El Presidente of Sanford and Sonny Audio Weapons (Bluebeard Fuzz)
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Maryland
Blue-black cracked p basses
The best P bass I ever played was one of these
W Duncan active EQ dip switches.
Any advice on getting one cheap, was the body wood unique, pickup advice etc etc is helpful.
Relics never even started appearing till the mid-to-late 80's, so that finish was naturally relic'ed most likely. If I were trying to do that, I'd spend a lot of time bouncing the body back and forth between the freezer and the oven
El Presidente of Sanford and Sonny Audio Weapons (Bluebeard Fuzz)
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Maryland
I googled further, it's late 70's the black would turn these colors and crack all to hell.
I'm reading different things about how they had HEAVY wood
due to dipped instead of sprayed sealant.
Wet ash sprayed in thick poly
Strips o mismatched wood.
This is all encouraging because I have some "whatever" slabs that I think I might do some planing, gluing and clamping.
El Presidente of Sanford and Sonny Audio Weapons (Bluebeard Fuzz)
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Maryland
The black finishes would grey and blue
It said the wine reds would suck often as well
Makes me feel good to know something considered a Fender low point actually produced a Pbass I really got into.
The quest never ends....
that is also a common after effect of what my painting instructor called the "thicker is quicker" method of finishing/refinishing.
most finishes suggest applying medium wet coats with proper flash times between coats. this can happen when you lay it on very/too wet and come back with another coat in a minute or two.
