PBass refin...

poopot

so two weeks ago (gig on the 17th May) bass monkey gives me his mim pBass and says “oi, paint it that colour you did your strat”... 

“ok” says I, “will take a while tho’ as I’m told I don’t take enough time over my finishes”.

”no good” says bass monkey “need it for the gig on the 1st”...

Challenge accepted!!!!!


first off, strip that shit plastic coating...



Then fill dents and splits





1st Base coat of white on and flatted...



1st coat of Inca silver



Bit of see through red...



Then put the thing back together... he wants it heavily aged so a start has been made... more will get done over the next few weeks but at least he can ponse about on Saturday night in the meantime...

SteveRobinson

Nice stack of "tone" wood behind it!

poopot

SteveRobinson said:

Nice stack of "tone" wood behind it!

Yep... all the best guitars are made from scaffold boards... shhhhhhh, don’t tell anyone

ICBM

I always die a bit inside when I see a beautifully done refin like that ruined in the last few photos. Such a shame. If he's going to gig it, why not just let it wear naturally?

poopot

ICBM said:

I always die a bit inside when I see a beautifully done refin like that ruined in the last few photos. Such a shame. If he's going to gig it, why not just let it wear naturally?

It’s what he wanted... not what I’d have done tbh... it looked lovely as was...

you'll die even more inside when you look at the pic of the strings that came off it!!!! (And went back on)

ICBM

poopot said:

you'll die even more inside when you look at the pic of the strings that came off it!!!! (And went back on)

I suppose it adds a bit more realism to the finish .

bbill335

poopot said:

ICBM said:

I always die a bit inside when I see a beautifully done refin like that ruined in the last few photos. Such a shame. If he's going to gig it, why not just let it wear naturally?

It’s what he wanted... not what I’d have done tbh... it looked lovely as was...

you'll die even more inside when you look at the pic of the strings that came off it!!!! (And went back on)

there's extra tone in them old strings.

love the finish!

PonchoGreg

That is a smashing colour combination!

poopot

Slight update...

the bass now has an excellent pickup from @OilCityPickups fankoo ash!... and has spent the night in the time machine along with some questionable looking spag Bol!!!!

Rocker

In the real world, would a guitar/bass ever get that worn?

poopot

Rocker said:

In the real world, would a guitar/bass ever get that worn?

My strat did...  a decade of gigs and they all look shit!

Bridgehouse

Rocker said:

In the real world, would a guitar/bass ever get that worn?

The body wear is very similar to my proper 64 Precision, and the checking is similar - shows up more on candy apple red compared to sunburst - but it’s very similar..

Bridgehouse

In fact, I think @poopot might have cheated and copied the wear pattern on the back of mine - it’s almost exactly the same!!

stephen.wood125

Great job!! Also, just laughed loud enough to unsettle my neighbours at "time machine" genius!

GoldenEraGuitars

Rocker said:

In the real world, would a guitar/bass ever get that worn?

Keith Scott’s 63 strat. 

https://i.imgur.com/Y2oTaUN.jpg


The short answer would be - Yes

Bridgehouse

Here you go - back of my 64 Precision - all hard earned wear..

poopot

Rocker said:

In the real world, would a guitar/bass ever get that worn?

So there’s a few answers!... yep is the long and short of it... guitars and basses do wear like that (even poly eventually) when they are gigged and thrown about rather than hung on a wall or kept in a case and polished once a month!...

fwiw, this bass was a refin for my bass player, he wanted it to match the look of his jazz bass which looks positively wreaked after just 4 short years of gigging with us... I just sped up the process on this one!...

Danielsguitars

poopot said:

Rocker said:

In the real world, would a guitar/bass ever get that worn?

So there’s a few answers!... yep is the long and short of it... guitars and basses do wear like that (even poly eventually) when they are gigged and thrown about rather than hung on a wall or kept in a case and polished once a month!...

fwiw, this bass was a refin for my bass player, he wanted it to match the look of his jazz bass which looks positively wreaked after just 4 short years of gigging with us... I just sped up the process on this one!...

so what's the short answer  

poopot

Danielsguitars said:

poopot said:

Rocker said:

In the real world, would a guitar/bass ever get that worn?

So there’s a few answers!... yep is the long and short of it... guitars and basses do wear like that (even poly eventually) when they are gigged and thrown about rather than hung on a wall or kept in a case and polished once a month!...

fwiw, this bass was a refin for my bass player, he wanted it to match the look of his jazz bass which looks positively wreaked after just 4 short years of gigging with us... I just sped up the process on this one!...

so what's the short answer  

Yes