[quote name='lwtait' post='69703' date='Oct 4 2007, 09:08 PM']cool bass, I especially like the lefty neck, it looks great!
how did you relic the body? it looks very realistic to me.[/quote]
It was a poly finish bass so it wouldn't relic like nitro (as on actual old basses) so I just tried to recreate the kind of weathering and damage you'd get on this type of body.
I ran a heat gun on full heat over the whole body (if you don't stay in one place too long it doesn't bubble up) and let it cool down, I did this 4 or 5 times which cracked the lacquer finish in areas and brings the grain out.
Then I chipped and dented it with a set of keys on a chain, I did this quite heavily in the usual wear areas.
then I put on the pick guard and hardware on, scratched it all with the keys then rubbed it all over with brown shoe polish which I rubbed off the excess ( It looks like the kind of dirt and grime you get collecting around the pickguard and stuff and also made the grain in the exposed wood look dirty)
Its not meant to be a genuine looking relic I just always wanted a f*$ked up old bass that I could chuck around on stage.
I've always been so heavy handed when I play on stage I need the action quite high anyway.