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  1. [quote name='Grangur' timestamp='1432237346' post='2779651'] That's a lovely colour!! What you can do to re-finish it could depend on what you find under the colour finish. If it's got wood with grain, then you could simply oil it. That would be easy and low cost. [/quote] Honestly, I cant stand it. It's like its been coloured in with a blue bic pen lol, but as I said i'm not a fan of the colour blue anyway. I could oil it but oil alone offers no protection and I can be a bit clumsy sometimes (A friend gave me the bass btw, I would never have bought a guitar this colour)
  2. [quote name='3below' timestamp='1432237270' post='2779649'] You might be in for a tough job removing what is probably a polyester finish. It might be better to apply a new solid colour over the blue (after suitable sanding). [/quote] From what I can gather a heat-gun and some good old fashioned elbow grease is the easiest way. Obviously I have to be mindful to keep the gun moving so as not to scorch the wood but that shouldn't be a problem. I dont mind if its an arse of a job. A little hard work to end up with a bass I want to play more will be worth it.
  3. [color=#141414][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]Hey guys.[/font][/color] [color=#141414][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]Well I've decided to strip my bass down to the natural alder wood body purely because I hate the color of it. It's my first bass (been playing about 9 months) and given that money is tight at the moment, i'm likely to be playing it for the next 12 months before I can consider an upgrade to a bass I would like. I like my bass fine, but the color of it (blue) almost puts me off practicing. I find it very uninspiring. Blue is probably my least favorite color for anything.[/font][/color] [color=#141414][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]I have been snooping about internet land about finishing guitars and although I have learned a lot, i'm just as confused about which route to take. All I want is a cheap, easy and relatively quick way to finish the guitar which also protects it while bringing out at least some of the natural beauty of the wood.[/font][/color] [color=#141414][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]I'm aware that because my bass is a low-end model (Yamaha RBX270J) the wood may be mis-matched, but I honestly wouldnt mind that at all. It would actually be an improvement in my eyes.[/font][/color] [color=#141414][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]Thanks very much![/font][/color]
  4. Thanks everyone! [quote name='steve-soar' timestamp='1426539393' post='2719168'] Hi there. Are you a Crass fan by any chance? [/quote] Haha they're ok but i'm not a huge early punk fan anyway.
  5. [color=#141414][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]Well as the title says I got given a Bass (Yamaha RBX270J) by my friend who no longer wanted it and now I can't put the thing down. I used to twiddle about on guitar but I always struggled with it and it never felt like fun, more like hard work so I stopped playing the guitar about 6 years ago.[/font][/color] [color=#141414][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]I've been playing Bass for about 5 months now and my previous guitar experience has proven useful to transitioning to Bass, I've been learning quite a variety of musical styles & drilling scales etc like you wouldn't believe. I WISH I had picked up the Bass years ago. I never realized how fun and versatile this instrument is. I want to get a 5 string soon as a lot of the metal songs I want to learn are played on the 5 and i'm hopefully going to be taking some lessons so I can get a handle on the theory side of things.[/font][/color] [font="verdana, geneva, lucida, lucida grande, arial, helvetica, sans-serif"][color="#141414"][size=3]So yeah, that's me. Howdy![/size][/color][/font]
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