'67 Starfire bass repair begins

[shadowcastaz]

The edges were sanded through by previous restorer and filled with red paint. I cut along edge with xacto and carved to score mark.

grain match ,I hope, Mahog veneer and glue

i carved out a sand through by an F hole and decided to patch the whole strip

tomw i remove tape and see what happens......

 

[FNG]

Cool! Keep the pics coming.

 

[Default]

Absolutely!

 

[shadowcastaz]

Tape removed ,next cut.....

 

[danerectal]

That red paint was a rascally thing to do to such a sweet machine. It's looking like you're going to get it to shape up.

 

[shadowcastaz]

The biggest thing Im sweatin is coloring mahog :mrgreen:

 

[shadowcastaz]

2/3 done. whata mess.

 

[shadowcastaz]

All patched and trimmed. Now I start thumb sanding, :|

 

[shadowcastaz]

What are the knob marker pins made of? I uncovered the holes and forgot to ask.

 

[The Guilds of Grot]

Silver/chrome brad nails.

 

[shadowcastaz]

I can use the brads the binding was attached with :mrgreen:

 

[Default]

Nice work! I'm really looking forward to the finished product!

 

[shadowcastaz]

As the world turns.....

 

[fronobulax]

Thanks for posting. I don't have the expertise or patience to do anything like that.

 

[shadowcastaz]

Neither do I, I just like tinkering with stuff.

 

[jp]

Good job on the color-matching so far M! Can't wait to see how it progresses.