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SHOW YOUR DISTRESSED FINISHES!

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1971. It was a good year.
 

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#504
ICM said:
That 71 is so nice! I played a distressed '72 P at a store once, best fender bass I've ever played.
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Yep - same story w/the '66 P I got earlier in the year - saw it in a local guitar shop I haunt, loved the look, loved the feel, loved the sound/tone - and was lucky enough to afford to buy it! It reminds me every day that if I were not to have bought it - I would regret it every time I saw one of these lovely examples.
 
#507
geddy402 said:
Wow that is a cool one!
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Hard to know if it's still being played or 'collected' but if maintained (good frets, straight neck, strong pu/working electronics) a bass w/this level of use is guaranteed to be a gem to play/hear! (or it would not look like that!)

The Fender history aficionados can weigh in here, but I'm not "clear" on something. I've read that the decals weren't clear-coated for the early years. (one, is that true and when were the hs faces officially double-coated?) and also if so, why is the decal film intact and the rest of the hs face 'amber' ? (usually the result of aged lacquer) Did the clear decal film prevent the aging of the hs clear-coat?
 
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JIO said:
Hard to know if it's still being played or 'collected' but if maintained (good frets, straight neck, strong pu/working electronics) a bass w/this level of use is guaranteed to be a gem to play/hear! (or it would not look like that!)
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I'm hoping/wishing that somebody is playing the heck out of that bass. It looks like there's a bit of dust under the string windings at the headstock.
 
#519
RBS_Johnson said:
The hammer work is not from me(cheating husband/jealous wife kinda deal). I sanded it down enough to not chew my arm up and cleared it. Then I knocked the clear down with some steel wool. It is in project mode right now. Just thought it fit with the theme.
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Got that, thanks for posting - and I dig it. It's obviously "affected distressed", but cool all the same. I personally don't create dogmatic hard-rules for distressed finishes, especially ones that are in fact creative 'looks' or experiments with finishes. For everyone? No, and unless it's your bass - your "opinion" will be noted. (and as quickly forgotten) Those uptight create their bias based on some sort of "player cred" or assumed battle with an instrument creating "justified" wear. Trust me, I get that (to a point) as I'm lucky enough to own a spectacularly cool and honestly distressed '66 P-bass. (shown early in the thread) I love everything about it - the wear and its stories, the awesome vintage feel and tone - what's not to love? And I feel no guilt or illusion of posing if I'm seen in public playing it - only insider nerds care anyway. :rolleyes:

I try to keep my inclusionary mind as open as possible - it allows so many possibilities… (I only wish it were contagious)

ps - not sure about the pg w/that "look"… but that's just me ;)

pss - isn't REM from Athens?
 
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