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SHOW YOUR DISTRESSED FINISHES!
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Nice! I bet it has dark tones. And forceful low end.
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Nice! I bet it has dark tones. And forceful low end.
Yah but it has some sort of built in flanger/reverb-type effect that's always on.
Thanks for reposting this, I love my work P basses! Cheers!Borrowed from the P-bass thread - @brian579 's collection
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My 1954 P-Bass. Honest long term wear.
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I really like this finnish, it looks amazing. Is it total wear of lacquer on the raw wood (maybe some oil)? Or is it done differently? Do you have ideas for reproducing this finish? Thanks in advance for the advice.
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To reproduce this look, you'd start by either stripping the finish or starting with a raw-wood body. Either way, you'd need to do some distressing/create 'wear' including staining areas (darker area's) and using a yellowing/amber'ing varnish. (found at a paint store) You can buy 'satin' varnish, brush it on and wet-sand after. It wouldn't be that difficult and you can scan this thread to find other similar examples to guide you.
If you embark on that - post some before & after pics here.
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My Mikro. Purchased new back in April. Was walnut flat. Bridge is an el cheapo replacement for stock bridge. Not a drop in. J pickup removed and an old sg style guard mounted sideways over the cavity. P bass pickup covers' edges rounded and scuffed up. J bass vol pot removed from wiring loop. A dummy pot with original knob. Tone pot removed and placed with a dummy selector switch. The switch you have for selecting a pickup you don't have. Body repainted with artist's acrylic mixed with cashmere bouquet talcum powder. Body and neck have mix of 50/50 mineral oil and beeswax polish applied.Gives a leather lounge look. Decals and other stuff removed from front and back of headstock and Vinyly 'M' ( M for Mikro, M for Major M for madness) glued on and touched up with some cherry red nail polish. Frets removed. Slots filled with mix of P.V.A glue and talcum powder. Inlays removed and filled with fretboard dust and nasty glue. No sealer. Bit of oil on fretboard. Original side dots filled and new ones made and filled with cherry red nail polish. Silk torched off ball ends of E and A strings to expose some knarly metal. Major given the cheap and nasty treatment. He is a bit miffed with me for being so cheap
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But it has terrible cape dive.Nice! I bet it has dark tones. And forceful low end.
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I have two Jolana's, a 1970 hollow-body (Kolorbas) and a 1985 DiscoBass - They both have a unique voice.
1970 (short scale) Kolorbas w/custom artwork by Czech artist Elena Konovalova
'85 (34"scale) Jolana Discobass
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The (hum-bucker) pu's are a bit T40 - it had a very 'bassy' tone -the controls are VV so the more N, the more bass and visa versa. It was missing the original bridge so I installed a Schaller 3D, which was around in the '80s.
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Not that I'm aware of. I only know of an American politician who played bass but I refrain from expressing my opinion of him as it is against tb rules to engage in political discussions.
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