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  • dudeman
    dudeman Posts: 3,221
    edited November 16
    It is a swamp ash, 2-piece body and an Allparts maple neck. I finished the neck with oil-based poly and alternated between 0000 steel wool and green Scotch Brite pads between coats. Ended up feeling very smooth but not sticky after playing for a bit.

    The body was sanded to 800 grit then stained gray. I sanded that back a little then sprayed it with purple nitro lacquer. I sanded that back to 800 grit and sprayed four coats of black nitro on top of that. Then I did six coats of clear nitro and wet sanded it to 800 grit between the last four.

    I left it alone to cure for almost four weeks and did the final polish with 0000 steel wool. The idea is that as it wears, the purple, gray and wood grain will show through. I applied the lacquer thin enough that you can still see the wood grain through it. (I didn't use any sanding sealer or grain filler before painting.)

    For hardware I used Fender branded tuners, string retainer and pickguard, an ESP bass bridge and Dunlop straplocks. The pickup is a Seymour Duncan vintage P-bass pickup wired to CTS 250k pots, a Sprague Orange Drop 473 cap on the tone control and a Switchcraft output jack.

    Strings are D'Addario Chromes flatwounds.
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    If hope can grow from dirt like me, it can be done. - EV
  • dudeman
    dudeman Posts: 3,221





    These are some pics from the process. I guess I didn't take any while the body was purple.
    If hope can grow from dirt like me, it can be done. - EV
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,995
    dudeman said:


    Just got this one finished. It is the first instrument I have made myself. Learned a lot during the process and I am really pleased with how it turned out. 
    The Dudeman Special!  Was it made from an old oak that was struck by lightning?