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10-13-2011, 04:10 PM
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So I got this '93 BN4 fom here 1993 FBass F-Bass 4 string – Canada $2000 and the finish wasnt in the best shape so I sent it in to Pat Wilkins Welcome to Pat Wilkins™ Custom Guitars & Finishes for a makeover. The blue was so dark that it was covering all of this crazy maple. So here are the before pics.
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10-13-2011, 04:18 PM
| | Registered User | | | | | Here is what Pat found under all of that dark blue. Being I live so close to the D, he finished it with his Tiger's Eye. Here's a shot with and without clear coat.
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10-13-2011, 04:20 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Seweracuse, NY | | | Errrrrr...
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10-13-2011, 04:22 PM
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Last edited by TolerancEJ : 10-13-2011 at 04:48 PM.
Reason: I can see the pics now! :)
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10-13-2011, 04:29 PM
| | Registered User | | | | | Why would anyone cover up that wood?
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10-13-2011, 04:34 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Ashland, MO | | | I like blue, but this one looks a whole lot better without all of that excess dye!
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10-13-2011, 04:34 PM
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10-13-2011, 04:36 PM
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10-13-2011, 04:40 PM
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10-13-2011, 04:43 PM
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Originally Posted by FunkyMcNasty Does Pat refinish wives? | Ha!
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10-13-2011, 04:43 PM
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10-13-2011, 04:56 PM
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Originally Posted by MVPBASS Here is what Pat found under all of that dark blue. Being I live so close to the D, he finished it with his Tiger's Eye. Here's a shot with and without clear coat. | The D? I'm guessing Detroit? (You don't have your location listed.)
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10-13-2011, 04:59 PM
| | Registered User | | | | | Is there another Tigers that I don't know about?
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10-13-2011, 07:10 PM
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HOW did that bass end up with a finish? Was it ordered that way??? |
10-14-2011, 07:44 AM
| | Registered User | | | | | I have no idea, Pat said it wasnt stained, it was sealed and then sprayed with the blue. so when he stripped it, it was white wood.
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10-14-2011, 07:46 AM
| | Registered User | | | | | I have had 3 basses refinished by Pat, soon to be 4, always turned out better than my expectations. I'll say it again, PAT WILKINS IS THE MAN!
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10-14-2011, 07:50 AM
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10-14-2011, 10:52 AM
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Originally Posted by MVPBASS Is there another Tigers that I don't know about? | You mean besides Clemson, Auburn, LSU, Missouri and Princeton? 
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10-14-2011, 10:56 AM
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10-14-2011, 11:13 AM
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Originally Posted by MVPBASS I have no idea, Pat said it wasnt stained, it was sealed and then sprayed with the blue. so when he stripped it, it was white wood. | Man, I gotta wonder if the factory finish was stripped first, and the blue Pat took off was itself a refin.
I can't imagine George F. putting that nice top wood on it, then covering it up. The man has a fantastic sense of aesthetics, including a sensitivity to the grain of the wood--just check pix of his work. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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