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SHOW YOUR DISTRESSED FINISHES!

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I was restringing my E series P bass with Daddario xl's (it had an ancient set of flatwounds but it has always sounded too warm and woofy... roundwounds were the cure!).

It may not qualify as distressed but it is on it's way... with me beating it up as the good Lord intended. :D

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The Japanese E series basses are some of my favorites.



Moonshine :bassist:
 
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moonshinegtrs said:
I was restringing my E series P bass with Daddario xl's (it had an ancient set of flatwounds but it has always sounded too warm and woofy... roundwounds were the cure!).

It may not qualify as distressed but it is on it's way... with me beating it up as the good Lord intended. :D

20170721_125214_resized_zpsybcsqtwt.jpg

20170721_125142_resized_1_zpsp5mtua5k.jpg

20170721_125050_resized_zpsewnyjzxp.jpg

20170721_124956_resized_zpsczzgqiix.jpg

20170721_125014_resized_zpsasu2esqy.jpg


The Japanese E series basses are some of my favorites.



Moonshine :bassist:
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I remember a time when people wouldn't let you even touch their guitar. If you put so much as a smudge on guitar players new strat you'd have to buy him a new one.
 
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Bigbri said:
I remember a time when people wouldn't let you even touch their guitar. If you put so much as a smudge on guitar players new strat you'd have to buy him a new one.
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Spinal Tap - "Don't even look at it..."
 
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moonshinegtrs said:
I find myself digging those Performers... Mainly thanks to you! ;)

G.A.S. is never far away...

That bridge came out great. Bruce Johnson is the Man.



Moonshine :bassist:
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They are cool - really nice to play! Carlo & I both got great deals on our Performers. (both on eBay at the same time) It was just one of those timing things. Well that, and seeing what I could do and realizing the talent here and hoping I could enlist Bruce to help recover mine! :) Yes, he is the Man! :thumbsup:
 
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Bigbri said:
Now they all want the same scratches. Like they're comparing scars.
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Putting wear on your bass that is yours from playing it is very satisfying. If you really like the look. Buying a reliced guitar is nothing really to be proud of other than you have good artistic taste. Wearing the poly off the back of an 80's fender bass neck is pretty near impossible so people sand it off. That is functional as it's much easier to play. The first bass I remember having a slick neck was an early 80's Peavey T-40. I think fender didn't want their finishes wearing out like they were starting to really see with the 50 and 60's guitars so they put the thick sticky poly on. That was really counter productive.
 
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Bigbri said:
I remember a time when people wouldn't let you even touch their guitar. If you put so much as a smudge on guitar players new strat you'd have to buy him a new one.
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Rotosound flats are actually pretty bright sounding. Steve Harris used the rotosound flats all the way through Iron Maiden and people simply didn't believe that at first. the main reason is that they are much easier on the fingers. If you've seen Rudy Sarzo play a lot you can see him constantly licking his right finger tips for that reason.
 
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Bigbri said:
Putting wear on your bass that is yours from playing it is very satisfying. If you really like the look. Buying a reliced guitar is nothing really to be proud of other than you have good artistic taste. Wearing the poly off the back of an 80's fender bass neck is pretty near impossible so people sand it off. That is functional as it's much easier to play. The first bass I remember having a slick neck was an early 80's Peavey T-40. I think fender didn't want their finishes wearing out like they were starting to really see with the 50 and 60's guitars so they put the thick sticky poly on. That was really counter productive.
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Well put. I'll go out on a limb and conjecture that Fender under CBS corporate management were behind the thick poly finishes of that era - clueless to what makes an instrument sound good and in turn makes players happy. "Make these instruments indestructible" could have been a memorandum from the suits, who needless to say were not musicians or even curious about the history of the company that Leo built. "Cars have indestructible finishes so why not guitars?" Sounds logical if you are only considering the bottom line. And yes - anyone who is putting up with a 70's 'sticky' neck because it's now "vintage" needs to go to Ace and buy some sandpaper, or even stripper! It's funny how in the late 60's so many players stripped their (nitro) finishes to 'natural', and then Fender/CBS countered by loading thick clear poly on a 'natural' guitar/bass. Clueless they were - clueless.
 
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The BEast....and its "tiny" sibling .....
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FYI it came with the wooden surrounds ---I was going to change them but a friend advised "thats where the MOJO is held" so---I left them ;)
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Well, wood is organic/once 'living' so it's actually not a stretch that its absorption of sweat/oils could be considered 'mojo'. I bet baseball players get a bit into this concept with their (leather) gloves.

I made a T-40 powered bass recently - it roars!

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