I reliced a bass

**Ric5** · #1 11-22-2012, 11:15 AM

Yes .. I reliced a bass ... Usually I am against that, but in this case it made sense.

Back in 1972 I had a Gibson EB0. I liked the look and feel of the bass but I was not a big fan of the tone. So I got a few Epiphone EB0 bass bodies and I have built 2 frankensteined 5 string SG basses. This one here had a nice new body that had a some deep screatches. Also by relicing this bass it is sort of like I still have the old one I used to have back in 72.

The finish on the Epiphone SG basses is really thick. It really tacks some effort to relic them and get down to the wood.

**Ric5** · #2 11-22-2012, 11:15 AM

More pics here

http://www.3dentourage.com/425/5string-sg-bass2.htm

ric4682 · #3 11-22-2012, 11:18 AM

I like! Very understated. A lot of relics look like someone gave them an acid bath or put the guitar through a wood chipper. Yours is very natural. Definitely a fan!

**awilkie84** · #4 11-22-2012, 11:27 AM

+1 for looks
-1 for mad neck dive!

dtripoli · #5 11-22-2012, 11:30 AM

Excellent, I too am not a "relic" fan, but ya done good here

**Ric5** · #6 11-22-2012, 11:38 AM

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Originally Posted by awilkie84

+1 for looks
-1 for mad neck dive!

Actually with the straplok extender it balances nicely.

**Ric5** · #7 11-22-2012, 11:41 AM

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Originally Posted by dtripoli

Excellent, I too am not a "relic" fan, but ya done good here

Thanks ...

I would not relic a $1500 Fender but I got the Epi body for $20 on ebay, with all of the parts incluede total investment around $300.

mellowinman · #8 11-22-2012, 12:51 PM

I am indifferent towards the relicing, however that is a great machine there!

I would play the heck out of it.

My first bass was exactly like this:

I was a skinny punk kid, and I loaned it to a guy in a band I left, due to being too shy to be lead singer. They decided it was "a piece of crap," because a wire had come off a pot, and so it didn't work very well, and they decided to "go Pete Townshend on it," and all I got back was a piece of the headstock.

I should have killed them, but when I was seventeen, that just wasn't me.

I love the SG style Gibsons, and should probably get another one someday. Before the seventies were over, I gave up bass playing until about three years ago.

I always thought the SB-100 was a shortscale, but it wasn't! It was a long scale. I also had a Rickenbacker fireglo 4001 for a while back then, too.

I wish I still had both of them!

On edit: I realize I had the SB-300, which was, in fact, a shortscale. I knew there was a reason that Rickenbacker seemed so huge to my 17 year old hands!

**Ric5** · #9 11-22-2012, 12:54 PM

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Originally Posted by mellowinman

I love the SG style Gibsons,

Ya .. they have that look ...

basmansam · #10 11-22-2012, 05:10 PM

Nice job!! Did you go with 34" scale? I like the toaster in the neck position too.

wilfred · #11 11-22-2012, 05:26 PM

Whats the long strap button stick thing sticking out of the horn?

basmansam · #12 11-22-2012, 05:36 PM

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Originally Posted by wilfred

Whats the long strap button stick thing sticking out of the horn?

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Originally Posted by Ric5

Actually with the straplok extender it balances nicely.

Straplock extender

Modern Growl · #13 11-22-2012, 05:42 PM

hardware too shiny
need muriatic acid

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoA0O6kSBqk

topo morto · #14 11-22-2012, 06:01 PM

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Originally Posted by basmansam

Straplock extender

Any links to these as an available product?

ntenny · #15 11-22-2012, 06:03 PM

I like it, but the J knobs on a Gibson body look *weird*. Were they just the knobs you had on hand, or was it something you planned to confuse the viewer?

-NT

Metaldood19 · #16 11-22-2012, 06:34 PM

Love it, usually relics come out looking like someone unloaded acetone on the body but this looks beautiful! Nice work!

**superdick2112** · #17 11-22-2012, 06:41 PM

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Originally Posted by topo morto

Any links to these as an available product?

I believe he makes the straplock extenders in his own shop.
I've played quite a few of Jeff's basses, and they sound & play even better than they look.

**Ric5** · #18 11-22-2012, 06:46 PM

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Originally Posted by basmansam

Nice job!! Did you go with 34" scale? I like the toaster in the neck position too.

Yes 34" ... it works better than 30" with a B

That is actually a modified high gain and not a toaster.

**Ric5** · #19 11-22-2012, 06:47 PM

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Originally Posted by topo morto

Any links to these as an available product?

Total DIY from parts from a local hardware store.

**Ric5** · #20 11-22-2012, 06:49 PM

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Originally Posted by ntenny

I like it, but the J knobs on a Gibson body look *weird*. Were they just the knobs you had on hand, or was it something you planned to confuse the viewer?

-NT

They are actually older style Rickenbacker knobs ... they were there in my shop so I used them.