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11-08-2009, 11:09 AM
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Hey guys, I just finished redoing my alltime first bass, one of those blue squier affinity p-basses from 2000. The neck played good and the frets were in great shape, so i just refinished the thing, put on a new pickguard, all balck hardware and a set of Duncan spb-1:s on there. Mahogany finish on the body and headstock.
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11-08-2009, 11:10 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Eastern Wisconsin | | | That's a good looking bass. I LOVE non-glossy natural finishes. And the black hardware is nice. I dig this a lot.
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11-08-2009, 11:12 AM
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11-08-2009, 11:12 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Turku, Finland | | Quote:
Originally Posted by M0ses  That's a good looking bass. I LOVE non-glossy natural finishes. And the black hardware is nice. I dig this a lot. | Thanks!
I also really dig non-glossy natural finishes. Looks like the headstock is lighter in the first picture, in reality it is the same color/darkness as the rest of the bass. Was originally planning a black pg, but might have turned out too dark, I'm really digging the white-black-mahogany -thing. |
11-08-2009, 02:13 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Malta (Europe) and Britain | | | That really looks the dog's parts - understated and stylish. Looks like a rubbed oil finish? |
11-08-2009, 02:59 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Turku, Finland | | Quote:
Originally Posted by draftsmann That really looks the dog's parts - understated and stylish. Looks like a rubbed oil finish? | It's actually a see-thru woodwax, used for wooden toys, furniture etc. Supposed to take punishmet pretty well and will wear off in a stylish "old furniture" sort of way. |
11-08-2009, 03:04 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Delta BC Canada | | | to my eye that things begging for a brown tort pickguard haha just my opinion looks great meng!!!!
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11-08-2009, 03:08 PM
| | | | it looks freaking awesome good job!
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11-09-2009, 03:22 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Turku, Finland | | http://lilja.asteriski.fi/~isorokko/squju2.mp3
A short soundsample with tone on full and tone at 0. So far I'm feeling confident that it'll work really well with the band. |
11-09-2009, 09:45 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Eastern Wisconsin | | | Hey, can you give us some more info on the finish job you did? I have this exact bass (Squire P) and the ONLY thing that's not perfect about it is that it is black. My least favorite bass color. Yours is my favorite. I'd like to do this to mine. I'm a finish n00b, so if you could go into some detail I would be incredibly grateful.
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11-09-2009, 11:33 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Turku, Finland | | | i'll do a quick rundown on the process at the end of the week. Typing this on my mobile, headed out of town until friday. |
11-09-2009, 11:43 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Palm Harbor, Florida | | god that thing looks great! Nice clip too, love me some Daft Punk. 
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11-19-2009, 02:36 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Turku, Finland | | Ok guys, I ended up putting a black pg on this one. Looks better to my eyes anyways.   |
11-19-2009, 02:39 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Palm Harbor, Florida | | cool, tbh though I liked the white better. But she's your's not mine, so enjoy!
edit: actually the nice thing is now you have options, like different outfits for different occasions.
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11-19-2009, 02:40 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Illinois | | | +1 for the white pickguard. A little contrast looks good on a bass like this.
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11-19-2009, 09:41 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: San Antonio, Texas | | This is amazing!
I too own a 2000 Squire Affinity P, and it too was my first (and is still my only) bass. I was thinking of ways to possibly revive it, and something ALOT like this came to mind.
could you go into more detail about what you did, and the costs and what have you? |
11-20-2009, 01:33 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Perth, Western Australia | | | I for one dig that black pickguard, Reminds me of the old 70's Pbasses that were walnut coloured, Sounds awesome too man
Nice job |
11-20-2009, 03:54 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2009 Location: Cambridge, UK | | I think thats a pretty sweet lookin' bass you've got there!
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11-20-2009, 09:39 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Northampton, MA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by isorokko Ok guys, I ended up putting a black pg on this one. Looks better to my eyes anyways. | Love the black pickguard.
Would really like the hear details on how you stripped the body. Poly is tough to remove when you're just planning to repaint, but you managed to strip it well enough for a natural finish.
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11-20-2009, 09:43 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Maryville, TN | | | Amazing job you have done to this bass.
I think it is begging for some DR Black Beauties.
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