trans Red over poplar, wide 5 17/8" at the nut, ebony board, Hipshot 'Y' tuners, ABM bridge.  Black ThunderBuckers and rings go in tomorrow.  'Speedier' knobs, no number with drilled and filled tops.  Red 'bird transfer from Larry Verna.  Pickguard red stripe is sharpie over white.  Off to the land of the wooden shoes next week.

[Basshappi]

Oh my!
The Bloodbird!

[Rob]

Wow Carlo THAT ROCKS

[Nocturnal]

Stunning!!!

[drbassman]

If only Gibson could create something that beautiful.

[gearHed289]

Man, you always have something cool up your sleeve, don't you? Looks great!

[Highlander]

If only Gibson could create something that beautiful.

I can only echo Bill's comments...

[dadagoboi]

Thanks, Guys!  I really appreciate your encouragement.

Black matte powdercoat over nickel silver.  I'm pretty satisfied with my first attempt.  I'll try gloss next time.  Tough stuff!  I tried to chip it off with an exacto knife, no way.



Also did the jack nut and washer, impossible to find black Switchcrafts. 

Strings are GHS Progressives.
http://www.ghsstrings.com/products/11284-bass-progressivestm?category_id=1964696-progressivestm   

Magnetized tungsten. Note the taper core B and E strings at the bridge saddles.  GHS contacted me a few months ago about using their strings and were nice enough to send me samples, including a custom 12er set to my spec.  I like the Progresives a lot.  Very smooth from bottom to top.

[slinkp]

Thunderbuckers and an ebony board .... ohhhh man. I want to hear this so bad.

[Highlander]

I used to use those "style" of strings (central core on bridge only) on my headless (Mark King Rotos) but I tended to snap them so never went back to them... don't have any modern experience of them, mind you...

[Rob]

Looks to me like your chops for composition and the obvious building skills have exploded Carlo.
But I do miss the trees

[chromium]

That looks fantastic!

Carlo - did you do the powdercoat yourself?  If so, just curious what kind of setup are you using?
The results look good.

[dadagoboi]

That looks fantastic!

Carlo - did you do the powdercoat yourself?  If so, just curious what kind of setup are you using?
The results look good.

I used a Harbor Freight system, around $54 with a 20% off coupon.  Also used their powder, $7 for a pound.  They have four colors and the black only comes in matte.  Bought a toaster oven for curing at Walmart for $18, more than adequate.

http://www.harborfreight.com/catalogsearch/result?q=powder+coat

You need a compressor but it only requires around 10 psi.  There are lots of You Tube tutorials.  Quality powders are around $15 per pound, that will do a lot of coating.

If you screw up you can easily remove the finish with rattle can paint remover.  I did a few test scraps and the actual parts came out with no problems.

[chromium]

I used a Harbor Freight system, around $54 with a 20% off coupon.  Also used their powder, $7 for a pound.  They have four colors and the black only comes in matte.  Bought a toaster oven for curing at Walmart for $18, more than adequate.

http://www.harborfreight.com/catalogsearch/result?q=powder+coat

You need a compressor but it only requires around 10 psi.  There are lots of You Tube tutorials.  Quality powders are around $15 per pound, that will do a lot of coating.

If you screw up you can easily remove the finish with rattle can paint remover.  I did a few test scraps and the actual parts came out with no problems.

Awesome- that is right up my alley.  I've made good side money with my Harbor Freight tools over the years 

I had a prototype panel machined by Front Panel Express a while back, and their cost to powder coat is very high (per piece).  Looks nice, but I ended up going with anodized aluminum on the "production" units because of that.

Thanks for the tip.

[dadagoboi]

You're welcome, Joe.  I've also made a lot of money with Harbor Freight tools going back to the mid 80s when they were a 6 store chain/mail order business.  They've always been great value for the price.