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SHOW YOUR DISTRESSED FINISHES!
- Thread starter JIO
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- Jun 30, 2010
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- musician/artist/owner - Gildaxe
- Jun 30, 2010
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Posted here before - a recent pic when I saw how nice the setting sun light looked -
- Jun 30, 2010
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It is a special bass - I call it my "magic bass" and call it that because I switch-up basses I own when rehearsing/practicing and so mid-way through playing it and I'm not connecting with which bass I pulled to do this because I get lost in the moment and I'm hearing this great tone/voice and then look down and am reminded - "oh yah, of course - it's that bass!"
To neigh-sayers... basses played like this, for years and years to pay the bills and rock while doing so, definitely acquire a "soul", a memory - (a fibrous memory) and intimately inspires your playing if you are receptive.But - basses like yours can still inspire w/o the distressing that occurred on those thin-nitro/poly finishes - you are the player who will give your bass a "soul" regardless of the way it looks/wears.
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Very Rare 1960 Kay K5970J Professional Electric Jazz Bass in Black with Case
no affiliation - just sublime, in it's aging and design.
no affiliation - just sublime, in it's aging and design.
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That pickguard is a thin semi-opaque plastic with imbedded decorative fibers (like fiberglass) and looked like that when new. (maybe it's a bit more amber now) There are rice-paper versions as well that you can find in art stores.
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My friend Matt’s bass , which will be my backup bass tonight with Pat Green.....
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Pretty cool. Looks like by the early 70's they were shooting the raw wood with a thick poly clearcoat 1st and then shot the burst over it. (which was relatively thin)
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Very cool '65 Magnatone Hurricane with distressed silver-sparkle over black chequed finish. (no affiliation)
1965 Magnatone Hurricane X-10 Bass in Black Sparkle with Original Hardshell Case | eBay
1965 Magnatone Hurricane X-10 Bass in Black Sparkle with Original Hardshell Case | eBay
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That's incredibly cool. Very space age. Interesting bridge design, too. Also full-scale, unlike many of the oddball older instruments I see. I unfortunately don't have that kind of money, though. That worn sparkle finish looks badass.
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- Jun 30, 2010
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I learned that the chrome knurled wheel on the bridge operates a mute! (the platform is there but the mute pad is missing - on the black sparkle one)
Here's one with the mute w/pad - if operating smoothly it seems like a good design. The bridge not so good - as indicated by the bottomed-out saddles not allowing proper intonation.
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