basey Posted September 11, 2005 Report Share Posted September 11, 2005 A freind of mine plays bass in a KISS tribute band called KINGS KISS. They do kiss covers with a 70's elvis lead singer. KINGS KISS website anyway he asked me to make a copy of the axe bass gene simmons played on tour during the 70's. The neck is a USA BC Rich and the body wood is african mohagany. I've been working on it for two day's now. I'll try to put some pics up at the end of each day. link to pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted September 11, 2005 Report Share Posted September 11, 2005 Pretty cool looking. I would never play it though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitefly SA Posted September 11, 2005 Report Share Posted September 11, 2005 I Would, He used a kramer neck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZoSo_Spencer Posted September 11, 2005 Report Share Posted September 11, 2005 lol................imagine that connecting with someones head................ouch looking good keep the pics coming Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basey Posted September 11, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2005 well another day of sanding comes to an end. Here are a few more progress pics. pic1 pic2 pic3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyldbil Posted September 12, 2005 Report Share Posted September 12, 2005 Very nice! The carving and proportions look perfect. Set neck, so you score there as well. The BCR neck isn't farfetched, since $immon$' original Punishers were BCR products. If your finishing work is as good looking as your woodwork, that's gonna be a showpiece! Just don't let Gene "Mr. Litigation Himself" $immon$ know you're making that. He'll want a fee since he legally owns that design. That man is a piece of work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitefly SA Posted September 13, 2005 Report Share Posted September 13, 2005 bbut this isnt a punisher, this is an axe bass, looks good none the less, and yeah id keep it on the DL the man would do anything for another dollar, despite his large collection Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mailman Posted September 13, 2005 Report Share Posted September 13, 2005 funny how between ace and gene, the sober one is the biggest **** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skit Posted September 13, 2005 Report Share Posted September 13, 2005 Looking good so far! Im not too familiar with Kiss, What colour will the body be when you've finshed? Is it going to be a natural finish or something along the lines of black/grey? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEdwardJones Posted September 13, 2005 Report Share Posted September 13, 2005 (edited) Looking good so far! Im not too familiar with Kiss, What colour will the body be when you've finshed? Is it going to be a natural finish or something along the lines of black/grey? ← the body should be black, the "blade" should be a metal gray. possibly with some blood red streaks on it (to simulate, um, blood). That's the traditional Simmons Axe. Similar to this. Edited September 13, 2005 by GEdwardJones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skit Posted September 13, 2005 Report Share Posted September 13, 2005 the body should be black, the "blade" should be a metal gray. possibly with some blood red streaks on it (to simulate, um, blood). That's the traditional Simmons Axe. Similar to this. ← Ah I see Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jehle Posted September 14, 2005 Report Share Posted September 14, 2005 A freind of mine plays bass in a KISS tribute band called KINGS KISS. They do kiss covers with a 70's elvis lead singer. www.kingkiss.com That's a link to some japanese blog. I think you meant http://www.kingskiss.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basey Posted September 28, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2005 thanks for all the nice comments. It's been awhile since I updated the pics. First off, I used some devcon epoxy to grain fill. help from an epoxy thread guitarfrenzy and drak had. (I'm not sure which thread it was at the moment, but someone should pin that sucker in the tutorials section) anyway, after the body was smooth and ready for primer thats when my problems started. I used some older grey primer I had in the garage and then bought some more the next day to finish after sanding. After spraying the second layer. It all seperated on the original paint like a crackel finish. So I had to strip the whole thing down again. Thats when I found out how good of a barrier epoxy makes between the paint and the wood. Back to the pictures.... pic1 pic2 pic3 pic4 pic5 I still need to drill for the neck ferrules, but they haven't come in yet. after that, its off to get airbrushed and laquered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basey Posted October 30, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2005 ok, tonight was the first show with the axe bass finished. here's some pics. what a blast! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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