Accelerated relicing

[Geek99]

Anyone got any ideas for speeding up the natural wear on my nitro bodied and nitro necked p bass ? Particular fabrics , that kind of thing ?
I don't have sandpaper sleeves

[BetaFunk]

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Anyone got any ideas for speeding up the natural wear on my nitro bodied and nitro necked p bass ? Particular fabrics , that kind of thing ?
I don't have sandpaper sleeves
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Keep playing it.

[iconic]

Lots of blingy jewelry?..rings, bracelets should help rough it up

[arthurhenry]

Hours and hours of practice and gigging. Think of the satisfaction of knowing the wear and tear is real.

[Truckstop]

Yeah just use it as often as possible and get nice and sweaty! Leaving it in the sun or in an exposed corner of your music room should also help. A friend of mine never bothered buying a case for his guitars and they all look pretty worn out from being in the back of his car or laid on rough floors etc.

Truckstop

[Lowender]

Either the finest steel wool you can get or some bathtub cleanser powder.

[iceonaboy]

Wet and dry sandpaper (wet of course) gently rubbed on the edges, will produce a similar effect as that produced by years of rubbing with fabric

[pobrien_ie]

Cellulose thinner removes the nitro finish. Good for speeding up the natural wearing process.

[Junkyard Rocket]

chainmail

[Geek99]

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Keep playing it.
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Sadly real life is getting in the way

[Geek99]

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Lots of blingy jewelry?..rings, bracelets should help rough it up
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Partner would not approve - she doesn't even like me wearing her underwear (did I type that out loud?)

[Geek99]

Thanks to pobrien-ie and iceonaboy for their helpful suggestions

[Bolo]

A shotgun
Drag it behind the car for a week.
Use it to survive the zombie Apocalyps.
Replace your 3 wood golfclub with it.
Competitive canooïng.
Wakeboarding!
Doorstop.
Mount wheels for radical skateboard axe-ion.

[Geek99]

Its a precision, it would survive

[discreet]

What gives away even a good relic job is pristine hardware. You [i]can [/i]relic your hardware... with care. Just be aware that 'Muriatic Acid' is in fact Hydrochloric Acid and take appropriate precautions... such as wearing a HazMat suit.

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoA0O6kSBqk[/media]

Edited August 2, 2013 by discreet

[Geek99]

Sure I just wanted to start the ball rolling

[bartelby]

[size=3]When this has been asked before someone suggested taping the finest wet and dry to your forearm and on your body where the bass' body touches.[/size]

[BetaFunk]

This might work........

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lES_1vaidrE

[D.I. Joe]

Wear a thick jacket onstage and wrap the sleeve in fine wet & dry. Get a' sweatin' and a' sandin' at the same time!

[Dave Vader]

keep it in the shed/garage, play it in the oven.

[tauzero]

Why not take some pride in it and look after it instead?

[Geek99]

Just don't want to work on the wrong bit and make it look like those belt sander efforts on eBay

Edited August 2, 2013 by Geek99

[Geek99]

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Why not take some pride in it and look after it instead?
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Because I wanted one that would age quickly rather than look like a reissue

[Si600]

Why do you want it to age quickly? I'm not saying that you shouldn't, but why not just let it gain it's own patina and "story" instead of scruffing it up?
Then when you're old and have your great grandchild pick it up you can tell them that that scrape was from that gig, and that dent was when I was too drunk to hold it properly

Just MHO by the way it's your bass after all

[discreet]

If you've never done a relic job before the result is likely to be 'variable' at best.
Why not get someone to do it for you?

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