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  5. 5-String Aria Pro II SB1000/R150-ish bass

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    On 8/28/2020 at 5:03 PM, Prostheta said:

    Quick update, installed inserts for the pickup also. Same size, same process.

    I'd just like to congratulate you on the most concise update of the thread so far 😅

    It's always interesting to see the extremes of method between yourself and @ScottR.

    This is a seriously lovely looking bass though. Can I have it? It would make a lovely stable-mate to my SB-1000 ;):D

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  11. The Trajic Love Life of Wally the Walnut Gnome....or Wally really needs a girlfriend.

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    On 8/2/2020 at 11:25 PM, ScottR said:

    I didn't know that when you rough in the boobs on an oaken prairie gnome, it ends up looking like she's walking around with a rottweiler scrotum around her neck

    That made me giggle :D

    I know what you mean with the eyesight. In the last few years I've gone from perfect vision to not being able to read anything within arms length. Getting old I suppose, and helped along by a bit of macular degeneration. Thank goodness for my magnifying goggles - bought by my wife as a bit of a joke, but turned out to be THE BEST present ever

    I've not been on for a few weeks, not having a build in progress, but this was the first thread I headed for. Lovely to see her... erm... grow. You're taking wood away, yet certain parts of her seem to have getting bigger! Lovely work. Wally is going to be very happy if she's as nice on the inside :)

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  14. Neck through Flying V style build

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    Is there a danger of white spirit leaving a residue? I'm always a bit wary of it myself and would use lighter fluid in preference, as it's a lighter oil fraction. Nitrocellulose will dissolve into the existing finish when sprayed, and (I assume) would absorb small traces of sanding dust. I'm not sure if you'd actually need to wipe down with anything after sanding. Just a good dusting with a clean microfibre cloth

    Lovely progress btw. Looking great 

  18. 5-String Aria Pro II SB1000/R150-ish bass

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    On 6/22/2020 at 9:47 AM, Prostheta said:

    Great seeing your SB-1000 in the background of the Toccata vid on YouTube, and that you have a focal point further than the 10cm that your avatar implies. Hard to believe that the bass lived a life being banged around the van as a backup dog or makeshift boat anchor.

    Yeah, it did get some abuse back in the day :) The years spent in the loft afterwards was probably cruelest. I've still not gigged it since it was restored - I really ought to do that when we're allowed out again 

  23. omg can nitro experts chime in?

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    1 hour ago, mistermikev said:

    but I'm going to wait to hear from @Norris!!!!!

    I don't know if I'm really the expert with cracking. My worst one was pushing in tuner bushes with a soldering iron, which got too hot and fried the lacquer. I had to dig out the loose, frazzled bits and then drop fill. Also some shattering on the board when I scraped the frets having let too much lacquer build up, which was also drop filled 

    I'd go for @komodo's suggestion. What's the worst that could happen? The Cellusolve has two chances...

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