How to accelerate the speed to age my bass - Page 3

**mjac28** · #41 02-12-2013, 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by lfmn16

If you want to relic your bass have it done by someone that knows what they are doing otherwise it will just look bad. There are several people that get good feedback on Talkbass,

Ben Lindsey did a great Jazz for me .

I love this look and thanks for the advice he wants to relic his bass
so let him.

VanillaThundah · #42 02-12-2013, 11:15 AM

How about sandpaper and cheese graters?

To each their own, but I still don't get the worn in "look"...the feel I understand, because you want something that plays smooth and has settled in. It's your bass, you have the right to do what you want to do with it.

D.A.R.K. · #43 02-12-2013, 11:18 AM

I need to make a sandpaper suit jacket for the relic nuts out there...

smcd · #44 02-12-2013, 11:24 AM

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Originally Posted by esa372

It is not the look, but the artifice, that is distasteful.

+1

smcd · #45 02-12-2013, 11:31 AM

I remember reading an article a few years ago. The subject of the article was well off, urban men in Texas that were spending a lot of money to look like working cowboys. There was one guy that bought a cowboy hat and sprayed WD40 around the headband to make it look like he worked and sweated in that hat. This guy couldn't understand why real cowboy types looked down on him.

Pilgrim · #46 02-12-2013, 11:31 AM

Relicing tools:

Rodger Bryan · #47 02-12-2013, 11:37 AM

Play it!!!!

I'm not a fan of shiny chrome and ultra glossy finishes- it reminds me of the mid-1900's automotive industry. What's less appealing to me is a butchered bass.
Do what you like, but please proceed with caution on your bass.

In the violin playing universe, many top-tier soloists, chamber and orchestral musicians will not consider purchasing an instrument if the finish appears to be untouched and pristine (many, not all). Contemporary violin makers who build for these artists are asked to antique them. It is more common than you may think. Some makers don't do this or don't like to, but that's a part of the art in the business. When my wife brought a newer Italian violin into a lesson for her teacher to evaluate, her teacher saw the shiny, bright finish and said "I know it may seem silly, but I can't take this one seriously.."

**gard0300** · #48 02-12-2013, 11:37 AM

Take it to a furniture refinisher.

Rodger Bryan · #49 02-12-2013, 11:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Pilgrim

Relicing tools:

!!!!

worthy of a re-post

TheEmptyCell · #50 02-12-2013, 11:38 AM

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Originally Posted by xUptheIronsx

bingo...

I never got the whole "false vintage" thing. For me, the wear and tear has to have some sort of story behind it that comes from fate, not the factory

Here we are talking about relicing basses on the Internet, and someone's gotta come and start talking about stuff like fate? Absurd.

To the OP, buy a nitro finished bass and don't even attempt to relic a modern poly finish.

4001 · #51 02-12-2013, 11:49 AM

I'm waiting for the 2014 Chevy Road Worn Series complete with dents, scratches, rust, cracked windshields, loose bolts, bald tires and oil leaks.
List prices starting at $25,000.

At least the chances of someone stealing that car will be slim.

FedericoC.uy · #52 02-12-2013, 11:52 AM

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Originally Posted by gmanbass

But seriously guys, have you ever dumped a chick because her boobs were not real ??????

gmanbass take this thread to your house, you own it

JACink · #53 02-12-2013, 01:40 PM

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Originally Posted by fuzzychaos

Also, this. I've never seen s subject get so many unhelpful replies. If you don't like relic'ing, then move along.

Except maybe the "Fender logo on Squier" threads!

dmusic148 · #54 02-12-2013, 01:47 PM

Somehow it just doesn't really work for other things:

fuzzychaos · #55 02-12-2013, 02:00 PM

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Originally Posted by dmusic148

Somehow it just doesn't really work for other things:

might be okay for these guys...Junky Car Club

bassgod76 · #56 02-12-2013, 02:03 PM

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Originally Posted by bassteban

Lend it to a *friend*

FOR THE WIN ^

JACink · #57 02-12-2013, 03:14 PM

I'm pretty sure that most have you have seen this, but in answer to the OP...

Spleenface92 · #58 02-12-2013, 03:19 PM

I've relic'd a guitar before...not very well, but it's since accumulated some legitimate wear. (Of course, it was mildly relic'd when new, so I didn't feel bad for beating the crap out of it)
When "new" (I got it used, but this is how they came from the factory)

Now:

I think it all depends on the instrument. I mean, if it's honest wear you're after, just play the crap out of it. If it's the relic finish you want, study legitimately worn finishes, play it while sweaty and leave the sweat on it, use sandpaper, and if all else, Testors Dullcote is a wonderful product.

mellowgerman · #59 02-12-2013, 06:00 PM

I went through a semi-pyro phase when I would light the finish of certain lower-value instruments on fire... looked pretty cool... pretty punk raawwk. Here's a buddy's guitar who was recently inspired to take that approach after seeing my old Fernandes Vertigo

SolarMan · #60 02-12-2013, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by dmusic148

Somehow it just doesn't really work for other things:

That thing looks awesome!

Look, if you could buy that car new - and it is mechanically sound, passes federal safety standards, and is under warranty, etc...and the look was just that - a look - I would buy one.

I would rock that car and look badass doing it! I could park within inches of other cars and not care! I could leave it unlocked on city streets and nobody would f with it! It would scare the crap out of slowpokes on the highway and get them to pull the f out of my way!

It has definate advantages.