My latest build project

[kevin_lindsay]

Okay, so I guess most of you will have seen the refinish posts I created for the Shell Pink USA '62 reissue Jazz Bass and the Eric Johnson Strat in Surf Green (here's a link http://basschat.co.uk/topic/165861-fender-usa-62-jazz-bass-refinish-at-home/page__fromsearch__1)

So, my latest refinish is for a swamp ash bodied '56 P-Bass reissue.

I'm thinking of doing it in Shell Pink as I saw another '56 in that colour and thought it was pretty cool.

Anyone got any other suggestions for possible colour finishes I might be tempted by before I order the lacquers?

Edited June 30, 2012 by kevin_lindsay

[discreet]

Fiesta Red with Tort pick guard? Sonic Blue or Surf Green with Pearl pick guard? But with 56 pup, obviously...



Apologies for my lack of Photoshop skill!

Edited February 26, 2012 by discreet

[Mrbigstuff]

http://www.suhrguitars.com/images/colorChart2/

check out shell pink antique.

[pete.young]

Daphne Blue has to be a contender.

[TheGreek]

My opinion?? - A bass as hideously ugly as that should have the most hideously paint to go with it...

[kevin_lindsay]

I'm heading towards this

[IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/5977c871.jpg[/IMG]

[discreet]

Well, it was a custom colour at the time, was it not?
It really depends on whether you like pink, which you obviously do, so go for it!

[kevin_lindsay]

Hey TheGreek - you're a philistine my dear chap! Hahaha

[discreet]

[quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1330290256' post='1555349']
My opinion?? - A bass as hideously ugly as that should have the most hideously paint to go with it...
[/quote][quote name='kevin_lindsay' timestamp='1330290556' post='1555358']
Hey TheGreek - you're a philistine my dear chap! Hahaha
[/quote]

Too right... each to his own and all that, but how can you say a 56 P-Bass is ugly when you play a Status Kingbass Artist, a foul instrument which is quite rightly criticised in bass playing society for resembling an unholy union between a shovel and a diseased banjo with rickets?

Edited February 26, 2012 by discreet

[RhysP]

Burgundy Mist with a single ply black scratchplate.

[Dave Tipping]

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1330290984' post='1555368']
Too right... each to his own and all that, but how can you say a 56 P-Bass is ugly when you play a Status Kingbass Artist, a foul instrument which is quite rightly criticised in bass playing society for resembling an unholy union between a shovel and a diseased banjo with rickets?
[/quote]
..You beat me to it!

[Dave Tipping]

Oh .. and i'd def. go for the pink .. I'm not to keen on the pink thumb rest though .. don't know why .. it just looks a bit bent.

[skej21]

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1330290984' post='1555368']
How can you say a 56 P-Bass is ugly when you play a Status Kingbass Artist?
[/quote]

You're right... with opinions like that, he's clearly lost his head!

I'll get my coat!

[discreet]

[quote name='Dave Tipping' timestamp='1330292375' post='1555388']
...I'm not to keen on the pink thumb rest though ...it just looks a bit bent.
[/quote]

Looks perfectly straight to me. But it [i]is[/i] fruity.

[risingson]

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1330290984' post='1555368']
Too right... each to his own and all that, but how can you say a 56 P-Bass is ugly when you play a Status Kingbass Artist, a foul instrument which is quite rightly criticised in bass playing society for resembling an unholy union between a shovel and a diseased banjo with rickets?
[/quote]

Right on the money!

[uncle psychosis]

[quote name='kevin_lindsay' timestamp='1330290292' post='1555351']
I'm heading towards this

[IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/5977c871.jpg[/IMG]
[/quote]

Wow. I think I just found my dream "money no object" bass.

[kevin_lindsay]

Well, the Shell Pink is the colour I'm going for. The lacquers have been ordered today. Yippee!!

[Mylkinut]

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1330290984' post='1555368']
Too right... each to his own and all that, but how can you say a 56 P-Bass is ugly when you play a Status Kingbass Artist, a foul instrument which is quite rightly criticised in bass playing society for resembling an unholy union between a shovel and a diseased banjo with rickets?
[/quote]

[kevin_lindsay]

Well, it's taking shape - and, I've gone for the "bent looking" pink finger rest!!!

[IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/2eca2e0d.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/9eaa222c.jpg[/IMG]

[steve-bbb]

[quote name='kevin_lindsay' timestamp='1330290292' post='1555351']
I'm heading towards this


[/quote]

the pink thumbrest looks a bit hello kitty - maybe chrome or white would look better?

sort of bass that HJ might add to his GAS list

[url="http://youtu.be/yzQOJPJdcC0"]http://youtu.be/yzQOJPJdcC0[/url]

come to think of it this one look s a bit like a king bass with a nice blue sprayjob

[kevin_lindsay]

Aaagh!!!!!!!!!

[AndyTravis]

Looks ace, prefer Burgundy Mist for my pink Fenders, but this looks lovely!

[kevin_lindsay]

Well, things are almost ready for final assembly. I'll need to dress the neck pocket to ensure a perfect fit. Then, it's time for assembly, nut dress, fret levelling and crowning, setting intonation, adjusting pickup height, and then were ready to gig!!!!
[IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/c336d038.jpg[/IMG]

The neck plate has a number "6464" which would date it to 1955/56 (and it's also my date of birth! Hahaha).
[IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/e26ff6d5.jpg[/IMG]

The pickup is a Seymour Duncan Antiquity unit.
[IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/04e3781c.jpg[/IMG]

And, the rear string ferrules are the period correct large types:
[IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/c3945403.jpg[/IMG]

Edited June 30, 2012 by kevin_lindsay

[kevin_lindsay]

The output jack is to be mounted in the milled cup rather than the pressed steel type

[IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/6bb191c1.jpg[/IMG]