A bass only a mother could love.

[Dark Horse]

I guess a father could too....since I'm the dad !

*Fender Highway One neck and tuners
*B Hefner alder body
* Tonerider (I think) pickup
*CTS pots
*Switchcraft jack
*aged shellac finish
*GHS Roundcore Boomers


Yep.

I know how much you guys (and gals) like relics. That's ok, I like them, and that's what matters.

Some pics....

 

[lethal dose]

I'd rock it.

 

[Bass Viking]

Cool! It's ready for battle!

 

[Five String]

That is really cool!

 

[Reedt2000]

I'd take the covers off but otherwise I like it. It's rough but not too rough.

 

[FugaziBomb]

Looks great. I wish pick-up covers didn't get in my way, they look great.

 

[JGbassman]

You are getting really good at the process my friend. Unlike most, I see this as an art more, and a very difficult one at that. I've been dabbling in it myself, and I'm the first to understand/appreciate what it takes to get a relic job to look realistic. Well done sir.

 

[Arthur U. Poon]

Nice!!!

 

[Dark Horse]

You are getting really good at the process my friend. Unlike most, I see this as an art more, and a very difficult one at that. I've been dabbling in it myself, and I'm the first to understand/appreciate what it takes to get a relic job to look realistic. Well done sir.

Thank you so much for the kind words! I'm glad you dig it, and it's very cool that you have an appreciation for what goes into making a new instrument look old. To me, the art of a relic instrument is not in making it look beat up, but making it look as if it is in authentically used instrument. Beat up is easy, used for decades is not.

 

[ThePresident777]

Nice grain. I'd pop that.

 

[two fingers]

I would pop the covers off and play the crap outa that.

 

[AztecViking]

I like it better than I like the look of MOST precisions.

 

[Ghastly]

You kidding? That baby is beautiful! The covers really make this one pop. And I aint no mama...

 

[Ghastly]

I would pop the covers off and play the crap outa that.

Nooooo!...

 

[hopwheels]

I really dig the look if this! Nice job!

 

[Aidenn7]

cool bass.. I know you used parts to make it. but have you ever put a Jazz bridge cover on a p bass? I wonder how that's look.. lol

 

[Aidenn7]

that and Charcoal in the grain.

 

[petrus61]

Love it. I'm usually not big on the control plate P setup, but I think you've changed my mind. Too bad my Fender has an unholy route that wouldn't allow it

 

[InnerBass]

Wow !

Very Cool

First thing that popped into my mind was a butcher block look.

Unique and funky

That's about as good as it gets

 

[JimmyM]

Nice grain for an alder body. Usually they're kind of meh.