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SHOW YOUR DISTRESSED FINISHES!
- Thread starter JIO
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That bass has seen some playing time
. Swap the beer for a bottle of Jack 
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That bass has seen some playing time
I don't know Shawn - seeing the frost on that plastic cup just sez' summer to my eyes, as in - nobodies in the house, it's hot outside, you can smell the tubes warming up in the amp and you have some quality time w/the bass.
Everybody imagines something different lol...I was thinking
..ooOO (that thing looks like it's really sticky and smells funny.)
..ooOO (that thing looks like it's really sticky and smells funny.)
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Well, it may be true - when I first got my player worn '66 P, I needed to clean the 'mojo' off of the neck at the headstock. Frankly someone else mojo is not what I want to deal with...
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Agreed. My own grime on a my basses, I very rarely clean. Someone else's? Nope. It's kind of fun buying a well used instrument, cleaning it up and then starting the 'mojo-ing' process all over on your own.Well, it may be true - when I first got my player worn '66 P, I needed to clean the 'mojo' off of the neck at the headstock. Frankly someone else mojo is not what I want to deal with...
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A 1980 Precision Special - do you have the gold-plated rest? And was it like the early G&L L-1000 (non-battery 'active' circuit) or did it have a battery?
The gold thumbrest usually was the first thing to disappear back in the day, lol! I am old enough to remember when they first came out, wanted one bad! Fast forward a few decades, this one shows up....about as beat-up and road-worn as me! Had to have it.
Yes, it does have a battery, works in either passive or with the active preamp. Preamp works very much like an old StingRay preamp, so treble on 3, bass on 8 is the perfect tone.
A G&L L-1000 / Wunkay is all passive, and features the OMG switch, which will rattle the fillings right out of your teeth with the right amp......
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So many awesome bass-guitars!
Here,does this count as distressed?
Also, i would like to ask if its stupid to replace it with an unlaquered 57 Gold Pickguard? Will it fit om my 58 ?
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Just a smiley ?
Sorry, it's just like dipping a toe onto the "distressed finishes" pool. It's all good - thanks for posting!
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Ah hehe
What "score" of distress / relic would this give me then ?
No, not keeping score. I understand that some players want their basses to visually show they have put in the time playing them. It becomes a sort of mark to visually show their efforts/physical input. But I know from playing my own basses, this isn't always a given. I've played certain basses a lot over the years w/no sign of "distress" of players wear. I see that the white printed logo on my Fender Super 55 J bridge pu is now gone.., but other than now being a bit shiny, it looks pretty much like any J pu. I have a few satin finished basses that are shiny where I interface with them. Distressed? Hardly. So it has nothing to do with being critical of you and your bass and all the time you interface with it over the years. The basses posted here that are most distressed (some beautifully so) logically are Fenders from the golden era that had thin nitro lacquer finishes conducive to being worn away. It was also the times when a Fender bass was the go-to bass for professionals, who played them for a living day in and out (plus evening gigs).
My intent for this thread was to collect a library of characteristic distressed finishes resulting from (mostly professional, but also hard-core non-professionals) players active wear. A guy like Mike Watt physically attacks his basses, where as another equally active player has a less physical approach to playing. Scan the 69 pages here and count how many are Fender basses from the 50's/60's.
My P was made in Sept '66 and was owned by a professional studio player (and evening gigger) in the Portland area and was played every day until about 5 years ago when he passed away (I've owned it for over 3 years now) This is a prime example of a players wear distressed finish. Do I care if I add player wear? Short answer is no. Do I appreciate the visual history of this bass and revel in it's wonderful playability and sonic delivery? You better believe I do.
