It’ll wear. I have an American Deluxe Jazz in trans white. Pulled the bridge the other day to get the rust off and clean it and the bass was noticeably whiter under the bridge. I couldn’t believe how much the finish had yellowed in just a few years.
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Will poly get age eventually?
- Thread starter Bassguitar man
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"There are 4 things that will survive a nuclear holocaust.
Keef
Twinkies
Cockroaches
And modern polyester finishes"
Make that 5: pocket gophers.
Keef
Twinkies
Cockroaches
And modern polyester finishes"
Make that 5: pocket gophers.
Didn't work for this kid.
Lmao!!
Thanks, I'm here all week!
3 shows a day, 4 o'clock, 7 o'clock and 11. The 11 o'clock show does get a little blue tough.
And everyday the dining room has half price shrimp cocktail before 5.
Try the veal! It's FANTASTIC!
Freshman year college roommate got those.
He kept leaving his tighty whities laying around after he took them off. I was afraid to pick them up.
He had the Quell shampoo and the fine toothed comb. Used that for a couple weeks, didn't make any difference.
Kept complaining how stubborn they were. I told him he could get rid of them by not giving them anywhere to live. Eventually he got rid of them, by shaving.
Yes play-wearing poly is definitely possible! This is a 1983 poly finished P Bass I had that was originally owned by Tom Peterssen of Cheap Trick.
No one denied this. It's just: poly is there or it isn't. You can kind of peel it off the body as shown in your pic above. But nitro kind of stays in plays AND changes. Look at the pic from a poly tele that is peeled I posted earlier. If you are skillfull with a razor blade, you can remove poly from a body in huge parts like peeling an orange. Try this with nitro!
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I would say yes.
That was a blue bass with a poor black paint job over top which screams "somebody screwed my finish".
Wonder how Mom & Dad felt about their investment in their 10 year olds musical training when they saw that?? My kid did that he'd get an immediate foot square up his a$$.
Aw...the little brat is just practicing for his future Who Tribute Band!! Or prison!
Abso-freaking-lutely!!!!
If I'd ever done something like that, I know my pops would have beat my arse.
And they'd never have bought me anything after that...
That was the original 1982 Fender black poly finish, no repaint. You may be seeing the reflection, plus there are some abrasions with something that was gray on the back.
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