Washburn Force 40 Project

[briansbrew]

I bought this lovely bass from Ash a few months back, it was in need of some TLC as Ash decided to sell it off. Anyway when I got it the paintwork was cracking in various places and my first priority was to stop it from getting any worse, so all the components were removed right down to the bare guitar.

Next I scraped out all the cracks (gently mind) to make way for the the black infill and then I levelled this all off as best I could but some lines can still be seen, I was not too concerned about that as my main priority was to stabilise it. 

I then sprayed black Acrylic, taping off the red binding was tricky and afterwards  I had to gently remove any over spill and level out before applying the clear Lacquer all over, left for 10 days wet and dry to flatten and then a final buff, very pleased with the finish and it does show lines and little blemishes underneath but hey it adds to the character, who wants a perfect finish. Just noticed some areas were I didn't get al of the overspray off, poor eyesight unfortunately 

The bridge was sand blasted down to bare metal as some of the grub screws were seized but it all came out well after a respray. I fitted a complete  new loom made for me by my good friend Craig Douglas, he does a very neat Job, CTS pots Vo,l Vol and a varitone 

I replaced the bridge pick up with a tone rider I picked up on the bay

The Red knobs are cheap looking so they will be replaced when I find some good decent ones. After getting it all back together and having a good noodle I have to say the sound rocks, the stock P pickup is very good and Im really pleased with the tone rider, that coupled with the varitone is fantastic, cant leave it down. 

These basses are excellent value for money and the build quality is first class and I have to thank firstly Bassassin who inspired me to make the decision to buy it, his knowledge is invaluable and for Ash who made all the effort to get it to me. Brilliant stuff lads

Oh and I kept the diamond on, shame to remove it Have a look at the pics and see the end result.

 

[Bassassin]

Great work Brian, looks awesome!

I'm saying nowt about those knobs, though!

[BreadBin]

That really does look good, top job!

[briansbrew]

13 hours ago, Bassassin said:

Great work Brian, looks awesome!

I'm saying nowt about those knobs, though!

Thanks Jon, It really is a lovely bass and a keeper, I will get better looking knobs for sure.

[ash]

I love it what a fantastic job well done! 

[JohnRoberts2112]

I just bought this same bass… this post answers a lot of questions I had about it. Just arrived to me in Washington state from Sweden today!

[police squad]

I'm sure the guy from Mama's Boys played one of these when they appeared on ECT in the 80s

[briansbrew]

10 hours ago, JohnRoberts2112 said:

I just bought this same bass… this post answers a lot of questions I had about it. Just arrived to me in Washington state from Sweden today!

Glad it got to you safely John, you had a long wait...