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I removed a lot of the worst of the scratches that I think I could salvage. Left a lot of dull areas, but i'm confident once these are polished and buffed, the general surface will look good enough that i'll be satisfied until I'm set up to do a full repaint later down the line - which may yet not happen. So next job is bringing that back to a level i'm satisfied with. This is gonna be a bit of a slow project as I don't have a lot of free time!

The issues facing me immediately are that the number and placement of the pickguard screws do not match up with most standard replacement ones that I've seen so far. I'm also having a lot of confusion about repainting. I'm not set up at the moment for a full repaint, and probably won't be until the summer or if/when covid goes away and I can use the workshop at my parents place. In the meantime is there a tried and tested medium that can cover small scratches and dings without having to sand down the whole body? There's a fair bit of information out there, but some can be conflicting and I don't want to waste time and money only to have to end up having to do a full sand a repaint anyway.

What I'm aiming for is the following. I initially thought I wanted to repaint the body in green, but having had time to reflect, I'm considering keeping it red, but will want to repaint anyway and fix the scratches and dings

Starting on a reno of my first bass. For a bit of background I bought this Encore bass for £40-£50 in probably 1996. It was a bit of a mess even then, but for my purposes was fine. It had four strings and working electrics. I joined a couple of bands, had a lot of fun, then life got busy and she got relegated to the spare room and remained there through several house moves. I recently got an urge to pick her up again. Obviously at this point I had to re-string, but thought while I was at it, I would have to replace the nut as to be honest it was always a concern. Had been replaced before I got it with whatever the cheapest material they could find was. Rough and ugly. Once I had retrieved and cleaned her down, I noticed that over the years much of the hardware had started developing small areas of rust. Added to chopped up pickguard, replaced knobs and paint job which I think were done with a punk attitude, but with it being '96 I always associated a Brit-pop vibe which never really my thing. To cut a long story short, at this point it was clear I would have to essentially replace everything to bring it up to a standard that I would be happy with.

I'll head over to the repairs section? I have some photos and definitely need some advice.

Hi everyone. I'm Andy and I've been playing bass on and off for 25 years. I have been played in a couple of garage bands, but i'm honestly pretty basic. Anyway, cutting a long story short I am currently giving an old cheap bass a bit of overdue love and attention and was hoping I might find some advice from others who may have already been down this road.