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Bass mod regrets
- Thread starter CalgAaron
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wow that flake J is gorgeous!
refinished a squire body, sanded right down to the wood..it was actually lighter, and i applied many coats of paint/clearcoat to it....Not a regret, but more like an unexpected result.
refinished a squire body, sanded right down to the wood..it was actually lighter, and i applied many coats of paint/clearcoat to it....Not a regret, but more like an unexpected result.
I’ll bet there are a lot of players would like that and be willing to fork out big bucks for that “‘Custom” finish.
Now that you mention it… I did unfortunately have a bass modded at one point. Totally forgot about it! Wow.
I had a nice Schecter Stiletto converted into a fretless when I was younger and discovered who Jaco was. That bass was not meant to be fretless at all. Think modern EMG hard rock and metal type basses. I had grown out of the thrash metal scene I bought it for and was looking for a way to breathe life into it instead of selling it. Ended up at a Guitar Center somewhere, who overpaid for it, when I couldn’t offload privately.
Being a teenager and making snap judgment, irrational decisions - ha.
I had a nice Schecter Stiletto converted into a fretless when I was younger and discovered who Jaco was. That bass was not meant to be fretless at all. Think modern EMG hard rock and metal type basses. I had grown out of the thrash metal scene I bought it for and was looking for a way to breathe life into it instead of selling it. Ended up at a Guitar Center somewhere, who overpaid for it, when I couldn’t offload privately.
Being a teenager and making snap judgment, irrational decisions - ha.
I had a Washburn force 40 bass I bought new way back when. The electronics failed so o put Delano pj pickups in it but I can't soldier. I never could get the new electronics to work right so I gave it away.
It a little rash on the back the through neck was perfect and the bass had great tone and played easily. I still kick myself.
It a little rash on the back the through neck was perfect and the bass had great tone and played easily. I still kick myself.
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No regrets but that hasn’t stopped me from re modding past mods.
In my early playing days I had the frets pulled out of a really nice warwick corvette. The luthier tried to warn me that converting a wenge board was not a good idea, but I insisted. He did the best he could be the line inlays and rough fingerboard surface was just a disaster. I sold it for about half of what I had paid for it.
That’s a lot better than white IMO.
I have a Schecter P bass that I loved the looks of, but hated the EMG sound. I gutted it and threw in new pickups and preamp, and now I love it.
No, I try to be real careful and conservative with my modding decisions
No regrets. But I’ve never done an irreversible mod either. Probably because whatever I buy is at least 95% of how I want it already. I’ll do franken-builds, restorations, or repairs. But I’m not that into buying things purely with the intent to mod them. Cool hobby if that’s your thing however. 
Did he put a pile of filler on it? Did he swap bodies?
That's a LOT of dry paint film... I'm conscious of the weight of paint from my forays into radio control and general aviation aircraft. I'd worry that paint that thick would crack or chip easily.
That photo was when I'd swapped necks with the 71 fretless conversion. Here's a proper pic of its current configuration along with the '71:Not immediately. I got this in the early 80's, don't remember the original finish color(s) or condition, had it refinished in tobacco sunburst and had EMG's installed. Don't remember if I kept the original pups, but I don't know where they are.
It's a '64, by the way.
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Looks awesome though buddy
I’m sure someone out there would love to own it. You’ll find the right buyer eventually. Honestly I’ve found the used market, especially where we live has really slowed since Covid times. Lots of ridiculous low ball offers on stuff I’ve posted as well. Best of luck amigo.
Did the same thing on my 78, but I still have the original bridge, so no blood, no foul....
I’ve never felt the need to mod a bass, so I’ve never felt a mod regret.
How about...
Ripping the frets out of a 24 year old Warwick, not realizing how difficult wenge is to work with in terms of chipping and splintering, thinking its a good idea to cover it in epoxy only to have it spill out and set all over the neck and your workbench, end up sanding off all the epoxy just to end up back where you started, and then have a worthless vintage bass that someone would've liked very much if you hadn't done any of this in the first place?
Maybe I should pick up guitar and forget this whole bass thing altogether
Ripping the frets out of a 24 year old Warwick, not realizing how difficult wenge is to work with in terms of chipping and splintering, thinking its a good idea to cover it in epoxy only to have it spill out and set all over the neck and your workbench, end up sanding off all the epoxy just to end up back where you started, and then have a worthless vintage bass that someone would've liked very much if you hadn't done any of this in the first place?
Maybe I should pick up guitar and forget this whole bass thing altogether
