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SHOW YOUR DISTRESSED FINISHES!
- Thread starter JIO
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This is a rare piece of Kubicki history.
During a short roughly two week period late in 85 Phil was experimenting with different paints and processes. Well, this is one of his only screw ups.
For whatever reason the paint and primers he used cured differently and didn’t exactly work well together.
What you’re seeing is not buckle rash but flaking. At some point it went back to Phil and he shot it with a clear lacquer to seal and stop what’s happening here. This bass is one of the more extreme examples. There are very few and some may have been/ probably were refinished. Proud to own this first year production ExFactor and it’s one of my main players.
During a short roughly two week period late in 85 Phil was experimenting with different paints and processes. Well, this is one of his only screw ups.
For whatever reason the paint and primers he used cured differently and didn’t exactly work well together.
What you’re seeing is not buckle rash but flaking. At some point it went back to Phil and he shot it with a clear lacquer to seal and stop what’s happening here. This bass is one of the more extreme examples. There are very few and some may have been/ probably were refinished. Proud to own this first year production ExFactor and it’s one of my main players.
wut That nut is perfect 
here is the old one
here is the old one
- Jun 30, 2010
- 49,618
- 222,148
- Disclosures
- musician/artist/owner - Gildaxe
- Jun 30, 2010
- 49,618
- 222,148
- Disclosures
- musician/artist/owner - Gildaxe
Like big time - thanks for posting!
I had an Ex-Factor in that colour - was it considered Sonic Blue? All the Kubicki's I had had really thick finishes - lots of grey layers and the finish layers. I stripped one once - it was a bear!
Dig the grabber, i'll have to throw up some shots of mine!
Like big time - thanks for posting!
Sure. Been meaning to for awhile. Just haven’t had the time. I believe he called it Sky blue but I’ve heard it referred to as Robins egg as well.
I'm a softie when it comes to distressing....
But I left my 2014 AVS Jazz in Daphne Blue in the rehearsing space for a few weeks...
From a bit further away, she still looks o.k.
The finish on these is really really thin. It showed already a bit of strong abuse, where I rest my arm when playing.
I bought her a new tortoise dress that replaces mint for a while in order to help her cope with the skin desease....
From further away:
It is a heated apartment room but our vocalist forgot to set the heater higher when we did not rehearse...
But I left my 2014 AVS Jazz in Daphne Blue in the rehearsing space for a few weeks...
From a bit further away, she still looks o.k.
The finish on these is really really thin. It showed already a bit of strong abuse, where I rest my arm when playing.
I bought her a new tortoise dress that replaces mint for a while in order to help her cope with the skin desease....
From further away:
It is a heated apartment room but our vocalist forgot to set the heater higher when we did not rehearse...
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She feels a lot better now, receiving so many likes in such a short time. She's young and into social media and likes and that stuff a lot. And no other bass I own and have owned sounds like her.
Thank you.
Thank you.
- Jun 30, 2010
- 49,618
- 222,148
- Disclosures
- musician/artist/owner - Gildaxe
Finally have a distressed finish to show off. Inspired by a prototype of a bass made for Janek Gwizdala, in less than 24 hours, I turned this bass, a greatly modded and thrashed 76 Precision body with an 83 neck, from this:
Into this:
Could not be happier with how it turned out! Definitely more distressed than relic'ed, and that's what I wanted.
Into this:
Could not be happier with how it turned out! Definitely more distressed than relic'ed, and that's what I wanted.
- Jun 30, 2010
- 49,618
- 222,148
- Disclosures
- musician/artist/owner - Gildaxe
That's cool and has the look you were after (saw it in another thread). So is that wired v/t/v/t or is there some witchcraft going on?
NicJimBass
Flossin'? I thought your name was Munson!
Finally have a contender for joining this club. Very long story short, it's an SX body that was originally sunburst. I tried painting it white, but it turned out pretty badly, so I sanded/used paint remover on the front and back, then shelved it for probably close to 10 years. Neck is a Rondo neck that replaced the original 'hook' neck, which I always hated. Realized I have Thunderbird pickups that fit the stock neck pickup route, all I had to do was route the bridge pickup cavity a little. Had all the parts just scattered about. Decided to throw them all together today and see if I could make anything of it. Plays and sounds surprisingly good!
It used to be VTVT, and before that I had an EMG preamp in it when it had actives, but I'm just using the stock Geezer quick connect wiring harness. So now it's VVT with a dummy knob.
