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Look Familiar??? Your thoughts???

#23
I think making it active will make it a real killer.
I always see Precision and Jazz bodies on ebay for sale. So, which one should I buy if I want to be different...a black one, a white one, a red one? Then find a neck, some classic pickups, a new pickguard, and some nice shiny hardware?
No thanks.
I'm bidding on this MIM body...$25!
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#24
OK a couple of you guys mentioned the black hardware. All I can say is I'm a sucker for black "Black is the new black".
I find myself torn between making it a complete period peace by relicing the hardware and leaving it with the black hardware which I like even more now that it's on there........Quote.

M.H.D. (me hit drum)...It IS your bass after all,,you do what best suites you. Everybody may have a different opinion but go with your gut and you will be happy with it. If you like the black..keep it.
 
#26
I like it, very artfully done, there's some very careful sanding going on there. I don't look at this as a relic type finish,
more art to me. That's why I like the black hardware on tort, it kind of sets it off.
 
#28
When you complete this, can you make me a second?

I'm not normally a relic instrument fan (furniture, sure) but this is nice. I really dig the hardware choices, the contrast of new and old speaks well to your effort. I'm a fan of "out of place" art, so active Aguilar electronics is certainly the icing on the cake - especially since their philosophy fits the whole new "old" thinking. A PJ is a great choice too.
 
#30
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Bought this in 1977 (new) for $450 with case - Super glued hairline crack in headstock then wrapped it in electrical tape - Fixed (you can see the results of the electrical tape on the headstock. I electrical taped the body for "balance".) My profile pick of this bass shows the pg after I cut it in pieces for easier access to the cavity for the seymour duncans that were once installed... I also replced the original bridge with a Badass Bridge. Now it has the Original Fender pups and bridge and, as you can see, a new pg.

It's a relic for sure! However, I installed the Aguilar OBP-2 Preamp in it (as you can see the stacked black knob is for bass and treble. The bottom silver knob is the mid and the other is volume). This bass sounds incredible! You should not hesitate in installing the Aguilar pre amp, dude. I'm proud of this bass. It has gone through hell and back as well as overseas (it flew first class while I was in coach!).

btw - that 70's poly coat does EVENTUALLY wear off!
 
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#31
Merry Christmas everyone!!!
I like the hash marks on that bass.

I do like restoring furniture, usually with my wife. This project was done with a drummer friend.
We took it down to bare wood.
White primer
Red undercoat
Antique White top coat
Lacquer sealer

The "art of relicing" was wat took the most time. We logged 27hrs over six weeks for this project. Now I'm looking for my next project. But first some eggnog coffee.
 
#33
Let me get this straight.., it's a 'mock-up' (study, version, reference) of a FCS distressed finish and the decal on the back of the hs is not a real FCS? I'm guessing this is the case because I doubt you would have done this (no implied value judgement) to an actual FCS bass. So if that assumption is right, you wanted it to appear to be a FCS relic/distressed bass - is that correct? Your distress job isn't bad, it has strengths and weaknesses but for a fist attempt it's on the right road (worn that is).

I have a concurrent thread that I'd like you to post on - it fits right in http://www.talkbass.com/threads/show-your-distressed-finishes.1028292/page-30


But with all due respect, I'm just a bit baffled why you would stick a FCS decal on the back of the hs. They are doing what you are doing, which is artificially distressing a bass. (not a FCS distressed bass) Is it what makes it ok - like I'm doing a FCS copy of a copy of a distressed bass which has worth as an implied artisan endeavor?!? I'm not saying it's not your right, and in no ways am I assuming it will ever be sold under that decal - but if that's what you're doing it strikes me as funny. A copy of a copy, when the intent for both is exactly the same. Please straighten me out here!
 
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#36
odin70 said:
I cant say i like the look of poly relics. Doesnt look right. It would take two hundred years of playing to make a poly bass look like that.
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:laugh: that's funny too - because it alludes to thin nitro era Fenders that end up being the poster children of the concept of a 'distressed/relic/road-worn' instrument. Actually I've seen some pretty crazy natural (weather/heat/neglect) relic Fenders & other poly-coated instruments from the 70's/80's and they have their own characteristics due to the thick poly finishes. Paint curls up and off in thick potato chip-like segments along a network of hair-line finish cracks. Somewhat like a crackle finish.
 
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#40
I think it is a Fender with the neck adjustment in the right place. Why doesn't Fender put all truss rod adjustments at the headstock, anyway? I really like my P, but you have to remove the neck to adjust the truss rod. So, I don't adjust it. It's a P so it doesn't matter that much, but still, what's the deal, Fender? Otherwise, that bass looks like a player's player. I like it, and I don't even like white instruments or tort guards very much.
 

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