Deano

Thanks for your help and comments I will update soon with pictures, so you can see the finished bass

have you tried one the many clear 'matt' finished you can buy?

i dunno how it would work out on a stain but ive painted a few things (not guitars) then finished with a mat coating that i bought from hobby shop and its turned our great

No I haven't tried, but I think I will start again with a different colour, ill give that clear matt finish a shot!

Thanks

Dean

Before you do so...what did you mean by lacquer exactly? Wax and oil, steel wood is happy with. If it's a lacquer then I'd hold fire on that one till somebody a lot more experienced than I contributes to this thread!

I were told in a shop that this stuff were lacquer, its called 'Clear Sealer', I then used turtle wax. The finish I got with them two felt really nice but it doesn't suit the stain, if you get what I mean... My first intentions were to have a flat finish, this isn't flat! But I don't mind a bit of shine

0000 steel wool burnishes out oil finishes nicely. Your new finish looks awesome though!! Great work.

Brilliant, I will give that a go tonight after work. Thanks!

Hello,

This is my first guitar project it is a RBX-170 Yamaha. Although the bass cost me £25, I did not like the finish, it had no character. It took several pieces of sandpaper (appox 25!!) to get rid the original finish. I had planned if this goes well to purchase some better hardware, but I'm not 100% about the finish!

This was the guitar before I did any work.

This is it after the stain.

I wanted a matt finish like my Ibanez SZ1220 pictured below. Once I applied the lacquer and wax I got a shine and which brighten the brown and this isn't what I wanted.

Would it be best if sanded it down to the bare wood again and start from scratch or is there a way to get rid of the shine? If I have to sand down again, what steps should I take to ensure a matt finish?

I believe the wood is Agathis.

Even though I paid £25 for this bass, if I know how to solve these problems now, on my next guitar (hopefully telecaster) I hopefully I can avoid these problems!

Thanks

Dean