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SHOW YOUR DISTRESSED FINISHES!

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CaseyVancouver said:
I tried red nail polish back in the early '80s on my car precision, on it's first chip.
After a few months the red polish turned to pink.

Best just to leave it in my experience.
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Yep - red is one of the more 'fugitive' colours, meaning it bleaches out over time from UV rays (sunlight). Not sure how they solved that issue with stop signs though...
 
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JIO said:
Yep - red is one of the more 'fugitive' colours, meaning it bleaches out over time from UV rays (sunlight). Not sure how they solved that issue with stop signs though...
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Korladis said:
I think just by replacing/repainting them. I've seen quite a few faded stop signs.
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Hahaha Reason #357 i need a new bass.

Me: "The old one is fading, Unfortunate side effect of that beautiful red finish Babe, Nothing i can really do about it but buy another"
Her: "It looks fine to me"
Me: "well you're just used to seeing it since I've had it for so very long. I really just don't want to look like an amateur with a faded bass"
Her: "This is worse than the other 356 excuses you've come up with"
Me: "I mean if i wore underwear, you'd want me to have crisp new ones right?"
Her: "How did i end up with you again?"
Me "My superior negotiating skillzzzzzzz"
Her *Sigh*
Me *dances with new red bass*
 
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CaseyVancouver said:
I tried red nail polish back in the early '80s on my car precision, on it's first chip.
After a few months the red polish turned to pink.

Best just to leave it in my experience.
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With thicker, poly finished basses sometimes the chips can snag and delaminate, particularly if it’s from a dent or drop. Now, I’m a leave it alone/let nature do its thing kind of guy but if you’re not there can be a solution. Any good automotive paint shop can take a digital scan of your bass and mix up a matching formula in a touch up bottle(like nail polish). If carefully applied and built up in layers it can look decent and “seal” the chip. With some good sanding skills it can actually look quite good....keep in mind if you don’t know what you’re doing you can really mess up your bass.
 
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lowphatbass said:
With thicker, poly finished basses sometimes the chips can snag and delaminate, particularly if it’s from a dent or drop. Now, I’m a leave it alone/let nature do its thing kind of guy but if you’re not there can be a solution. Any good automotive paint shop can take a digital scan of your bass and mix up a matching formula in a touch up bottle(like nail polish). If carefully applied and built up in layers it can look decent and “seal” the chip. With some good sanding skills it can actually look quite good....keep in mind if you don’t know what you’re doing you can really mess up your bass.
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...and that would be very distressing ;)
 
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Farseer said:
From what I read Fender stopped using nitro in 1966. By 1968 Poly was being used on everything
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I have a sunburst 68 P that is all nitro, neck as well as body. A lot of 69 Fenders still had nitro body finishes as well. And I'm pretty sure there are plenty of 1970 bodies with nitro finishes (usually sunbursts - don't ask me why) CBS definitely worked on phasing out nitro for cheaper poly, but it took them at least up till the end of the 60's, and they were still having to use nitro on the headstocks to keep the decals from frying well into the late 70's, because by 1968/69, someone decided it that spraying clear over the decals would keep them preserved longer, but it was found the poly reacted badly with the decals, but nitro was fine.
 
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So finally after years of searching I got my paws on an unmolested mid/late 60's J Bass. It's reasonably undistressed, for a build that was completed in the first couple of weeks of 1967. The neck dates to Dec 66, and the pickups were pencilled on the first week of Jan 67. Pots are from the bulk buy in week 42 of 66. As you can see, it has a bit of tan line where the bridge cover goes and some wear and tear on the edges of the body. Very fine checking on the body and slightly more pronounced on the headstock. But what sealed the deal is that it has never had any parts removed (except of course for the ashtrays and rest, which are still with the bass) - none of the electrics have ever been de-soldered. I need to tend to the frets above the 14th, as there a little bit of ramping towards the heel, but apart from that, it is in remarkable condition and has been well played - the nitro on the back of the neck is worn to a myriad of shades that has been burnished by many hands before me. I never thought I would end up with two all nitro Fender basses. let alone with oval tuners and sunburst...but after 38 years of playing and buying Fenders, I got there in the end...



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Longwheelbass said:
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So finally after years of searching I got my paws on an unmolested mid 60's J Bass. It's reasonably undistressed, for a build that was completed in the first couple of weeks of 1967. The neck dates to Dec 66, and the pickups were pencilled on the first week of Jan 67. Pots are from the bulk buy in week 42 of 66. As you can see, it has a bit of tan line where the bridge cover goes and some wear and tear on the edges of the body. Very fine checking on the body and slightly more pronounced on the headstock. But what sealed the deal is that it has never had any parts removed (except of course for the ashtrays and rest, which are still with the bass) - none of the electrics have ever been de-soldered. I need to tend to the frets above the 14th, as there a little bit of rampingtowards the heel, but apart from that, it is in remarkable condition and has been well played - the nitro on the back of the neck is worn to a myriad of shades that has been burnished by many hands before me.
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Congratulations on such a fine mid 60’s Jazz. By chance do you have any pictures of the back of the neck?
 

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