|  | | 
11-06-2011, 10:23 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Norfolk | | | Show your REAL Road-Worn instruments!
Sign in to disble this ad
Nothing against Road-worn models, but doesn't natural, uneven, minimal wear look a lot better than going overboard with a sheet of sandpaper?
It's not a bass, but this is the completely NATURAL wear on my Strat. I would prefer this to a Roadworn model by far... 
Show your relic basses! But only if it was done the real way, not with a bunch of sandpaper 
__________________ Quote:
Originally Posted by capnjim  I don't know, but I would like to see it on Youtube. | Mediocre Bassist Club # 709
|
11-06-2011, 10:29 AM
|  | needs more fuzz | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Dartmouth, Nova Scotia | | My T-40 is in pretty damn good shape for something from 1983, but the neck is looking pretty gnarly: 
Surprisingly, there's only one or two chips on the front and some of the screws are slightly rusted. Other than that, it's looking good. Hell, even the hardware looks relatively new. I'm hoping over the next few years I can get a little forearm wear and maybe some thumb wear.
__________________
check out the profile for gear and clubs. Quote:
Originally Posted by behndy 'm a VERRRRRRRrrrrry excited little knob twiddler. |
Last edited by Josh Pelican : 11-06-2011 at 10:31 AM.
|
11-06-2011, 10:36 AM
|  | Trudging The Happy Road Of Destiny | | Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: The Signpost Up Ahead. | | Best I can do that is all my original road wearing is my '98 Cote Continuum. I'm a 98% pick player, but I guess I dig my thumb in hard when I go finger style. The tung oil finish is fading/wearing so gracefully. Under the pickguard the original color is a way deeper green.  
__________________
Sometimes a zebra is just a zebra.
Clubs: Fender JB 341,EBMM SR 10, Aguilar 132, G&L 466
|
11-06-2011, 11:16 AM
|  | Bottom Feeders Unite!! | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Delray Beach, Florida | | | |
11-06-2011, 11:23 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2008 Location: Down in the middle somewhere. | | The most worn of my basses, none of it was done by me...  |
11-26-2011, 12:00 PM
| | | | I want this thread to keep going, this could be cool!
__________________
Official Crappy Bassist with Expensive Gear Club member #169
|
11-26-2011, 12:26 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: D'Shaw | | Part of the reality of "real" wear is not having a lot of wear: 
__________________
"It's a Crapshoot." The timbre is in the timber. It's a poor craftsman that blames his tools.
|
11-26-2011, 12:44 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Oregon | | | |
11-26-2011, 02:29 PM
| | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by A-Step-Towards Mid 80s ibanez roadstar i got with a nice gig bag and cord at a pawn shop for 85$ , the neck is super broke in and its all way more worn looking in person. Its got dings and dents , the finish looks like its starting to check in areas, the knobs are wearing down to the brass, the gaurd is cracked off and super scratched up- It was just gigged last night and is sitting unpolished in my stand waiting for another show. This is my favorite p bass I have ever owned, i cant own a fender after having this
Its really yellowed
| Is that a stock pup? It looks like a G&L MFD (or whatever it's called)
__________________
Official Crappy Bassist with Expensive Gear Club member #169
|
11-26-2011, 03:52 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Down by the river in Kentucky. | | Another 72 Jazz Bass...  |
11-26-2011, 05:23 PM
| | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Garrett151 Is that a stock pup? It looks like a G&L MFD (or whatever it's called) | the edges on the G&L MFDs are rounded. that pickup looks like a dimarzio.
__________________
G&L Club Member #421
Crappy Bassist with Expensive Gear Club #183
|
11-26-2011, 05:31 PM
| | | Westone Electra X640N 
Tabdog
__________________
Westone Electra Club #8
|
11-26-2011, 05:34 PM
|  | vintage bass nut
John K Custom Basses | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Thousand Oaks, CA | | most of my basses have some wear but it doesn't really show much in photographs, but here's a pic of my '63 telecaster that i bought in 1985:  |
11-26-2011, 05:37 PM
| | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by dedpool1052 the edges on the G&L MFDs are rounded. that pickup looks like a dimarzio. | Ahh good point. But doesn't the dimarzio have black pole pieces?
__________________
Official Crappy Bassist with Expensive Gear Club member #169
|
11-26-2011, 05:58 PM
| | | | I wish my Ibanez SR400 would show some wear. It's 10 years old but aside from the odd dent here and there and a nick in the headstock looks pretty good. People are always shocked when I tell them how old it is. I must be too gentle on my gear. I guess that's not a bad thing.
__________________
facebook.com/auburnhills My old band.
facebook.com/pbdband My current band.
|
11-26-2011, 06:00 PM
|  | Real Basses Have 5 Strings! | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Colorado | | | |
11-26-2011, 06:02 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: SF Bay Area North CA | | | I've seen some pro bass players thrashing their expensive (Tony Franklin P-bass) basses on-stage to get that road-worn look.... Me thinks the real worn-look comes from mistakes and accidents, not self-inflicted wounds. |
11-26-2011, 06:05 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Baltimore, MD | | | |
11-26-2011, 06:15 PM
|  | **** | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: west coast | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Garrett151 Ahh good point. But doesn't the dimarzio have black pole pieces? | Here's a couple of mine from that era, both with stock Dmz's. As I recall the hex pole pieces are a nickel/stainless sort of finish, not black.  
And, as not to derail, here's some RW: 
__________________
It is through creating, not possessing, that live is revealed.
RIP Jimmy
|
11-26-2011, 06:18 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Halifax,N,S. Canada | | 
the fretted rosewood Pbass was immaculate when I got it in the mid 70s , the fretless was used by a friend . it came my way about ten years ago . You can see the different wear patterns 
On the fretted one you can see where I tried to re- touch the paint many years ago ... that re-touch is now getting worn through ....
Last edited by msb : 11-26-2011 at 06:25 PM.
Reason: Mahaind lapse ...
| | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
Posting Rules
| You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off | | | |
