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SHOW YOUR DISTRESSED FINISHES!

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I wish I had better pics of my '81 G&L L-1000.
It looks pretty clean in this pic, but has some finish cracks on the headstock, along with some chips on the body, going down to wood. The finish on these were quite thin. There's also player wear on the finish in various spots. Mainly, under the g string, between the neck and pickup, from slapping. And on the e string side, slightly behind the pickup, from playing fingerstyle.
This bass has been with me since around February '11
 

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JIO said:
I didn't start motorcycling until the mid-'90s. Read all Keith Codes books and did one of his track days at Laguna Seca on my '93 VFR750F and a couple more open track days since. Bought it with 6k on the clock (break-in miles) and when I sold it a few years back it had almost 100k on it, and was still going strong. Being a life-long cyclist and 25yr vet racer (road/track) my reactions have always been pretty keen and I keep them sharp. If there comes a day when I doubted that 'spidy-sense' - I'll sell the VFR. (but never my bicycle!)

Yep, traffic has been really acceptable during this time. Unfortunately I've had a couple 'life' things from the early part of this year prevent me from getting out as much as I'd like on the bikes, but when I did it was refreshing not to have so many cars on the road. Speaking of bicycles, a fringe benefit of this time is that I see a lot more people of all stripes riding bikes. The Bay Area has always been a a bike riding meca, but more average-looking people are on bikes now doing grocery-shopping or leading a small family ride!. That will not end because once that seed's planted - people realize how good it is for them to ride a bike and bike shops are doing bust-up biz! :thumbsup:
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I had the reflexes of a cat but what got me was all the people who didn’t see me. Even when I wasn’t moving. This was what led me to parting with my bike (BMW). I don’t know if you would remember the early 90s in SF, but there were several Cyclist deaths at that time. Cars running red lights and just general rudeness to cyclists, pedestrians, and motorcyclists. Several times the bicyclists banned together to protest and clogged the city streets, shutting down tragic for a few hours.
 
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SJLee said:
I had the reflexes of a cat but what got me was all the people who didn’t see me. Even when I wasn’t moving. This was what led me to parting with my bike (BMW). I don’t know if you would remember the early 90s in SF, but there were several Cyclist deaths at that time. Cars running red lights and just general rudeness to cyclists, pedestrians, and motorcyclists. Several times the bicyclists banned together to protest and clogged the city streets, shutting down tragic for a few hours.
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Yep, I've been dealing with that my whole adult life. I have many friends and who were hit by cars and a couple of them died. One could have easily been me. I too have been injured at the hands of car drivers but my worse injuries were from racing/training. I was last hit last June riding through GG Park, was not seriously injured and the driver had insurance and took full responsibility. Pretty lucky. Critical Mass started in SF (last Friday of each month) and I attended a couple times around the mid '90s but there's an anarchist contingency that is annoying and reinforces peoples perception of cyclists as a-holes. For the most part many urban cyclists are a-holes - I see it all the time. I'm not from that fabric - years of being on open roads is where I learned how to co-exist with motorists. (and survive)
 
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JIO said:
Yep, I've been dealing with that my whole adult life. I have many friends and who were hit by cars and a couple of them died. One could have easily been me. I too have been injured at the hands of car drivers but my worse injuries were from racing/training. I was last hit last June riding through GG Park, was not seriously injured and the driver had insurance and took full responsibility. Pretty lucky. Critical Mass started in SF (last Friday of each month) and I attended a couple times around the mid '90s but there's an anarchist contingency that is annoying and reinforces peoples perception of cyclists as a-holes. For the most part many urban cyclists are a-holes - I see it all the time. I'm not from that fabric - years of being on open roads is where I learned how to co-exist with motorists. (and survive)
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I was never part of the protests but only heard about them after the fact. No social media in 91. I can understand the anger, especially if you have lost a friend or been injured, but unfortunately the protests (clogging the city) hurt their cause as many considerate drivers just trying to go about their business we’re caught in the fray.
 
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countrybass said:
View attachment 3812368 View attachment 3812369 View attachment 3812370 View attachment 3812371 Sorry if I’m being dumb.
So these are old ones right?
Not new ones made to look
old and funky?
How can you tell if it’s new or old? Serial number,pickups?
Or do you have to take the bass apart?

I’ve got a 1963 Fender Jazz Bass.
Body is natural, but must have been white because the headstock is.

Repair guy took the neck off and said the date is on the end of the neck.

You guys like these because they’re kind of beat up?
(not trying to be sarcastic)
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Nice bass. I think you are correct that it would have been white originally ('63 having matching headstocks - and the tortoise pickguard would have been original to that). That's a nice looking bass - and an early '63 as it still has the exposed ground strip and the holes for the mutes. Looks like the body was not heavily sanded/reshaped when the finish was removed so it would be a prime candidate should you ever want to restore the body to it's original look. Pity about the decal.
 
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SJLee said:
Interesting that the thumb wear is in different places. Possibly multiple owners who played different areas on the bass.
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Don't think I've ever seen one divited so deep in that area between the pickguard and the neck pickup (I assume from the fingers hitting the body when anchoring the thumb on the neck pu and E string). Looks a lot like Klaus Floride's old bass (LPB '66 with dots and binding).
 
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Dynacord said:
Don't think I've ever seen one divited so deep in that area between the pickguard and the neck pickup (I assume from the fingers hitting the body when anchoring the thumb on the neck pu and E string). Looks a lot like Klaus Floride's old bass (LPB '66 with dots and binding).
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I sent my black '86 Ex-Factor to Phil Kubicki when I bought it very played/used in '93 to put on a fretless neck and set it up. It had a pretty deep gouge caused by the ex-players thumb. He called me and asked if I wanted him to fill it in and touch up the paint. I said it was ok, I liked the history of it being played. He said, "...if he had only trimmed his fingernail..." :)
 
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