Chrome plated bass bodies?

[lowendgenerator]

Anyone ever have a bass body chrome plated? I want to chrome plate my jazz bass, ala Joe Satriani's Ibanez.

 

[whatiswhat]

That's an interesting idea, but do you think lights reflecting off of your bass may get VERY bright and inconvenient?

 

[yellofury]

warwick chrome tone?

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[whatiswhat]

VERY silver surfer

 

[johnk_10]

rather than have it chrome-plated (which is for metal) you could always paint it with mirra chrome:

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[Rip Topaz]

Plus, it would be like shielding your bass from the outside!!!

 

[mongo2]

warwick chrome tone?

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Somebody has to say it...

The best bass for metal.

 

[Bass-Adrenaline]

Ive found a few places online that do it but its expensive.

 

[lowendgenerator]

Yeah, I know it's gonna be a costly move, but when was the last time anyone saw a chrome jazz? I wonder how much weight that would add to an already heavy bass? Definitely gonna look into the option a little further once money comes back around.

 

[5string5fingers]

Somebody has to say it...

The best bass for metal.

BLAST you beat me to it!

 

[Doctor J]

Sam Rivers and Rob Trujillo have chromed Warwicks. Check the Luthier forum too, there was a chrome RIM custom build thread in there a couple of months ago.

Edit -> http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=495859

 

[Doctor J]

warwick chrome tone?

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The brass frets really don't work with all that chrome.

 

[skwee]

Is everyone blinded when the lights come on? Or does it diffuse?

 

[Thunderitter]

...and another one from Germany:

 

[Jazzdogg]

http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=495859&page=3

 

[lowendgenerator]

SEXAY!!! Thanks for the links guys, really fuels my GAS!

 

[SanDiegoHarry]

Yow... I used to have a mirrored pick guard on a p-bass that was fun, but used to blast the audience when I'd get a spotlight on me... And played hell on TV cameras... So a whole bass that was, essentially, a mirror... That'd be something...

 

[lowendgenerator]

Yow... I used to have a mirrored pick guard on a p-bass that was fun, but used to blast the audience when I'd get a spotlight on me... And played hell on TV cameras... So a whole bass that was, essentially, a mirror... That'd be something...

I'm thinking that on something a lil more curvy like a jazz bass, the light won't be so focused. An actual metal fnish would probably be less reflective than a mirror finish.

 

[Spleenface92]

That's an interesting idea, but do you think lights reflecting off of your bass may get VERY bright and inconvenient?

Clearly you've never played the "Blind the audience" game...I have a fender jaguar, and it's fun to do that. One time I got the reflection right on someone's videocamera. I saw it out of the corner of my eye and tried not to laugh.

 

[ThudThudThud]

Chrome? Is that the best metal for bass?