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look what I did to my bass!

BassGirl1122

BassGirl1122

Jun 12, 2008
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I'm movin' on up! Been playin' for a little over a year and now I am "pimping" up my basses! :hyper:This is my Squier jazz..recently I came across a Fender Squier series neck, and changed it out (Fender is the main logo instead of Squier) and then put on a new pick guard on it...what cha think??
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(the burgundy and white one)
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after
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now to get that "Squier series" off...any ideas? Tried acetone..didn't work..perhaps using a low grade sandpaper??? :confused::confused: hey, I am trying to turn her into a Fender! haha!
 
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The marble pickguard definitely suits that colour - very nice.

You'll have to use the spare neck to build your 'perfect' FrankenBass.

I had most bits lying around, so I built this:

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I had the neck, bridge & the Bill Lawrence EB50BP(?) humbucker and strings, so I got a DiMarzio Ultrajazz, a loaded control plate & a pickguard & put them all together. I got the body from an importer who was selling off the unbroken bits of stuff damaged in transit - it's poplar.

The thing is, it plays, and sounds really good!!

Why don't you try it - it's not so hard.
 
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SelenaBassGirl said:
now to get that "Squier series" off...any ideas? Tried acetone..didn't work..perhaps using a low grade sandpaper??? :confused::confused: hey, I am trying to turn her into a Fender! haha!
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Without getting into whether or not to do this, if you do choose to remove the 'Squire' it is going to be hard to get a uniform finish without sanding the whole headstock - i.e. loosing the Fender logo too - especially as I would expect that there is a lacquer finish over the whole headstock.

If you do decide to do it, start with 200 grit to get down thro' the lacquer and past the decal and then go 400, 600, 800 up to at least 1500 (I'd go to 2000+). Then with a can of spray lacquer, having taped off the rest of the headstock, allow for only a little overlap (.5" or so) with the unsanded area, spray 5 or 6 coats, sanding with 1000 grit in between, or until you have the finish 'even' as I said before without doing the whole headstock it's never going to look/be perfect.

Materials wise you'll be looking at approx $30-40 and timewise (you should allow for at least 2hrs between sprays) it's going to take a bit too!

Is it all worth it? I'll leave that up to you to decide!:D

It's a good looking color/guard combination!
 

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