RW Fender Flea Jazz Makeover

[bassistjoe93]

I bought a Fender Flea Bass from a guy locally for a stupid good deal. I intended to flip it, but the more I played it, the more I really enjoyed it.

I’ve always wanted a fiesta red jazz, but anything Fiesta Red is automatically more money. So I reranched the bass and came out with this! I left the original pink underneath so that as it wears, the pink shows through. I’m super happy with how it turned out. Now I just have to decide between tort guard or parchment.

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Now I have my dream bass - stack knob fiesta red jazz!

 

[darkwasthenight]

Expensive bass to use as a test bed, but got to admit that's come out nicely! Assuming you've done finishes before that's a solid way to get a custom colour for pretty cheap.

 

[Ghastly]

Wow! Fantastic. Nice job and good call to leave the shell pink underneath. Of the two pick guards, I'd go with the parchment. But a brighter, vintage correct tort would be nice. I bet a black guard would look good, too.

 

[eastcoasteddie]

Tort

 

[Yahboy]

Tort ...... Parchment pickguard look nice on Fieta Red Pbass + Rosewood board.

 

[Dr. Cheese]

Great job!

 

[mouthmw]

Awesome job!
I'd go for a mint green guard there, that would look awesome.
Tort.. eeeeh, it would have to be a Spitfire to get my vote, but I guess the default one is okayish, those RW torts aren't the worst.

 

[kmon]

Love it. I really like the multi-layer look on relic'd basses.

 

[Smooth_bass88]

Wow looks awesome, especially with the white (mint) pickguard. Might look cool with a heavily relic'ed mint guard as well.

 

[nutdog]

Nice work

 

[raphaeld]

Wow beautiful!!

 

[Bulltrout]

Great job!

 

[JoshS]

Wow. Very well done.
Congrats on creating your dream bass!

 

[Clemouze]

Perfect

 

[murphy]

Fantastic job...Looks Gorgeous!

Love the white pickguard

 

[BigDrew]

I bought a Fender Flea Bass from a guy locally for a stupid good deal. I intended to flip it, but the more I played it, the more I really enjoyed it.

I’ve always wanted a fiesta red jazz, but anything Fiesta Red is automatically more money. So I reranched the bass and came out with this! I left the original pink underneath so that as it wears, the pink shows through. I’m super happy with how it turned out. Now I just have to decide between tort guard or parchment.

Before:
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After:
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Now I have my dream bass - stack knob fiesta red jazz!

Seriously one of the best refins I've seen! How did you do it?

Also, I like the tort!

 

[Kukulkan61]

Great looking bass, smooth paint, tort or mint looks good!

 

[sonojono]

Needs a tort on that bass ASAP

 

[wraub]

Parchment or black ftw.

Nice work.

 

[Frankjohnson]

I like it!