An ACE BASS WTF

Kisstrooper · Post by **Kisstrooper** » Thu Jan 31, 2013 2:49 am

Yep Jed my bass player has now jumped on the band wagon......
yes you read it here FIRST.....a UFO Bass Guitar in progress

The concept i proposed to Jed...

The body i was supplied

The stripping has begun

Post by **Genebaby** » Thu Jan 31, 2013 7:14 am

Crazy man. Is it going to be silver too?

Kisstrooper · Post by **Kisstrooper** » Thu Jan 31, 2013 10:43 am

Yep he wants the silver flake and that cavity is getting filled and the dials relocated out of the way of the lights.

shramiac · Post by **shramiac** » Thu Jan 31, 2013 11:05 am

Still gonna have the pickguard? Me no likey that! Rear route for controls would be nicer. Time consuming though!

poserboy71 · Post by **poserboy71** » Thu Jan 31, 2013 11:33 am

shramiac wrote:Still gonna have the pickguard? Me no likey that! Rear route for controls would be nicer. Time consuming though!

"...and that cavity is getting filled and the dials relocated out of the way of the lights."

Kisstrooper · Post by **Kisstrooper** » Thu Jan 31, 2013 12:08 pm

shramiac wrote:Still gonna have the pickguard? Me no likey that! Rear route for controls would be nicer. Time consuming though!

God no, its in the bin already LOL

Dials will be moved over and be in the usual UFO spot and input jack on the side to clean up the front.

Kisstrooper · Post by **Kisstrooper** » Sun Feb 03, 2013 2:26 pm

Easier to fill with straight timber than a curved piece...

Post by **Genebaby** » Sun Feb 03, 2013 6:58 pm

MUCH easier!

Kisstrooper · Post by **Kisstrooper** » Sun Feb 03, 2013 10:22 pm

My band mate Jed is getting very excited...only flashing Ace Bass on the planet we think LOL.

Kisstrooper · Post by **Kisstrooper** » Tue Feb 05, 2013 11:19 pm

Filled with timber and a skim of filler....

Kisstrooper · Post by **Kisstrooper** » Wed Feb 06, 2013 12:46 am

Kisstrooper · Post by **Kisstrooper** » Wed Feb 06, 2013 4:51 am

Roughing out the amount of lights and spacings, looks like 20 will fit nice.

poserboy71 · Post by **poserboy71** » Wed Feb 06, 2013 4:38 pm

My vote is for more lights under the strings. Too much wood.I hear that quite often

Kisstrooper · Post by **Kisstrooper** » Wed Feb 06, 2013 5:40 pm

poserboy71 wrote:My vote is for more lights under the strings. Too much wood.I hear that quite often

Cant drill that area as i will be routing in a cavity in the back for battery and electronics.

You can never have TOO much wood

poserboy71 · Post by **poserboy71** » Wed Feb 06, 2013 6:09 pm

Put a picture of my face there then !!!!

metatron · Post by **metatron** » Wed Feb 06, 2013 6:48 pm

You mean a picture of your erection Rick...wood?

Awesome stuff as usual Tony

poserboy71 · Post by **poserboy71** » Wed Feb 06, 2013 7:17 pm

metatron wrote:You mean a picture of your erection Rick...wood?

Awesome stuff as usual Tony

We'll need about 5 pictures of my shvantz and we'll have to blow them up

to fill the space.

Kisstrooper · Post by **Kisstrooper** » Thu Feb 07, 2013 12:55 am

More holes than Swiss Cheese !

Post by **Genebaby** » Thu Feb 07, 2013 6:19 pm

Cool!

Kisstrooper · Post by **Kisstrooper** » Thu Feb 07, 2013 8:11 pm

Even MORE holes !

poserboy71 · Post by **poserboy71** » Thu Feb 07, 2013 9:12 pm

Maybe just a few more ????

