Custom Build Heavy Relic......

[theplumber]

I bet the Fender guys in the custom shop are plopping it now....This guy knows the secrets!!

[Reggaebass]

I quite like a bit of relic but the back of that neck is awful 

[Bridgehouse]

1 minute ago, Reggaebass said:

I quite like a bit of relic but the back of that neck is awful 

Well, you can see which bass he would have saved in a fire….. not that one.

[Reggaebass]

1 minute ago, Bridgehouse said:

Well, you can see which bass he would have saved in a fire….. not that one.

I think it’s been leaning on the woodburner 

[theplumber]

I feel dirty just looking at it....

[Bunion]

Looks like motor oil rubbed into the wood 😂🤣

[Reggaebass]

4 minutes ago, Bunion said:

Looks like motor oil rubbed into the wood 😂🤣

It’s the castrol GTX model 😁

[alyctes]

Or maybe boot polish.  (Couldn't possibly be anything so wimpy as shoe polish, not for this guy...)

[Hellzero]

I'm sure it's the new Mike + The Mechanics signature model.

 

Woohoo greasy !

Edited December 4, 2021 by Hellzero
Fat fingers on a small smartphone

[lemmywinks]

Ah the old "hit with a chisel than colour it in with a Sharpie" relic technique, only the most masterful luthiers are capable of such work.

[Bassassin]

If that was a tenner at the car boot I'd probably leave it there, as it would need far too much work to make it sellable.

 

Wondering if all the black muck smeared over the belly cut is an attempt to hide plywood laminations.

[Bridgehouse]

I wonder if you get a free tetanus shot with it as well?

[bassbloke]

This bass certainly has some vintage mojo.  It's probably also carrying the bubonic plague. 

[yorks5stringer]

I think what happens with these relics is that the perpetrator sees an earlier  relic job that is not very good and seeks to better it but ends up doing it more badly. This then perpetuates and indeed makes worse their relic job and then someone else comes along etc etc etc.....

[rushbo]

I do like a reliced bass. There - I've said it. However, the relicing should bear some relation to natural wear. I have no idea how a musical instrument could end up looking like this, unless it's been used as an oversized spatula to ladle heavy duty lubricant into the mouth of an over-aggresive, robot shark.

 

Once, in the not too distant past, that was a nice looking instrument. Unfortunately, following its recent "customisation" you now need rubber gloves, full body PPE and a tetanus jab just to look at it.

 

Shame.

[ChrisLovatt]

That must've used up a lot of sharpies