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Gary Daniels' BK5A
I love the color of this one, and the
finish looks flawless - Gary obviously took his time. From the
pictures, it looks almost like a factory job. And Gary upscaled
this one, as well, with active electronics ( gold hardware. Nicely
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 Gary
says:
"The
body was finished with two coats of Minwax water based stain (burgundy). I
applied seven coats of tung oil . Next I wet sanded with 600, 1000,
1200, 1500 and 2000 grit sandpaper, rubbing the oil into the wood. I didn't like
how it turned out, so I resanded starting with the 600 and working my way up to
the 1200 grit sandpaper. I then sprayed it with Minwax polyurethane, let dry
three days, sanded with 1500 grit, another coat of poly, let dry three
days, sanded with 2000 grit and sprayed the final coat of poly. The back of
the neck was finished with 4 coats of tung oil, 1 coat lemon oil . The
matching headstock was finished the same as the body. I love to hunt so I
put the deer track logo on the headstock using masking tape when I applied the
burgundy stain. I think it turned out well. The whole process took about 5
weeks. I absolutely love the way this bass plays and sounds."
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Charlie Nixon's B5
Carvin BBS ID: cnix
WWW:
http://charlienixon.freeservers.com
Here's another great kit - Charlie built
this so he could learn bass (he's a guitar player, with a Carvin DC127
among other instruments).
This one looks really nice - you wouldn't
it was a kit by looking at it. A testament to Charlie's skills, or
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Colin Nicholl's
BK5A
WWW: http://www.spacefold.com/colin
I love seeing what people do
with Carvin's kit basses. And here's a really nice example from
the 5-string side of the house. As much as I like gaudy and flashy
(just look at my
LB70!),
there's something to be said for a nice, clean bass. Who knows, I
may shift gears like this someday myself! Colin ordered this
pre-finished, but did the tung-oiling on the neck himself, and offers
this advice: "It helps to have superior tape for masking, but
apart from that it's difficult to screw up with tung oil."
So true! Details, details!
There are more pics of Colin's BK5A
right
here, as well as info and pics of his TL60. Take a look!
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