Not quite sure if this is the right forum to post in but I'll ask anyway.
Do slightly melted pickups affect tone at all? It's only damage to the outer plastic on the sides and some of the top.
I'll explain what I did. Don't judge to harshly. I'm a beginner who had big ambitions.
I got a "new" fortress rockbass off of eBay. The price was too sweet to pass and I knew I wanted another Warwick. I bought it, it shipped fast but came I'm with some scratches and stuff I wasn't too thrilled with. Rather than return it or live with the flaws (and reading too many threads about people refinishing basses) I decided to take on a project. I bought sand paper and lacquer removing gell and minwax early American stain. I removed everything but the pickups. I have never removed so much stuff and couldn't find my soldering iron to attemp removing the pickups. I did the put the lacquer remover on the back and let it do it's thing. Scraped it off then did the sides. By then it was late and I was probably dizzy on the fumes. I started the front. At first careful to avoid the pickups. Then I was wiping the gell around and splashed it on both of the p and also the j pickups. I didn't think anything of it at first then remembered that the gell is ment to eat stuff like that. Too late, the damage had been done. My pickups look like poo. Most do the MEC labels are intact. I then sanded and sanded some more. I waited until the next day and did more sanding. Wiped clean with mineral spirits and let er dry. The time came to stain. I did just that. At first it looked great, my project was working aside from my pickup mess. Then after drying I could see a ton of spots I missed. I used the mineral spirits to clean off what I could and tried to sand it again. Repeat staining and got most of the same results. I got some of the spots but there were a lot still missed. At this point I threw on another coat and then did some spirits here and there to lighten it on spots where you would see ware and tear. Kind of gave it a roughed up look. For a first try I learned a lot. I'm going to try again on the bass in the future. I'm not 100% happy with my project but gave it my best. I love the sound of this bass and the body shape. And I'm I never attempted anything like this on my German corvette.
I'll post picks when I get home. Forgot I didn't have them on my phone anymore.
Do slightly melted pickups affect tone at all? It's only damage to the outer plastic on the sides and some of the top.
I'll explain what I did. Don't judge to harshly. I'm a beginner who had big ambitions.
I got a "new" fortress rockbass off of eBay. The price was too sweet to pass and I knew I wanted another Warwick. I bought it, it shipped fast but came I'm with some scratches and stuff I wasn't too thrilled with. Rather than return it or live with the flaws (and reading too many threads about people refinishing basses) I decided to take on a project. I bought sand paper and lacquer removing gell and minwax early American stain. I removed everything but the pickups. I have never removed so much stuff and couldn't find my soldering iron to attemp removing the pickups. I did the put the lacquer remover on the back and let it do it's thing. Scraped it off then did the sides. By then it was late and I was probably dizzy on the fumes. I started the front. At first careful to avoid the pickups. Then I was wiping the gell around and splashed it on both of the p and also the j pickups. I didn't think anything of it at first then remembered that the gell is ment to eat stuff like that. Too late, the damage had been done. My pickups look like poo. Most do the MEC labels are intact. I then sanded and sanded some more. I waited until the next day and did more sanding. Wiped clean with mineral spirits and let er dry. The time came to stain. I did just that. At first it looked great, my project was working aside from my pickup mess. Then after drying I could see a ton of spots I missed. I used the mineral spirits to clean off what I could and tried to sand it again. Repeat staining and got most of the same results. I got some of the spots but there were a lot still missed. At this point I threw on another coat and then did some spirits here and there to lighten it on spots where you would see ware and tear. Kind of gave it a roughed up look. For a first try I learned a lot. I'm going to try again on the bass in the future. I'm not 100% happy with my project but gave it my best. I love the sound of this bass and the body shape. And I'm I never attempted anything like this on my German corvette.
I'll post picks when I get home. Forgot I didn't have them on my phone anymore.
