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P-Bass color colors
- Thread starter jpmcbride
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I'm in the process of building essentially this with a much less reliced lacquer finish.
Transparent white blonde on 1-pc swamp ash body and 1-pc quarter sawn maple neck (1-3/4" nut, late '50s soft V to C profile) from Musikraft with a custom made black anodized aluminum pickguard.
Getting swamp ash grain perfectly filled and sealed level/flat takes some work.
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I'm in the process of building essentially this with a much less reliced lacquer finish.
Transparent white blonde on 1-pc swamp ash body and 1-pc quarter sawn maple neck (1-3/4" nut, late '50s soft V to C profile) from Musikraft with a custom made black anodized aluminum pickguard.
Getting swamp ash grain perfectly filled and sealed level/flat takes some work.
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Was supposed to be Burgundy mist but has turned Copper over the years....
'59 blonde/ash:
I still like paisley, too - not everybody's taste, I know:
I still like paisley, too - not everybody's taste, I know:
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Fiesta red with gold anodized pickguard and black knobs 
Top pic consists of my current stable… other pics of, recent past, creations 
as you can see - I like Sonic Blue…
All the color groups covered
Sonic Blue refin w/a Nate Mendel neck
Second from left is my first Sonic Blue refin… has a Mike Dirnt RW neck
Third from left is one of my Sonic Blue refin shorties… Bronco body w/a PJ neck. Not a P bass… but - hey!
as you can see - I like Sonic Blue…All the color groups covered
Sonic Blue refin w/a Nate Mendel neck
Second from left is my first Sonic Blue refin… has a Mike Dirnt RW neck
Third from left is one of my Sonic Blue refin shorties… Bronco body w/a PJ neck. Not a P bass… but - hey!
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Mint was a GREAT choice for this finish … very left-field and I would never have thought of it, yet it looks so right! Well done.
Both parts basses.
Black on black:
Black on Brown/Natural:
Black on black:
Black on Brown/Natural:
I realize they've always looked like that, but so many of these posted PBasses with gorgeous bodies . . . . and plain necks. I'll never get it.
These were actually deluxe basses trying to do something different (could be really heavy and the active electronics were sketchy), but Fender never made PBasses before or since as pretty as these were to me, the early 80's Precision Bass Specials:
Walnut body and neck.
A current-day version of this with EMG pickup/internals would be BIG fun.
These were actually deluxe basses trying to do something different (could be really heavy and the active electronics were sketchy), but Fender never made PBasses before or since as pretty as these were to me, the early 80's Precision Bass Specials:
Walnut body and neck.
A current-day version of this with EMG pickup/internals would be BIG fun.
Not mine but I do like this one:
Aged daphne blue w/mint green pickguard and rosewood fretboard
Some REALLY nice looking P Basses in this thread!
These 2 Ps are builds (Mary Bell sparkle finishes.).
These 2 Ps are builds (Mary Bell sparkle finishes.).
"homemade" P-basses (parts assemblies):
