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SHOW YOUR DISTRESSED FINISHES!

#22
Within a year/2 of purchase the neck twisted. Maybe bad weather? We lived in upstate NY, it may not have liked a warm/freezing quick change. He got the replacement, didn't care for it (fatter then original, I believe) but didn't send it back. It's supposed to be a factory replacement from Fender, don't know why it doesn't have logo's - did Fender send replacements w/o them?

Anyway, I am ill-informed since I was about 9/10 at the time and later years I didn't care, just listened to him play :)
 
#23
Awesome thread, awesome pictures.

A perfect candidate would be the December '64 P-bass I once owned... my guitarist brother has it in his studio. It was wonderfully beat up when I bought it back around '83. Unfortunately I don't have any pix, I need to get some.

In the meantime here's a modern entry, my '05 Sadowsky P5. The body is finished in durable poly, but still shows playing wear. The pickguard sports a divot by the pickup, and some pickguard screws are tarnished nearly black. The nitro finish on the neck began wearing off the side of the neck, so I sanded it off the back of the neck, too. Feels glorious!
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Sanded vs. non-sanded
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not sure if this will qualify as distressed or not.

Let me introduce "Ethel" - she was my main bass in my 80's thrash metal days. When son was born I got out of the traveling / gigging / playing scheme, sold most all my gear and set in to raise family. Ethel and a Peavey Minx amp was all I kept. After a 20 yr hiatus, I got back into playing, loving my basses and gigging (lots of new gear obtained). Ethel stays at home and I only dig her out every so often. Stripped the original rising sun finish from the body and the neck many,many years ago. Yes, what you notice is a huge crack in the body...she was broken in half (twice) glued, screwed back together but can still bellow with the best of 'em, left the scar as a sign of character.
 

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Thanks much to all that have posted so far - some beautiful partners in crime/beasts of burden! Love the subtle hairline cracks of lacquer shrinking as much as the gouged and scraped examples - keep um' comin'!

I saw this one once (but unfortunately didn't take a picture) that was the most extreme buckle rash I had ever seen! It was a mid-60's sunburst P-bass and it must have been used in a country band 7 nights a week by a dude wearin' one of those monster rodeo buckles! It looked like a grizzly mauled it - serious gouging! :eek:
 
#35
gregmon79 said:
That's a damn fine piece of bass sir. I usually don't like anodized pg's but yours looks marvelous on that bass. That is anodized right?
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Yes, that's an apparently somewhat elusive 13 hole ano gold guard, actual Fender part. I always liked Willie Weeks's '59 Pbass, but I prefer a RW board. Plus, I'm not likely to be getting an actual '59 anytime soon, let alone a RW one.
Call it a budget homage.

And thanks for the kind words re: the bass! It's everything a P bass should be imho.
 

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