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LefThanDed
 Post subject: P Bass Custom Checkerboard Body (5 hours of "Duck" Tape?!?)
PostPosted: March 5th, 2014, 11:10 am 
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Cheap Trick inspired Checkered Flag. As you can see, I customized this bass with Duck Tape brand duct tape to give it the awesome look you see. It took over 5 hours to put it on right, and straight as every part had to be removed from the body, and all the blocks have to line up right. It is not as easy as it looks, as I am laying flat tape on a curved guitar body.
All that tape should really "capture" the sustain/tone of that body!

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 Post subject: Re: P Bass Custom Checkerboard Body (5 hours of "Duck" Tape?
PostPosted: March 5th, 2014, 11:27 am 
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One of the dumbest things I've ever seen.
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 Post subject: Re: P Bass Custom Checkerboard Body (5 hours of "Duck" Tape?
PostPosted: March 5th, 2014, 3:38 pm 
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 Post subject: Re: P Bass Custom Checkerboard Body (5 hours of "Duck" Tape?
PostPosted: March 5th, 2014, 4:51 pm 
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I've got no problem with the item itself or the price, but I really despair of modern education when I see such bad writing. And I see it all the time. Am I just getting old? Am I a Northeastern ivory-tower, latte-sipping, son-of-a-Volvo-owner elitist???


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Matt R.
 Post subject: Re: P Bass Custom Checkerboard Body (5 hours of "Duck" Tape?
PostPosted: March 5th, 2014, 5:07 pm 
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Hahaha. Shit, man. :lol:

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 Post subject: Re: P Bass Custom Checkerboard Body (5 hours of "Duck" Tape?
PostPosted: March 5th, 2014, 5:14 pm 
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I just added the Volvo bit because I realized that my dad does actually own one.
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 Post subject: Re: P Bass Custom Checkerboard Body (5 hours of "Duck" Tape?
PostPosted: March 6th, 2014, 12:09 am 
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5... hours... of... duct... tape...


The Volvo thing only counts if there's a roof rack that never actually gets used.
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Brett Zeppelin
 Post subject: Re: P Bass Custom Checkerboard Body (5 hours of "Duck" Tape?
PostPosted: March 6th, 2014, 1:17 am 
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Yeah, but it has "Duck Tape brand duct tape" and surely that adds a little value. That, and not really knowing what kind of body it is.

The saddest thing about this is that probably did take a ton of time, and it probably was not easy at all. I can think of about a million better ways I could spend five hours.

To each his own. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
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screambasses
 Post subject: Re: P Bass Custom Checkerboard Body (5 hours of "Duck" Tape?
PostPosted: March 6th, 2014, 6:22 am 
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This bass is perfect for Ska...

Seriously, I like weird basses - this is the bass that I play every day.
I hand-painted it and it took me two WEEKS to paint...

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bigevilrobot
 Post subject: Re: P Bass Custom Checkerboard Body (5 hours of "Duck" Tape?
PostPosted: March 6th, 2014, 2:46 pm 
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I'm pretty sure that's different.

What you have there, that took time and skill. It also happens to look completely awesome.

5 hours of putting duct tape on a bass, that just took time
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markcv
 Post subject: Re: P Bass Custom Checkerboard Body (5 hours of "Duck" Tape?
PostPosted: March 6th, 2014, 4:09 pm 
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5 hours... time well... spent.
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