6 Steel Grinder / Skully's Bass VI Build

[skullservant]

I'm hoping so!!

[Moose]

I vote for green with ebony, it'd be suweeeeet!

[skullservant]

Photo dump time

Initial sanding completed


Grain filled


GRAY


Body drying after raising the grain to sand again


Coat 1.5 of gray stain. Did an initial stain that I wiped away after about 2-3 minutes, then applied a second coat and am letting it fully dry


After wiping off the last of the stain this is what it looks like. I dig it. I think I'm going to leave it like this. After about 6 more hours I'll apply poly.
In the meantime I'm going to build!

[UglyCasanova]

This is going to be so badass!

[Moose]

Good colour choice, looks like a beaut!

[braaandooon]

Came out looking nice, liking that gray. Definatly no transparent finish going on with my new project, lmfao.

[skullservant]

hahahah did it show up okay? I think it'll still look rad after a refinish!

[braaandooon]

Yep, it showed up. Got her stripped but may be delayed on further work, as I got a trace of a tele deluxe pickguard and the route shows just slightly between pickguard and bridge. So its gonna need some of that route filled. Using a bridge from a squier 51, and that seems to almost cover all gapping.

Funds would've been available, but a sunn concert lead just popped up on my radar for $100, but needs an updated power chord and a cap job, don't think I'm gonna be able to pass on that, so may put the tele on hold for a few weeks and work on the sunn, while I think of ways to fill some of that route. As of right now I'm thinking a small piece of birch ply, some sanding shavings, wood glue, and then some bondo to tie it all in and flush with the body.

[skullservant]

Awesome!

Not much news here other than I drilled the holes for the pickguard and control plate. The Allparts pickguard was a little wonky in a few places (heel, around the control plate) but after some light dremel work I got both of them squared away soundly.

I started applying poly yesterday, did three top coats and started on the back with it's first. It'll have 3 coats by the end of the night, then I'll do the sides 3x. I'm thinking I'm just going to keep it really light and not do more than the 3 coats

[skullservant]

So I got the poly done and let it dry for a full 24 hours, and got the pickguard and control plate attached after finishing the humbucker wiring yesterday.

For kicks I took the neck of my other Telecaster off of it and threw it onto this body and man was it awesome. I can't wait for the Bass VI neck to show up.

[odontophobia]

saw this on IG last night and wondered when it'd get the post here.

looks fucking good. you went all maple with the vi neck, right?

[skullservant]

Yep! All maple, no top dots, reverse headstock. Should hopefully be killer!

[Moose]

That looks awesome man!

Can't wait to see it when the bass VI neck arrives, specially with a reverse headstock on it. Unf!

[spacelordmother]

That looks awesome man!

Can't wait to see it when the bass VI neck arrives, specially with a reverse headstock on it. Unf!

I will concede that that looks totally badass in grey. You can build your next project in shell pink.

Totally! Reverse headstock FTW!

[skullservant]

Thanks guys, I appreciate it. I'm really happy with how the body turned out as well. It was nice to try something new with this, using the wood filler. Such a smooth guitar body now