CURRENT CATALDO

[dadagoboi]

Getting Hard.

Spalted Alder is very similar in density to Basswood, this piece anyway.  Minwax Wood Hardener is a precatalyzed resin in acetone for rotten woodwork to prepare it for being filled and painted. Really works great to toughen up the spalt. Penetrates and dries in 2-4 hours, 10 minutes to touch.

White wood ready for finish. Rosewood board.



Top and sides done, ready to flip over on 'stand' screwed into bridge holes.



raw and first coat started.



10 minutes later.



10 minutes after that.



Veneered headstock was a test, that's two coats of nitro 15 minutes apart over the cured and sanded to 220 Minwax.

Pearl dots pulled, black dots installed, fretboard ebonized with Fiebings. I love the no face dots look. Probably has something to do with being in Kindergarten and endlessly drawing railroad tracks...they were right, something wrong with me!



Next step is sanding hardened body and shooing clear.

[clankenstein]

Liking that grain!

[Highlander]

Gorgeous colour...

[Rob]

I like the idea of dark dots on a dark board. . . stealthy.

[dadagoboi]

Blocked the resin with 120/180/220 and shot two coats of clear nitro yesterday.  Two more tomorrow and it should be done.

[dadagoboi]

Done!


Side by Side, same discontinued Warmoth very wide necks and Nordys.  BgrBtm weighs about two lbs less than the P with 2Tek and non Ultralite Hipshot tumers.


'Chromacast' gig bag is for Explore and V type guitars, fits the 16" wide BgrBtm and has headstock room to spare. Wide enough for Gabber/ Ripper. Probably long enough.

[Rob]

Really nice Carlo!

[clankenstein]

Very Cool!Which one do you prefer tonaly?

[dadagoboi]

Really nice Carlo!

Thanks, Bob!

Very Cool!Which one do you prefer tonaly?

Thanks, the  BgrBtm has gold plated flats (I don't know the brand, black silk ends) that were on the donor bass. It sounds really good, seems to resonate more than the refin P/J.

Strings on the P/J are old cheapo nickel rounds so it's probably not a fair comparison. I'll wait for the customer's take.

[dadagoboi]

Steve Soar at it again. Five string magic in a 4 string can.

From Steve:
"Here's a pix of the idea. Regular magnet in there for comparison. I'll
probably bring the wires out in the middle of the coils rather than at
the end to leave more room for windings there"





Sitting on the strings is a stock ThunderBucker (vintage Gibby sized) magnet. Below that is a proto magnet and milled forbon bobbin plates in a standard can.

The result:
" I built a copy of the 63N, and ear test says
it sounds close enough. The L is higher and so is the R because of
more wire for the same number of turns, but not enough to matter it
seems. I tested for sensitivity over width, and it reaches about
71mm VS the standard which is only about 60mm."

He sent it to me and I put it into the mule with stretched string spacing, 19mm (total 3 inches).



Full coverage from top to bottom!

Gonna pop it into this after I finish it and hopefully do a sound sample.




"Doghair" finish , drywall mud rubbed into ebonized oak veneer.

Also shipped this Royal Crown Purple Metallic RR last week.
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Customer didn't tell me she tunes down a half step.  I should have guessed, she plays metal. Nut needed to be higher and she replaced it herself.  My kind of customer.

[Basvarken]

That doghair finish looks great! 

[Dave W]

Yeah, that doghair finish is interesting. Any problem with dried compound chipping?

[dadagoboi]

That doghair finish looks great! 

Yeah, that doghair finish is interesting. Any problem with dried compound chipping?

Thanks guys.

No problem with chipping.  It's an old furniture technique and there's a lot of sealer on top.

[dadagoboi]

White pickguard wasn't cutting it so I veneered the same oak I used on the top to either side.  This is the bottom already veneered/trimmed and stuck to the top.  I used Weldwood spray contact cement and a sharp utility knife to trim. I did get a bit of tear out on the bottom so I used more contact cement on the top.  That did the trick.



All the hardware sanded to a satin finish with 1000 wetordry, wood finished with two heavy sealer coats and steel wooled with #0000.




Now to find a buyer...

Revised G8R body for a 32" single pickup 4 string in Neptune Blue Firemist Metallic.

[Rob]

I like those proportions.