I had the privilege of being given a 1968 fender jazz bass to refinish a few months back. I’m unsure as to the original colour but it certainly wasn’t this..
https://i.imgur.com/AQBzX8t.jpgWhile the racing/forest green nitro was quite fetching the new owner didn’t really dig it. The green nitro was applied in the Avalon factory in the mid 70s. It was beautifully checked and roughed up around the edges especially on the back edge and contour.
The brief was simply to refinish it in aged Olympic white/vintage cream with the appropriate level of ageing/dirt.
Skipping all the usual stripping, filling, levelling steps I’ll leave you with this...
https://i.imgur.com/t7xCA9c.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/sj0Jn72.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/25qy4AH.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/fxogfvA.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/PD4dERm.jpgI was keen to avoid any large bare patches on this one. I think this is where everyone needs to realise there is a different mindset in relicing vs ageing. I don’t class them as the same thing. But then again I do this everyday so perhaps I overthink it all too much. This guitar required a sympathetic ageing process. It certainly wasn’t getting the Dale Wilson approach (I’m a massive fan of his work btw).
The body was collected this evening by one happy chappy. Looking forward to the next vintage body I have to do (70s Strat next week
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I would have left it green though if it was mine
Thanks for the compliment. The green was nice but I know the buyer much preferred the new colour. It was a fairly straight forward refinish too and I was allowed my usual creative freedom.
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