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11-29-2012, 05:21 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Baltimore, MD | | | Squier Precision Restoration
Thought I'd post a couple pics and progress on a Squier Precision I picked up today. It's a 2000 Affinity series, got it off craigslist for $40. Not going to put a bunch of money into, just using parts I have sitting around. The neck looks nice, so I'll be reusing that too.
Here's what it looked like when I got it, somebody had fun with stickers and a sharpie...    
Wish me luck! |
11-29-2012, 05:22 PM
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11-30-2012, 05:42 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Baltimore, MD | | I've been trying to figure out what I want to do with her, but I think I'll be looking at a finished product similar to this...  |
11-30-2012, 05:49 AM
|  | my boy Maxie!! | | Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bel Air, MD | | | Looking forward to seeing what you do! been doing some (minor) restorations- myself...
BTW: I'm close to you- Harford Co. (not that that means anything)!!
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11-30-2012, 05:56 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Chester, Pa.,USA | | | Interesting how the guy used his Sharpie to obscure the Squier logo.
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11-30-2012, 07:00 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Pittsburgh, PA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by HillBillyWannaB  I've been trying to figure out what I want to do with her, but I think I'll be looking at a finished product similar to this... | That right there is the stuff dreams are made of. Good luck to you and that lucky bass. I hope when its reborn its everything you want it to be.
My biggest concern is how sealed is that headstock? If its a matte finish that sharpie may have bled pretty deep into that woodand sanding may be futile since sharpies bleed deep like crazy. You may have to do a matching headstock deal there with the paint. I would truly start there first if thats a dealbreaker |
11-30-2012, 07:02 AM
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Originally Posted by your idol That right there is the stuff dreams are made of. Good luck to you and that lucky bass. I hope when its reborn its everything you want it to be.
My biggest concern is how sealed is that headstock? If its a matte finish that sharpie may have bled pretty deep into that woodand sanding may be futile since sharpies bleed deep like crazy. You may have to do a matching headstock deal there with the paint. I would truly start there first if thats a dealbreaker | Yeah, I had that concern too, I'm going to start sanding today and see where we're at. Have another MM jazz neck I can use, but I'd like to keep the original parts |
11-30-2012, 07:22 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Milan, Italy | | | Like Mick Jagger once sung: "paint it black"
If you keep it blue as it is (it's a genuine alder body after all...) instead of sandin' it, blackpaint headstock with same black marker, gloss it, then add a single bridge pickup, wire'em volume/volume (no tone control) and you'll get your very own Fender Jazz special!
Just my €. 0,02
Cheers,
Wallace
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11-30-2012, 07:27 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mount Vernon, Illinois | | | Everything do-able easily except the headstock. Yeah, unfortunately Sharpies DO have staying power when soaked in.
But try denatured alcohol to remove the Sharpie FIRST. That stuff is like Kryptonite to Sharpie marks.
Otherwise, you'll probably have to go with a dark-painted headstock. |
11-30-2012, 07:40 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Pensacola FL | | | Another headstock option (if the sharpie sunk in) is to apply a nice veneer? |
11-30-2012, 08:01 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Baltimore, MD | | Just sanded headstock and it came right off with about 10 swipes of 120 grit sandpaper....whew! I'll post up some neck pics after I oil the fretboard later today.  |
11-30-2012, 01:01 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Chester, Pa.,USA | | | Is the Squier logo still intact?
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11-30-2012, 01:31 PM
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Originally Posted by C.Linton Is the Squier logo still intact? | Probably not after 120 grit. |
11-30-2012, 02:28 PM
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Originally Posted by HillBillyWannaB Just sanded headstock and it came right off with about 10 swipes of 120 grit sandpaper....whew! I'll post up some neck pics after I oil the fretboard later today. | Cripes... you sanded the headstock off!!??
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11-30-2012, 02:40 PM
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Originally Posted by your idol
My biggest concern is how sealed is that headstock? If its a matte finish that sharpie may have bled pretty deep into that woodand sanding may be futile since sharpies bleed deep like crazy. You may have to do a matching headstock deal there with the paint. I would truly start there first if thats a dealbreaker
| Easy. Paint it black, add a custom decal with your own name on it.
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11-30-2012, 05:17 PM
| | my boy Maxie!! | | Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bel Air, MD | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by bh2
Cripes... you sanded the headstock off!!??
| ... maybe you can make it a Steinberger copy?
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11-30-2012, 08:20 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Baltimore, MD | | | Haha,didn't take that much off, looks really nice actually, but yes the Squier logo is gone. Took some bore oil to the fretboard and it looks brand new. |
11-30-2012, 09:11 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Modesto, CA | | Happy to see you rescue a Squier from the silly kiddies out there. Looking forward to your progress. 
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11-30-2012, 09:38 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Pittsburgh, PA | | | Glad that sharpie came off. I did forget denatured alcohol before. Its actually the ingredient in a sharpie that keeps the pigment wet and as it evaporates away the pigment dries... Reintroducing denatured alcohol in excess of the original ratio destroys the pigment.
Hakunamatata... You got it off amd thats all that matters. Cant wait to see what your finished product is. |
12-01-2012, 11:21 AM
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Originally Posted by C.Linton Interesting how the guy used his Sharpie to obscure the Squier logo. | No doubt he HAD to because everybody knows that your band mates will consider you some noob hack if you show up with a Squire bass.
On the other hand covering instruments with ratty-looking stickers really makes the band look pro... Didn't we have a thread on that a while back? | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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