This blog is not dead

...and neither is the project.

I have had lots of issues since I last posted, with regard to the finish on my bass. At some point I will post more info and finally what products I ended up using.

As seems to be the norm on this project I have got a little distracted over the last year and I started building a telecaster guitar at the same time.

Anyway, I'm back on the case now, just about to do the nitro clear coat on the bass, hopefully I'll have more information to post and pictures soon.

Snow!

Well, whilst its getting all nice and Christmassy already, all I can say is....grrrr!

Finishing my bass has come to a grinding halt what with theedamp cold weather and now the snow = neither conditions good for spray finishing a guitar. I've gradually been doing a little here and there, and am ready for the final colour coat on the body and probably a couple more coats of clear on the headstock.

I can see it might be spring before I get going again :(

...I think I'm turning Japanese, I really think so

Well, not really...

The fret decals I ordered dropped in the post all the way from Osaka, Japan. Really impressed, as I thought I'd be waiting for them a couple of weeks. Anyway, that's what bought to mind the song lyrics I used as this blog title.

The fret decals look really nice, but I'm not so sure about the "go faster stripe". The colour isn't quite what I expected from the photo I saw, its less red and more pink than I was expecting, so I'm not sure whether I will use it on this bass. Perhaps it will be saved for a future project.