@tv101 Well, mistakes do happen and far from perfect. 5 major careless errors were made. The most major error was thicknessing the headstock. I set my depth stop and made a few passes and on my final ...

@marcel Andy Rourke is one of my favorite bass players and is heavily influenced by Chic in his lines of writing parts.

@robin One thing with spray can lacquer, super thin coats at a time. Fo not go heavy. If you get a run or a drip, Leave it alone. Let it dry. I posted a thread on a tip on how to fix that on a forum...

@robin yes I sealed lacquer over danish oil. Works really well.

Here is a link to my Bandsman build journey

Hi thanks all. Everyone here has been very inspiring. I got myself a Bailey design Bandsman!!!

Meet Blue Jean Maple Carve Top Mahogany Body Koa Neck Ebony Fretboard Kaish Piezo Pick Up ABR Tune O Matic Bridge Wilkinson Bridge Humbucker with DPDT switch for series/parallel option 2 Tone 2 Volume...

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@boo Thanks, it has been quite a journey. A few first time trying out new things incorporating Mark’s course and you tube live streams.

@robin Well, just did that. Could not do it earlier because of the hidden tenon. Gotta glue the neck first then put the cap on but before that, I had to actually finish stain dye it first due to the h...

@tv101 Thanks, bridge holes and humbucker cavity just got done. I am dreading the fret job today.

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Welcome

@robin glad you made the live stream.

@robin Speedy recover. For sure you will have simething to look forward too once you are up and running.

@tv101 Yup that too. I got 5 of them. One for thicknessing, with a big baseplate permanantly attached. A small palm for binding. A big one for excessive material removal, I do a lot chambering hollow ...

Oh one thing I found that scraping with a scraper or a blade with very little pressure slowly removes the bumps. Just be sure to keep your scraper as square as possible.

No scratch plate. My first attempt on a hidden Tenon. Kinda neat. Learned so much, figured out how. Attachment : FA2EC0E6-A0D7-496A-ADA7-4CEF6BCA7209.jpeg