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and it starts...modding the Squier 60's CV P

#121
So this is what hapens when you have a Sunday off and your Super Bowl Champion Steelers decided to not get invited to the playoffs...carnage ensues

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the de glossing of the body starts today..it will be a while before shes back together.
 
#123
i did the initial scuff and got her nice and dull with a red scotch brite. ill do a grey scotch brite in a couple of days to make the scuffing finer then onto a fine steel wool and finally ill use a billion grit sand paper and wet sand final finish for scuff. that sonic blue looks AMAZING with a duller more powdery finish. im going to take some rubbing compound to where the hand hangs and the arm rests to bring a little shine/gloss back to those "high rub" areas. the sanding is gonna be jusssst enough to bring a whiter hue to those rube areas and the gut cutaway on the back.. just tastefully distressed not beltsander bullied.

its already looking killer but the details are whats really gonna pull this thing together 100 percent..by mid february i will be rocking a squire CV that will look and feel like a 70's Fender that sat in yor uncle buds closet for 40 years
 
#126
im dying to get it done but asap so bad but i know if i want to make it the bass that when you hear it , see it and play it all you can say is WOW im gonna have to take my time and not half step anything.

im making it perfect for me so it becomes MY bass but im striving for perfection to hopefully show everyone that you can make it your own masterpiece if you just get a game plan and dont sacrafice anything but time and money :D
 
#129
EagleMoon said:
Question: Why are you dulling the finish all over? True vintage basses don't have a dull finish except where they're worn.
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ill restore the shine to the correct places with rubbing compound and buffing but they will still have that "this bass is used" look. if you just rub wear spots on a fresh finish it looks like just that. its a little too much shine. plus the older basses while still shiny oxidize to some extent still leaving a pretty consistant haze.playing overwears some spots naturally, time creates the same wear all over naturally.

light still shines off the bass it just dosent glare off of it and thats the perfect finish.

dullled finish:
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original finish:
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1971 P bass- My Inspiration!
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that powdery dulled look is much closer to this 71 than the new finish hands down and it already feels much smoother and velvety .
 
#131
The bass is looking great and it's a top idea. I wish Squier would just make the model with a maple neck option.

Out of interest, what are you going to do with the headstock? Will you leave it bare or get a Squier decal? I think that a beautiful bass that looks to all the world like it been around for 40 years but then says Squier on the headstock will look fantastic and unique, also well in keeping with the Classic Vibe image (which I really love).

It might also be cool to stick a small decal of a recumbent pin-up girl on the headstock to match the one of the body.
 
#132
Looking good Idol, I can imagine it will play like butter when you are done, I myself like glossy necks more, but those little differences makes us more unique I guess. :D

I am glad you are taking your time on your mods, it's better to make everything perfect then rushing it.

bh2 said:
Nice Rama... any more mods?
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Thank you bh2 (sorry for the lousy quality, I was so pumped when they where on).
Well I am still waiting till my pickups and pots arrive. (Living in The Netherlands is though for people with ''GAS''
Original parts on my bass will be the body, neck and bridge. :P
 
#133
Alfie said:
The bass is looking great and it's a top idea. I wish Squier would just make the model with a maple neck option.

Out of interest, what are you going to do with the headstock? Will you leave it bare or get a Squier decal?
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not quite sure..i guess it all depends on if i buy a used neck or new..if the right loaded used one comes around as long as its maple and has a vintage tint ill keep whatever the headstock says..if i have to refin i may do custom logo.
 
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#136
brother Rama, when you swapped the tuners did you use the same bushings that came on it or did you pop the ones that came with it out of the holes..if you popped em out and used the ones with the vintages how in the hell did you get them out?mine have a powdery epoxy inside and there in there tight as tight can be
 
#137
your idol said:
brother Rama, when you swapped the tuners did you use the same bushings that came on it or did you pop the ones that came with it out of the holes..if you popped em out and used the ones with the vintages how in the hell did you get them out?mine have a powdery epoxy inside and there in there tight as tight can be
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I'm not Rama, but, I usually press a screwdriver up to the back of them, working from behind the headstock, and a few *very* light taps with a hammer, then move to the other side from where I started, and a few more taps, they'll pop out soon enough.
 

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