SHOW YOUR DISTRESSED FINISHES!

[God's Favorite Bass]

Quite the bomb. That white/tort P sure looks like a 'relic'd' refin to me. Some off details as well.
Love the Ric and the Kay.

Yeah, the Kay is interesting. It's kind of like "what should we do for a pick guard/pickup/controls mount?" "I got it, Jeff hand me that odd scrap of Mother of Dinette counter top." "Yes, that's it." Peg head is cool too.

 

[God's Favorite Bass]

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Having been a tot that lived through the 60's "Early American" phase of home decor I shouldn't like this...but I do quite a bit. More than quite even.

 

[JIO]

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What did that sticker say?

 

[JIO]

From my 'distressed' file so posted before - but while we're on the topic of patina's

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[Bleecker]

From my 'distressed' file so posted before - but while we're on the topic of patina's View attachment 5112229...

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I looovvve LP blue gone green! That last T-bird where just the bridge cover preserved the color is cool! If it's kept out of direct sunlight it stays blue...? The neck wear on the cream colored fender is awesome, I'd love to get my hands on that for a test-drive....so cool!

 

[SJLee]

What did that sticker say?

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The sticker says bassman.

Wozzers!!! Now that’s what I’m talking about. That’s super sexy.

 

[SJLee]

From my 'distressed' file so posted before - but while we're on the topic of patina's View attachment 5112229...

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Sweet t-bird and LPB p bass.

 

[SJLee]

Having been a tot that lived through the 60's "Early American" phase of home decor I shouldn't like this...but I do quite a bit. More than quite even.

This one definitely has the vibe. A mai tai, flip flops and some 60’s garage rock.

 

[SJLee]

Dave played with a pick…a pick axe.

 

[JIO]

Dave played with a pick…a pick axe.

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Dave -

 

[Bleecker]

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Sweet t-bird and LPB p bass.

 

[Albert Ross]

Here's my other 70's Jazz. I traded 2 P.Basses for it back in the 90's. It turned kinda green from all the smoke it was exposed to.

 

[Dynacord]

Here's my other 70's Jazz. I traded 2 P.Basses for it back in the 90's. It turned kinda green from all the smoke it was exposed to.

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Love that. Beautiful.

 

[JIO]

My '66 P a certain amount of 'patina' but I definitely cleaned-off some of the "mojo" after acquiring it. I didn't take anything critical away from it that wasn't... er.., sanitary.

before -

after...

 

[SJLee]

I was looking around on Reverb and normally there’s plenty of basses to share, but lately I’m seeing some super clean 60’s gear that doesn’t quite fit the scope of this thread. There is a sweet little lefty in LPB that on first look of the front is pretty clean, but once you see the 3/4 view, there’s some nice wear on the edges.

 

[JIO]

I was looking around on Reverb and normally there’s plenty of basses to share, but lately I’m seeing some super clean 60’s gear that doesn’t quite fit the scope of this thread. There is a sweet little lefty in LPB that on first look of the front is pretty clean, but once you see the 3/4 view, there’s some nice wear on the edges.

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Oh yah - that definitely counts! Checking, amber-ing and flaking are us!

 

[SJLee]

Oh yah - that definitely counts! Checking, amber-ing and flaking are us!

That arm rest area is gorgeous.

Here’s a Sonic Blue 69 J, TV logo with tan lines.

 

[JIO]

That arm rest area is gorgeous.

Here’s a Sonic Blue 69 J, TV logo with tan lines.

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pretty sweet -

 

[SJLee]

pretty sweet -

That’s about it for tonight. So much clean stuff out there right now it’s hard to find examples for the thread. There’s a mint 66 P in LPB that’s just drop dead gorgeous. Hard to find a mark on it.

Here’s one more to close out for the evening. A 62 J in LPB with some nice wear and tan lines.

 

[JIO]

That’s about it for tonight. So much clean stuff out there right now it’s hard to find examples for the thread. There’s a mint 66 P in LPB that’s just drop dead gorgeous. Hard to find a mark on it.

Here’s one more to close out for the evening. A 62 J in LPB with some nice wear and tan lines.

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Sweet dreams -