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Show me your Surf Green bass

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It's a 1970's Electra clone of a 4001. Neck-through, all maple body, maple and walnut neck, checkered binding. I had Mike Dolan fill in the bridge rout and the top two tuner holes, and do the refin in surf green. Pickguard Paradise made the water-effect iridescent marbled pickguards, and I did the 5-string conversion with a Schaller bridge and Hipshot tuners.

I'm making a decal for the TRC that says "Surfinbacker" in the Ric font. :)
 
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bongomania said:
It's a 1970's Electra clone of a 4001. Neck-through, all maple body, maple and walnut neck, checkered binding. I had Mike Dolan fill in the bridge rout and the top two tuner holes, and do the refin in surf green. Pickguard Paradise made the water-effect iridescent marbled pickguards, and I did the 5-string conversion with a Schaller bridge and Hipshot tuners.

I'm making a decal for the TRC that says "Surfinbacker" in the Ric font. :)
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But what about those GORGEOUS green inlays?? :ninja:
 
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Raccio14 said:
But what about those GORGEOUS green inlays?? :ninja:
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You mean the sharkfins on the fretboard? Those are an amber-colored pearloid material, original to the Electra. A few of these old copies had all the nice details like neck-thru, checker binding, and amber-pearl inlays, while most (cheaper) ones were bolt-on, with regular binding and weird glitter inlays.
 
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