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SHOW YOUR DISTRESSED FINISHES!

#6,342
JIO said:
I really like that look! :thumbsup: - did you spray the blue over a CAR finish and do the relic'ing?
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It was a wild idea I had when I ordered the bass from Lakland. They said they had never done anything of the sort. It's a very thin coat of sonic blue over the CAR base -- but there's no clear coat at all on the bass! So all that aging has come from about 18 months of real play-wear in my hands. If I ever decide I want to freeze it in time, I can send it back to the factory for a clear coat. But I think I'm gonna just play it forever and que sera sera!
 
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#6,343
The latest from the junkyard:
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cymbop said:
It was a wild idea I had when I ordered the bass from Lakland. They said they had never done anything of the sort. It's a very thin coat of sonic blue over the CAR base -- but there's no clear coat at all on the bass! So all that aging has come from about 18 months of real play-wear in my hands. If I ever decide I want to freeze it in time, I can send it back to the factory for a clear coat. But I think I'm gonna just play it forever and que sera sera!
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Thats cool - I've used the same tact. A very thin coat of satin clear lacquer over a thin colour that allows play-wear 'relic'ing'. :thumbsup:
 
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Longwheelbass said:
Thank you SJ,
It’s a 68 body that got broken up and the rosewood neck went away, but I’ve always wanted a 58 and I’d had this gold guard hanging round for ages, so when a friend offered up a roadworn 50’s P neck it came together very nicely.
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Are those Gotoh pops?
 
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Longwheelbass said:
Early 70's bro, modded on a bench grinder and finished hand files and wet n dry.
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Excellent - I have two sets that I bought from a guy from the south years ago who did the same thing. (before Gotoh's more recent availability) I never liked the Hipshot version - the Gotohs are more authentic looking.

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Bleecker said:
Wow! That's a cool bass and my birth year... with that much wear I'm surprised the back of the neck isn't all worn down like other examples we've all seen, including your Pbass.
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Maybe it was refinished when it was Plec'd. I does look pretty clean and glossy. Also, by '69 they appear to be shooting a gloss (poly) clear-coat before the 3TSB finish. Could be why paint is chipping off like that. And it appears the Fullerplast homogenizing layer is there also. Maybe it was an early "natural" experiment that was then needed as a 3TSB.
 
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The back of the neck looks hardly worn because the necks at the time were mainly shot with poly and the faces of the headstocks were shot with nitro because it was easier to control the placement of the water slides. The bodies were also shot with poly with a nitro top coat. The nitro reacted to sweat, smoke, temperature, etc. The poly didn’t.



JIO said:
Maybe it was refinished when it was Plec'd. I does look pretty clean and glossy. Also, by '69 they appear to be shooting a gloss (poly) clear-coat before the 3TSB finish. Could be why paint is chipping off like that. And it appears the Fullerplast homogenizing layer is there also. Maybe it was an early "natural" experiment that was then needed as a 3TSB.
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