SLO Love? Or Did I Jjust win a BFR?

[fly]

you don't gotta pull the frets do you?

 

[4play]

The frets are fine. Plenty'O life left in them. The bass plays and sounds fantastic! Just needs a little aesthetic make-over.

 

[fly]

no man,i meant you didn't pull the frets to apply the ebony finish did you?

 

[five7]

No, you don't have to pull the frets to stain the fretboard.

 

[4play]

no man,i meant you didn't pull the frets to apply the ebony finish did you?

Ahh...LOL, no. It wipes right off the nut, frets, and inlays.

 

[fly]

so you don't really need to take the neck off them eh?

man i like that finish........

 

[five7]

Do not remove the neck, use a q tip to apply the stain. Let it soak in for a little and wipe the excess off with a rag. Any you got on the nut or frets will wipe off then. Since the sub neck is finished you don't have to worry about any soaking in to the maple. On an unfinished neck put some masking tape on the part you don't want stained. After you have removed the excess, let it dry and then put some gun oil on, Hoppe's is a good brand. Let that soak in and then wipe real good with another rag and you are ready to put your strings back on. Remember though, the color of stain you use is permanent! So be sure you want a different look. Try a test area on the piece above the nut to start with to make sure.

 

[4play]

I would suggest covering and taping that white body tho to save it from potential splatter. I ebonized the board on my white RickenFaker and a couple minuscule splatters made it to the finish. It was a bitch buffing those out.

 

[fly]

awesome guys.......will search out the stain here............


thanks for all the tips.


and keep us up on the body contours too 4play.

 

[fly]

so.....i should gun oil after the stain?

is this a must?

 

[4play]

Holy SMOKES! That Marty Bell is one efficient dude! 10 days in his shop and she's ready to ship! She's gonna look killer with my black pickguard and ebonized neck.

I'm digging my homemade contours as well.

 

[jlepre]

That looks COOL!

Kinda reminda me of the color of my old '72 Chevy Nova.

 

[oli@bass]

Reminds me of the Lava Pearl StingRay HS I had... looking forward to seeing the full shots!

 

[fly]

right on.........looks good so far man.

keep us up on it.

 

[five7]

Wow!

 

[drTStingray]

Holy SMOKES! That Marty Bell is one efficient dude! 10 days in his shop and she's ready to ship! She's gonna look killer with my black pickguard and ebonized neck.

I'm digging my homemade contours as well.

Wow that's great - can't wait to see the bass.

 

[4play]

Here she is! Looks better than I had ever hoped! The color is very hard to photograph. It's more of a copper hue. I'm digging the combo with the ebonized board. What a HotRod! Oh yeah, sounds great too!

 

[jlepre]

WOW!!!!

That is one WET paint job..

NICE...

 

[ScreaminFloyd]

This is one of the reasons I respect fellow Knuckle Heads. This is just pure pride in the name of love for a Music Man instrument. Very Nice!

 

[4play]

Thanks guys! I'm real happy with the outcome.

This plays differently from my SR4. Can anyone tell me if there is a difference in neck profile between the standard SR and the S.U.B. version?