My Pbass, that I completely madeover...
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| Author: | collicsws6z28 [ June 25th, 2012, 8:05 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Overhauled P Bass |
My Pbass, that I completely madeover...
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| Author: | andrew [ June 25th, 2012, 8:30 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Overhauled P Bass |
Damn, that looks great! What all did you do to it? |
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| Author: | Frenchy-Lefty [ June 25th, 2012, 10:57 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Overhauled P Bass |
Nice! Out of a mid-ninety P-bass like mine. How did you get this color? it's not an original color. By the way I have some Fender '62 pickups on mine and I love them. |
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| Author: | Addison [ June 26th, 2012, 8:50 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Overhauled P Bass |
KICK. ASS. Pino would be proud! 
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| Author: | amimbari [ June 26th, 2012, 10:01 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Overhauled P Bass |
I don't get it... what did it look like before compared to now? |
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| Author: | Matt R. [ June 26th, 2012, 10:06 am ] |
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That's fly. |
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| Author: | AustinLeftyBass [ June 26th, 2012, 10:45 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Overhauled P Bass |
It seems pretty beat-up for a bass with straplocks. |
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| Author: | collicsws6z28 [ June 26th, 2012, 1:46 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Overhauled P Bass |
It was originally a 97 MIA P Bass in Candy Apple Red. Paid 600 for it, a few couple hundred for parts and labor and I'm well short of what a new MIA bass costs... |
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| Author: | collicsws6z28 [ June 27th, 2012, 6:40 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Overhauled P Bass |
Frenchy-Lefty wrote: Nice! Out of a mid-ninety P-bass like mine. How did you get this color? it's not an original color. By the way I have some Fender '62 pickups on mine and I love them. reranch.com Has all Fender custom colors. |
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| Author: | collicsws6z28 [ June 27th, 2012, 6:40 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Overhauled P Bass |
amimbari wrote: I don't get it... what did it look like before compared to now? 
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| Author: | AustinLeftyBass [ June 27th, 2012, 8:49 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Overhauled P Bass |
collicsws6z28 wrote: amimbari wrote: I don't get it... what did it look like before compared to now? Now THAT looks nice!! |
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| Author: | amimbari [ June 27th, 2012, 9:55 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Overhauled P Bass |
ya I agree the before pic to me is pure nice, the after pic is just plain destroyed and horrible junk. you took a beautiful perfect unit and turned it into junk?...ok, afterall, it is yours to choose what you want to do with it. please don't ban me 
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| Author: | bigevilrobot [ June 27th, 2012, 12:13 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Overhauled P Bass |
Yeah, I'm gonna chime in on this too, and I maybe it's cause I'm just a sucker for CAR but I like the original better. Just needed a black pickguard and maple fretboard.  Really though, personal tastes are just that. Personal. It's a great shade of fiesta red, and some really nice relic work for sure. I dig it. |
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| Author: | collicsws6z28 [ June 27th, 2012, 1:56 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Overhauled P Bass |
amimbari wrote: ya I agree the before pic to me is pure nice, the after pic is just plain destroyed and horrible junk. you took a beautiful perfect unit and turned it into junk?...ok, afterall, it is yours to choose what you want to do with it. please don't ban me Piece of junk huh? |
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| Author: | Addison [ June 27th, 2012, 2:21 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Overhauled P Bass |
AustinLeftyBass wrote: Now THAT looks nice!! amimbari wrote: ya I agree the before pic to me is pure nice, the after pic is just plain destroyed and horrible junk. you took a beautiful perfect unit and turned it into junk.  Well it's a good thing it's not your bass. If you don't have anything nice to say...
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| Author: | amimbari [ June 27th, 2012, 3:06 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Overhauled P Bass |
ok I'll rephrase my post a little, you took that beautiful item and turned it COSMETICALLY into a item that is something that I would never buy due to the fact that I am one of those people who says you wanna beat up looking bass?, start out with one in the first place, not from a mint condition unit. And most certainly, if you like that look and for whatever reason others who you interact with like it too, cool, but these opinions received here in the thread are what you want right? good or bad?. And when I said Junk, I obviously meant garbage looking, because from the "before and after" pics I'm sure it did not change the playability or tone of the thing and it sounds every bit as good as day-1. |
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| Author: | collicsws6z28 [ June 27th, 2012, 3:35 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Overhauled P Bass |
Take a brand new poly finish Fender and tell me how long it would take it even remotely looked reliced. I'm sorry but I enjoy a little flare with my guitars, rather than sticking to the same specs has been putting out for the past 10 years (sunburst, black, no matching headstock relic, white pickguard) The nitro certainly does affect the sound as the poly is gone and the nitro allows the bass to "breathe". The neck is a lot smoother than the thick laquer applied to newer basses as well... |
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| Author: | Frenchy-Lefty [ June 27th, 2012, 4:29 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Overhauled P Bass |
Well, I own the exact same bass and I really like what you did! It turned out nice and not cheesy looking like when peeps try to relic a poly finished bass . I usually really like a CAR finish but looking at mine I am not sure it is really CAR. It seems to be a little brighter and not as nice IMO. I was also torn with the idea of refinishing it but it is not always a good idea for re-sell purposes therefore, on my bass the only thing I did, besides changing the pickups, was to get a really awesome vintage mint green pickguard. A few questions for you- Where did you find this vintage looking bridge which is also thru-body? - How did you remove the finish and mostly how did you apply the nitro (It seems like an aweful lot of work) - Can you really hear the difference between the nitro and the poly finish? - Did you completely sand down the neck? If it is exposed, aren't you afraid the wood will warp? - Did you keep the original pickups? |
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| Author: | AustinLeftyBass [ June 28th, 2012, 7:02 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Overhauled P Bass |
I always figured that when someone posts pics of a bass, they want folks to look at the pics, and maybe even comment on the bass in the photos. |
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| Author: | AustinLeftyBass [ June 28th, 2012, 7:05 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Overhauled P Bass |
Addison wrote: AustinLeftyBass wrote: Now THAT looks nice!! If you don't have anything nice to say... Actually I'd say my comment WAS nice, in fact if you look closely, it has the word "nice" in it! |
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