besides the acid trip pickguard and EMGs, whats all done to it?
not to say its not tricked out, usually looking for the details though.
guessing its been refinished?
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besides the acid trip pickguard and EMGs, whats all done to it?
not to say its not tricked out, usually looking for the details though.
guessing its been refinished?
Yup. But complicated to handle: whatever of the three parameters you want to change has you loosening and retuning the string quite a lot, otherwise nothing moves. Good on stability, of course, but frustrating. Lots of patience needed!
yes. It was a black bass, and the paint was THICK. A humble Squier P-bass, it kicks serious butt. Acid pick-guard hand-decorated by me, with gift wrapping paper and a natura based glue. Active EMG's, stained and sealed with Minwax 1 step Stain and Polyurethane honey pine satin # 310. The lower bout strap button is in the "No head dive " position. The Fender logo is hand drawn and is white paper painted with an orange fluorescent highlighter pen. Weights in at 8.60, and it has a great sound. Strung with Roto Sound Swing 66, and it also has an orange barrel
, ehem... capacitor 
When I was 16 I took my 2003 sunburst squire j bass and sanded the paint off, stained it deep brown, replaced the pickups, added a black pickguard, replaced the "squire" logo with a 70's fender logo, aged all the metal parts by suspending them over muratic acid, ripped the frets out and epoxied the neck. I can't afford a real 70s fender so it might as well look the part
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Looks stunning, but does it *play* and/or *sound* the part?(...) I can't afford a real 70s fender so it might as well look the part
I have one of these ones at the moment and I love it. I'm not thinking of doing anything to the pickups to it as of yet but it will have the laquer stripped, have a burst put on it, have the scratchplate switched to tortoise shell and have a bridge and pickup cover installed. It would've been easier to just buy a burst one but they had none in stock and weren't able to order one for a while, just need to find the time to do it.
Looks stunning, but does it *play* and/or *sound* the part?
Well it DOES lack that certain sound and feel that only a 30+ year old worn in Jazz Bass has... BUT considering I only spent around $60 in upgrades and relic'ing, I certainly wont complain!
Well it DOES lack that certain sound and feel that only a 30+ year old worn in Jazz Bass has... BUT considering I only spent around $60 in upgrades and relic'ing, I certainly wont complain!
looks pretty neat, anymore info on your hardware relic process?
ive heard that method before, but i dont know much about it.
curious as to how your personal experience went.
.... I can't afford a real 70s fender so it might as well look the part
Nicely done, except I don't believe that Fender used dots on Rosewood fingerboard Jazz' in the '70s. Precisions yes, Jazz' I don't believe so...
And....my first bass was a brand new '74 Precision and I have to tell you, all of my Squiers (and MIM P) play better!
BillyB_from_LZ said:
True, they did not use dots back then... but I was only 16 at the time so giving me a router and telling me to route in block inlays would've been a way bigger disaster than a few historical inaccuracies!
Anyone done a successful ageing/relic job on the 'blocked and bound' Squier VM 70's Jazz, the neck in particular?
Instead of reeming new holes for tuners in the affinity P. I returned it and got a 77 Jazz VM like this one. Link Removed
I threw a couple of Kent Armstrong Lipsticks in there with the neck from my 75 VM and a set of Black Beauties and black p bass knobs. There is also a high mass Fender bridge on order for her. I thought about the whole Geddy thing but I like ths more. Link Removed
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Then I started with my 75. She has a tort guard and jazz knobs on orderLink Removed
Link RemovedNow I am off to L and M to get a set of Rotosound 66's for her.
Next will be my 5 string when it arrives.
It sure sucked a few months a go when I had to sell gear because of my accident, but I am having fun now
I threw a couple of Kent Armstrong Lipsticks in there with the neck from my 75 VM and a set of Black Beauties and black p bass knobs. There is also a high mass Fender bridge on order for her. I thought about the whole Geddy thing but I like ths more. Link Removed
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Then I started with my 75. She has a tort guard and jazz knobs on orderLink Removed
Link RemovedNow I am off to L and M to get a set of Rotosound 66's for her.
Next will be my 5 string when it arrives.
It sure sucked a few months a go when I had to sell gear because of my accident, but I am having fun now
Guess I'll play...
Here's mine, I picked up an affinity that had been customized...
Stripped it of it's... "custom" paint job... replaced the electronics with a Fender Original 62 PU, CTS Pots, a new B/W/B pick guard.
Here's mine, I picked up an affinity that had been customized...
Stripped it of it's... "custom" paint job... replaced the electronics with a Fender Original 62 PU, CTS Pots, a new B/W/B pick guard.
Here's mine, I picked up an affinity that had been customized...
Very nice..Looks great Natural!
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