1031 · Post by **1031** » Sat Feb 09, 2013 5:01 am

Looks likes its time to sharpen the drill bits starting to burn wood.. lol

Looks killer though,

FREDDYB3 · Post by **FREDDYB3** » Sat Feb 09, 2013 5:08 am

Great work as always Kisstrooper !!! You are the man !

doublev2 · Post by **doublev2** » Sat Feb 09, 2013 9:30 am

An Ace Bass should be a bass fish bass

poserboy71 · Post by **poserboy71** » Sun Feb 10, 2013 11:01 am

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Slayer · Post by **Slayer** » Sun Feb 10, 2013 2:16 pm

Gene also looks pissed at Ace Frehley here too

AnkhWarrior · Post by **AnkhWarrior** » Sun Feb 10, 2013 2:35 pm

Ace was always a show stealer

Always has something funny to say and catches everyone's attention...Gene needs to quit being jealous!

doublev2 · Post by **doublev2** » Tue Feb 12, 2013 9:00 am

yeah i was in australia when Ace played with Kiss when Eric Singer was drummer and I heard them on the radio and Ace was just telling of topic jokes the whole time - a real rock star.

Kisstrooper · Post by **Kisstrooper** » Tue Feb 12, 2013 3:17 pm

Dials relocated with cavity at the back, input jack now on the side.Quick mock up to see how it all fits etc.

Kisstrooper · Post by **Kisstrooper** » Tue Feb 12, 2013 6:04 pm

Kisstrooper · Post by **Kisstrooper** » Fri Apr 12, 2013 2:39 pm

Kisstrooper · Post by **Kisstrooper** » Fri Apr 12, 2013 7:54 pm

Tossing up some sort of chrome front plate, just using the old white plate to get some ideas.

Kisstrooper · Post by **Kisstrooper** » Tue Apr 30, 2013 9:05 pm

Backplate of the Ace bass underway.

Kisstrooper · Post by **Kisstrooper** » Sun May 05, 2013 8:04 pm

Bass reprimed and rear body scallop removed,

Kisstrooper · Post by **Kisstrooper** » Mon May 06, 2013 10:10 pm

Testing wiring continuity......

Post by **Genebaby** » Mon May 06, 2013 10:26 pm

Tony, is this your full time job now?

Kisstrooper · Post by **Kisstrooper** » Tue May 07, 2013 12:51 pm

Genebaby wrote:Tony, is this your full time job now?

Kinda, small business/ hobby....

Jeds bass getting some base coat silver today.

Kisstrooper · Post by **Kisstrooper** » Thu May 09, 2013 4:45 pm

Laying down some Laser Flake on the Ace Bass....getting close and Jed is getting VERY excited ! im going to borrow this baby and do a Defaced gig and get some pics when its done.

Kisstrooper · Post by **Kisstrooper** » Mon May 13, 2013 5:17 pm

Dial area is getting a chrome plate...

Slayer · Post by **Slayer** » Tue May 14, 2013 3:02 pm

Ultra cool!

Kisstrooper · Post by **Kisstrooper** » Wed May 15, 2013 12:33 pm

Mock up of the Ace Bass, getting closer now.

Slayer · Post by **Slayer** » Wed May 15, 2013 1:41 pm

Your customer is going to love that bass!

Kisstrooper · Post by **Kisstrooper** » Wed May 15, 2013 4:43 pm

Slayer wrote:Your customer is going to love that bass!

Yep he is getting pretty excited, he dropped off the neck last week and had a sneak peak at it.

Kisstrooper · Post by **Kisstrooper** » Sat May 18, 2013 12:47 am

The Ace Bass is forging ahead to completion, still some to do though...here tis with his little brother the Mini UFO.

Kisstrooper · Post by **Kisstrooper** » Wed May 22, 2013 4:59 am

Custom mirrored plate installed, just needs pups fitted and wired and she ready to roll.

Kisstrooper · Post by **Kisstrooper** » Wed May 22, 2013 8:20 am

Before n After....

shramiac · Post by **shramiac** » Wed May 22, 2013 9:00 am

Why the scrtch plates????

Post by **Genebaby** » Fri May 24, 2013 4:29 pm

I would have left them off myself, but I guess it's what the owner wanted?

Kisstrooper · Post by **Kisstrooper** » Sun May 26, 2013 7:49 pm

He wanted something on there so i went the mirror route.

Slayer · Post by **Slayer** » Mon May 27, 2013 12:50 am

I think that the bass came out super nice and I actually like the reflective scratch plate / pick guard!

As always a great job Tony! I'm looking forward to the day when you have time to work on your double v and post pictures here