JMT3781 Posted June 8, 2011 Posted June 8, 2011 Howdy So earlier last year, i decided to sell my first proper bass, My fender USA Jazz 5 1996. I wasn't playing it, i'd gone off the colour, and the damage had stopped being cool, and was starting to bug me. So i put it up for sale here, and starting receiving some rather cheeky cash offers of around the £200 mark.. After a while, i almost sold the bass on a few occasions, and even found myself making up or exaggerating faults to put off potential buyers. So eventually i decided to keep it, and back in the cupboard it went. A month passed, and i got another offer (sensible this time) to which i declined, the offerer admitted he planned to refinish the bass! This turned on a light bulb in my head, and i started planning how i would refinish my faithful Jazz. Cut a long story short, i decided to Have a gold Jazz, with stacked knobs. I sanded the Red paint off, and sent the body off to the incredibly talented Dan Macpherson at DM guitars. 4 weeks later, i had the body back, looking great, with a faint sparkle to the gold finish. The new pots and control plate came from All Parts, which i hastily soldered together to make a working bass! After an hour of screwing bits back together, and restinging with some black roto Nexus strings, the Golden 5 String 60's stacked knob late nineties Jazz Bass Was born! The only thing i would love to do would be to get the headstock painted in a matching Gold, but to be honest i think it looks Fabulous anyway! Heres a pic with my 73 P Bass Hope you Enjoyed! Quote
lobematt Posted June 8, 2011 Posted June 8, 2011 Did you use any chemicals to get the thick finish off or just a lot of sanding? Quote
JMT3781 Posted June 8, 2011 Author Posted June 8, 2011 Nah just sanding, not really any technique to it lol, just attacked and hoped for the best. I think I got lucky lol, although one of the horns certainly has a unique look to it hahaha Quote
lobematt Posted June 8, 2011 Posted June 8, 2011 Oh yeah! Didn't even notice until you pointed it out! Quote
dc2009 Posted June 8, 2011 Posted June 8, 2011 Wow, how lovely. It's clearly crying out for a lovely matching ashtray bridge cover though Quote
JPJ Posted June 10, 2011 Posted June 10, 2011 Wow, very nice indeed. I might just crack on and do this to mine (and a defret at the same time). Good work that man Quote
Jondeeman Posted June 10, 2011 Posted June 10, 2011 Wow, gorgeous. Superb job. Keeping it was definitely the way to go. Quote
LawrenceH Posted June 10, 2011 Posted June 10, 2011 You're just one matching headstock away from achieving the impossible - turning a 5-string jazz with 5-in-line tuners into pure instrument porn. Get that headstock painted, man! Quote
Bassman Sam Posted June 11, 2011 Posted June 11, 2011 [quote name='LawrenceH' post='1264508' date='Jun 10 2011, 11:55 PM']You're just one matching headstock away from achieving the impossible - turning a 5-string jazz with 5-in-line tuners into pure instrument porn. Get that headstock painted, man![/quote] +1. It's got to be done, it would look soooo coool. Quote
JMT3781 Posted June 13, 2011 Author Posted June 13, 2011 i kniw... but wouldnt i have to get the logo scraped off, then a new one put on? Quote
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