SHOW YOUR DISTRESSED FINISHES!

[SJLee]

PS on razor checking, that BMM (or "BM" ) looks a lot like the work out of Lay's. For some mind blowing examples, check out: Lately & notably - EN

Also, rather than freon/canned air, some restorers do the thing of keeping the entire neck/body in the freezer and that can look pretty convincing.

There's some top notch work in there. The BM Jazz bass was refinished at

BM Jazz bass GM Vintage Restorations.

https://gmvintagerestorations.com/portfolio-items/burgundy-mist-fender-custom-shop-j-bass/

 

[JIO]

This looks much more like razor blade to me (which absolutely does take a huge amount of concentration to do). Freon, etc tends to give more of a crackle effect - somewhat less so if done from more of a distance.

I posted my friends G&L many pages ago - it's 100% real for sure. It was in Texas so heat (sun) was involved.

 

[Dynacord]

I posted my friends G&L many pages ago - it's 100% real for sure. It was in Texas so heat (sun) was involved.

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No question that one is legit.

 

[SJLee]

Love how some of the gold top Les Paul's age.

 

[JIO]

Good work finding all those awesome pics - natural chequing creates a line-drawing that is so unique. I see landscapes and mountains - beautiful.

 

[SJLee]

I am really into the green oxidation on the edges of some of these.

 

[lowphatbass]

A couple years ago I met a gold top LP bass, probably from the 90’s. It was heavily checked(no oxidation obviously), they said the previous owner did weekend gigs up in Lake Tahoe and lived in the Bay Area. Actually played pretty well, didn't care for the sound much though.

 

[JIO]

Not real and an example of not being well done.

 

[SJLee]

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Another nice drop. My personal fav is the first P with the pressed fiber bridge.

 

[JIO]

All from a concurrent thread - Who likes the relic look? - but w/o the "for's and against's" that are spawned by such an open-ended premise. Here, we have no tolerance for anti-relic'ing trolls. We are here to jointly celebrate the concept/look/artifact. I didn't even want to read the posts in that thread because (with all due respect to the OP) - it's all too predictable. I think these pics are so much more enjoyable w/o the included bs. (to save anyone from suffering the bs just to see a few nice examples) Again, apologies to the OP - it's not your fault that people don't like it and feel obligated to tell people who do their 'opinion'.

 

[lowphatbass]

 

[JIO]

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That's cool,.. primarily because of the wavy quality of the (harder) grain pattern peaks.

 

[lowphatbass]

That's cool,.. primarily because of the wavy quality of the (harder) grain pattern peaks.

Totally agree

 

[Dark Horse]

Another nice drop. My personal fav is the first P with the pressed fiber bridge.

That’s one I photographed. There’s a bunch more pics of it in a long forgotten website of mine .... it was at Link Removed

there are a bunch more first gen basses there as well....

 

[lowphatbass]

That's cool,.. primarily because of the wavy quality of the (harder) grain pattern peaks.

I grew up in an old house a block off the surf with hardwood floors. The decades of wear with a touch of sand had the same effect. It was heaven for my Hot Wheels

 

[JIO]

I grew up in an old house a block off the surf with hardwood floors. The decades of wear with a touch of sand had the same effect. It was heaven for my Hot Wheels

Weather (sun/wind/rain/salt near the ocean) has the most effect on wood.

 

[SJan3]

OK, before I start, please refrain from posting your opinion of how you feel about distressed finishes right out of the gate. I am so not interested and there are other threads to vent your opinions so please, read on and decide if you would like to contribute.

What I am simply requesting are pics of any bass or guitar that has a distressed finish. It might be your bass or a picture you might have downloaded of a distressed bass or guitar. It can be a real 'time and use' induced distressing, or your own DIY cosmetic "relic" job. I will not judge the DIY finishes and would like posters to refrain from pot-shots or boring, opinionated dissertations on "fake mojo" regarding a DIY distressed finish. I just want as many examples of distressing (real or effected) as possible. Please keep the "dis" out of distressing.

Also, I don't want pics of a Fender Road Worn bass, even if your own. I know you are proud of them and good on you, but I can find pics of those all over the web.

I'm hoping to see the spectrum of instruments that have been played hard and put away wet. The better the pics the better. For me I think about Nels Clines' beloved '59 Jazzmaster, Stevie Ray Vaughns' Strat, Billy Sheehans' "wife", and Mike Watts' EB-3 when I think of beautiful battered and bruised war-horses.

Thank you for reading and hoping you will help me investigate and celebrate the unique and ultimately personal look of instruments with distressed finishes.

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[JIO]

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Thanks for sharing pics of your bass! Feel free to tell us more about it.

 

[lowphatbass]

Weather (sun/wind/rain/salt near the ocean) has the most effect on wood.

I hear ya. This was indoors on the West coast, literally caused by 2 generations of sandy footed surfers grazing the fridge for a snack or a beer.

 

[JIO]

I hear ya. This was indoors on the West coast, literally caused by 2 generations of sandy footed surfers grazing the fridge for a snack or a beer.

Living a half block from the Ocean Pacific - I catch your sand drift!