Finish Checking

[stingraybassman]

Hello people,

Im after a bit of advice.

I have a new 63 vintage reissue pbass, it has a beautiful thin nitro finish. I am shooting a music video outdoors on friday and obviously it might be quite cold. I have major fear that the fish might check, assuming I let the bass acclimatise for a while before i get it out, will it be ok?

Thanks in advance

[MarkG3]

Hey, yea as far as I know if you let it get used to the temperature slowly then it should be ok like you've said. I think I've heard it checks or is at risk of checking when it changes conditions pretty quickly, so example from a heated house not in a case straight out to the cold out of the case. I could be wrong so I'm sure others will be along who know more than me

Have you got any pics? Sounds like a nice bass, I love nitro finishes. Good luck with the video!

Edited November 20, 2013 by OBT1000_S12

[ikay]

See this post from fender - [url="http://www.fender.com/news/finish-checking/"]http://www.fender.com/news/finish-checking/[/url]

[stingraybassman]

Not bad for a freebie

[url="http://tinypic.com/r/256fbiq/5"]http://tinypic.com/r/256fbiq/5[/url]

Edited November 21, 2013 by stingraybassman

[gareth]

I love the look of checking

[BigRedX]

Checking to me says: time to get the old finish stripped off and replaced.

[gareth]

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Checking to me says: time to get the old finish stripped off and replaced.
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