Modding Fender Precision bass (Guitar)

[Margon]

Ah nicely nicely

Well done! If you ever want to sell this bass let me know, its beautiful.

[Smilodon]

Finally got my project more or less finished today!

The last days I have spent laying down clear coats. The first one went very well. After the first coat I added the decals. That coat were then sanded more or less flat over the decals. After that I added a third coat to completely embed the decals. This is where the problems started to return.


As you can see the paint suddenly decided to start wrinkling over the decals. At first I though it was the decal itself that started wrinkling, but it turns out that it was the previous coat that reacted. I thought 2K paint were inert when it was dry. Apparently it's not...


Luckily the clear coat hardened pretty well, and didn't lift the decal, so it was simply a matter of sanding it smooth after the last coat was dry.


It's still not perfect, but I don't want to sand it any more until it's completely dry. I'll probably wait a few months and do a re-polish.


So, here is the final result:


I'll try to take a better picture tomorrow when the light conditions are better. (This is a slightly dark picture that I tried to adjust to represent how it looks in real life)

Originally Posted by Margo Baggins

Ah nicely nicely

Well done! If you ever want to sell this bass let me know, its beautiful.

Thanks. Will do.

[Big Elf]

I really like that colour scheme, great work.

[xp-T]

Originally Posted by Smilodon

Finally got my project more or less finished today!

The last days I have spent laying down clear coats. The first one went very well. After the first coat I added the decals. That coat were then sanded more or less flat over the decals. After that I added a third coat to completely embed the decals. This is where the problems started to return.


As you can see the paint suddenly decided to start wrinkling over the decals. At first I though it was the decal itself that started wrinkling, but it turns out that it was the previous coat that reacted. I thought 2K paint were inert when it was dry. Apparently it's not...


Luckily the clear coat hardened pretty well, and didn't lift the decal, so it was simply a matter of sanding it smooth after the last coat was dry.


It's still not perfect, but I don't want to sand it any more until it's completely dry. I'll probably wait a few months and do a re-polish.


So, here is the final result:


I'll try to take a better picture tomorrow when the light conditions are better. (This is a slightly dark picture that I tried to adjust to represent how it looks in real life)





Thanks. Will do.

Great job, i have an ibanez ART320 after spending 3years with an old strat. The frets were so sharp, i cut my hands up pretty bad.

Shouldn't of played but it was worth it to me. Nice job dude

[Smilodon]

As promised, some more pictures :

Originally Posted by xp-T

Great job, i have an ibanez ART320 after spending 3years with an old strat. The frets were so sharp, i cut my hands up pretty bad.

Shouldn't of played but it was worth it to me. Nice job dude

That's the main difference between Fender and Squire as far as I have seen. The frets on the fenders I have seen have been really nice and smooth, while the ends of the frets on Squires tend to be really sharp.