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Satin is king.
Kill all high gloss fans.

Just what I wanted to hear.

Are you hell bent on keeping the pickguard? There is a site greasygroove.com that has very cool and varied pickguards, perhaps you can find something that will make your bass "pop".

That gunmetal is awesome

echoraven wrote:Are you hell bent on keeping the pickguard? There is a site greasygroove.com that has very cool and varied pickguards, perhaps you can find something that will make your bass "pop".

Nah, I just figured keeping the pickguard means one less thing to buy.

I would like an aluminum guard etched by Dan W or Acid Splash...

But that's a maybe one day kinda thing. I'll check that link out though! I'm going for sort of minimal.

Oh, what should I do with the headstock? I was thinking of leaving it blank. I thought I was super clever thinking of getting Fucker in the Fender font.
Then I googled.

So, I dunno now.

As it happens, I recently finished painting a strat I'm working on in satin green, like that tele.

After that I sanded the shit out of it in areas, revealing undercoats of black and white

I highly recommend satin/matte finish, and I'd say keep the headstock plain. It's rare that I've ever seen a plain headstock and I reckon it'd look pretty sweeet!

I just got new paint.

Carbon Mist.

Fingers crossed. I think this is the one.

Base coat has been sprayed on the body, and I covered up the navy on the headstock. The color is a super dark metallic grey. I love it!

A couple splatters where the spraycan sputtered. Im hoping I can sand them out. I guess Ill try tomorrow afternoon and put another coat on it. Maybe tomorrow evening. its humid as fuck here.

Paying for the P pickup and gotoh bridge tomorrow. Hopefully getting the J pickup after the weekend. Once all that comes in, plus new strings, all I have to do is wait for the painting to be done.

Im really trying not to get in a hurry with this. Im hoping my patience will be rewarded with a badass bass.

Pics tomorrow.

Carbon Mist sounds like the most badass colour ever.
Cannot wait to see pics.

Sneaky peeky

God, Imgur, why?

That is nice.

Satin charcoal. That should come up nice. Good call. Did you know almost black is the new black?

Ive wanted a grey bass since the first time I saw a japanese Aerodyne.

This grey is better.

Also, its hard to tell, but its metallic.

neonblack wrote:Ive wanted a grey bass since the first time I saw a japanese Aerodyne.

This grey is better.

Also, its hard to tell, but its metallic.

Mmmmm yes those Aerodynes! Looking good, breaux.

Give each coat plenty of dry time with this humidity.