I present, the custom Hello Kitty bass

[sb69coupe]

I bought a used Squier Bronco bass in the Hello Kitty "Badtz Maru" edition. It looked like this originally

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The guitarist in my band plays a Hello Kitty Strat for some drop-D stuff we do in our third set.

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So I decided to refinish the Bronco bass to be a little more "loud". I chose 2000 Corvette yellow and painted the body and headstock. Then added some black Hipshot tuners to handle the strings for the BEAD tuning. Here's the finished product.

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[MooseLumps]

Dude...

 

[ghoulbug]

So he's the pickguard and not part of the finish, huh? Bet that made things a bit easier to do haha.

Looks awesome, btw. Goes with the Hello Kitty a lot better than stealth black.

 

[DaveDeVille]

too kewl ....

 

[MichaelScott]

I love it. Great job! The yellow is much better then the black.

 

[Spinal Tapper]

Looks great! Did u strip the old finish or just paint over it?

 

[BobWestbrook]

How long was your guitar player institutionalized?

It takes a brave man to play a Hello Kitty bass.

 

[Darkstrike]

Very cool bass!

 

[sb69coupe]

It is the pickguard, but there is also a logo under the finish on the back. I masked around it and left it visible.

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[sb69coupe]

How long was your guitar player institutionalized?

It takes a brave man to play a Hello Kitty bass.

Dude, I'm 42 years old. I ain't worried about what people think of me. If my 44 year old guitarist will play a pink Hello Kitty strat while wearing a Gene Simmons t-shirt, the least I can do is sport a coordinating bass. The singer even bought a Hello Kitty shirt and surprised us with it for the 3rd set last Friday night.

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[ghoulbug]

It is the pickguard, but there is also a logo under the finish on the back. I masked around it and left it visible.

oooh that's a nice, clean job. Great work!
Your singer looks awesome, btw. It's good to see some people aren't so uptight about being superficially "professional" or "hip."

 

[ghostjs]

dude. all i have to say is... is the B string floppy?

 

[jumbosilverette]

Nice job. How's that single coil sound? I bet it's as good as a lot of the recent Squier stuff.

 

[Relayer71]

Looks great now!

Nice color combo, always hated that black character on Black background, it pops now.

 

[Dega]

That is one awesome bass, and a cool matching strap to boot. Damn!

 

[Boostedrex]

Sweet!! Cool that you are man enough to not sweat it. Cool bass and very pretty singer you have there sir!

 

[standupright]

Dude, I'm 42 years old. I ain't worried about what people think of me. If my 44 year old guitarist will play a pink Hello Kitty strat while wearing a Gene Simmons t-shirt, the least I can do is sport a coordinating bass. The singer even bought a Hello Kitty shirt and surprised us with it for the 3rd set last Friday night.

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hot

 

[jarrhead]

Dude, that's not hello Kitty. That's a chicken you have there!

 

[sb69coupe]

jarrhead, it's Badtz Maru, the troublemaker penguin from Hello Kitty. Get with the program.

 

[FL Knifemaker]

Nicely done!!