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The quest for surf green

bassistheplaceofcourse

bassistheplaceofcourse

Oct 26, 2014
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After much lurking, this is my first post here, I salute you all my fellow bass bretheren.

So I'm looking to build a p bass. Just a standard classic vibe p bass, but probably custom since I want some non-standard things on the neck. I really want a surf green body, and I was thinking Warmoth since they have a good price to quality ratio imo.

But the surf pic on the Warmoth site looks like not what I want. Way too dark and vibrant. Yes I know these pastel colours are hard to photograph and look different in different lights blah blah, but I've searched and found enough opinions about their surf green to put me off.

I'm looking for the more pale, subtle surf. I'm thinking about USACG but I can't find any clearly stated examples of their surf green. So I'm asking if anyone has any pics and/or experience of such. I'd be open other suggestions for a source of a surf green p body with the right colour.

I thank you.
 
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And I just found this which is apparently USACG surf green. Looks quite nice...
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I got a sonic blue body from Warmoth. It's much more traditional sonic blue than what they show in the colour options page.

Check out the surf green jazz in this post though (not mine), I'm guessing it's pretty spot on:

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You also might be able to get exactly what you want from [Invalid or Expired Link Removed], they add different levels of yellowing, checking, wear, etc:

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The thing with Warmoth is they seem to do the colours as they were originally done (such as their olympic white), not the faded, yellowed versions that we see these days on vintage guitars that have lasted for 50 years.
 
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Down_Low said:
I got a sonic blue body from Warmoth. It's much more traditional sonic blue than what they show in the colour options page.

Check out the surf green jazz in this post though (not mine), I'm guessing it's pretty spot on:

SurferGirl004_zps70c14466.jpg


You also might be able to get exactly what you want from [Invalid or Expired Link Removed], they add different levels of yellowing, checking, wear, etc:

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The thing with Warmoth is they seem to do the colours as they were originally done (such as their olympic white), not the faded, yellowed versions that we see these days on vintage guitars that have lasted for 50 years.
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Kind of a poor fit between the pickguard and control plate isn't it? I've seen that with other Warmoth Jazz bodies. You'd think they would fix that.
 
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70'sRockChild said:
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No experience with quality, but it's green, and cheap! guitarfetish dot com
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I got a jazz bass and the finish is pretty bad. Also, fender necks do not fit, if you try really hard, you could make it fit, but you will also also crack the finish. Unless you don't mind a thin, flimsy body with a fairly poor finish, I would not recommend these. Though, you get what you pay for :)
 
#14
Carvin makes their basses in surf green, as well. Unfortunately, they don't offer their kit bass in P configuration, yet, or you could get as custom as you wanted, yet still build it yourself.


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Although, you can get an instrument like this one, minus the matching headstock and extra active J pup for only $809 (although the matching headstock only adds $35 more). Made in America and shipped to your door. :)

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