bass_dinger Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 26 minutes ago, Leonard Smalls said: Here's my fingerworn Wal... And if you look carefully there's fluorescent paint in all sorts of nooks and crannies. That looks organic - as if player and instrument have grown older together. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Smalls Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 35 minutes ago, bass_dinger said: grown older together Old? We're in our prime!!! Though it is about 33 years of slappin' poppin' strummin' and bangin'. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaggy Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 Not so much "road worn" this one, as "barn worn" - a 1958 Gibson EB-2 I had from the US a good few years back (pre silly import duties....) that had allegedly been hanging up in a barn in one of the Southern States for around the previous 4 decades. No reason to doubt it, as even the strings seemed original. Finish checking /peeling is down to water damage, particularly on the rear, stabilised with a top coat of clear nitrocellulose. The fingerboard had to be reattached too. 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franticsmurf Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 5 hours ago, SteveXFR said: Series 3 SWB in green apparently gives the best tone. I prefer the long scale Landrover tone personally. 😃 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 ... or for those on a budget ... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveXFR Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 2 hours ago, Franticsmurf said: I prefer the long scale Landrover tone personally. 😃 Long for extra sustain? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franticsmurf Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 2 hours ago, SteveXFR said: Long for extra sustain? It's more that undefined 'something' about the way a long scale Landrover shapes the body of the towed guitar. And, of course, you can get more basses into a LWB, which means more distressed instruments on each outing, thus reducing the unit cost. 😃 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franticsmurf Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 3 hours ago, Dad3353 said: ... or for those on a budget ... Harley Benton Landrover. Cool. 😃 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miles'tone Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 4 hours ago, Franticsmurf said: Harley Benton Landrover. Cool. 😃 Ibanez Micro Moke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velarian Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 My roadworn Precision which I bought used in 1980/81 or thereabouts. It was 3 years old in good condition when I got it. It was gigged regularly for about 5 or 6 years and the wear was caused by my own fair forearm and knocks from general usage. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonno1981 Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 I think body wear generally looks great on any classic shaped instrument. Where I get put off is too much wear on the neck beyond discolouration and light finish wear. Anytime I pick up a bass with proper chips in the back of the neck/ side of fingerboard I just want to put it back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gafbass02 Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 (edited) My 1990 mij jazz. All real gig wear, the finish is slowly letting go of the body, lots of splits and cracks have just appeared over the years, it lives in a cellar, which probably hasn’t helped. It’s surprisingly hard to capture the extent of the damage in photographs.. Still plays and sounds fantastic though. I just swapped out the wizard GAFfer prototype neck pickup for a quarter pounder for a bit. The neck/pickup/bridge alignment isn’t as off as it looks in pictures, but the only original parts now are the body and three of the tuners. It’s had many lives and forms since I bought it in 1992. Edited October 23, 2022 by gafbass02 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gafbass02 Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 And the Ibanez, but it’s almost cheating on an SR500, they look like this after twenty minutes! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cscsiga Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 This the bass that I’ve been playing on mainly for years now. Built like a tank, sounds like machine. Hundreds of hours live gig amd studio time. The most comfortable bass I’ve ever played. It’s a G&L sb1. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 22 hours ago, gafbass02 said: the only original parts now are the body and three of the tuners. It’s had many lives and forms since I bought it in 1992. Very nice and it looks great. Trigger (R.I.P) would have been very proud of you... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thodrik Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 (edited) Vigier Excess: bought new in 2004. If you like really closely you can see some wear and tear from 18 years of gigging and rehearsals and years of carting the bass around in whatever gig bag I could afford for £30 in taxis, busses etc. Generally I'm not overly precious with instruments either. Two chips. That is pretty much it in terms of cosmetics however I am onto the second nut, second zero fret and second jack socket. I have had my Fender since 1999. It is an S9 series so is probably anywhere from late 1978-1980. The lacquer on the neck has started to flake off, probably from years of sudden temperature changes from being transported in the cold and then brought into warm venues etc. The neck was actually pretty much in mint condition until about 2013-14 and then the peeling started. The actual body is perfectly fine and hasn't got many scratches, chips or dings whatsoever. Scratch plate 'work' was done by the previous owner. I think that is the original scratch plate but cut in two to allow easy access to the jack socket for repairs. However I haven't needed to ever repair the jack socket in 23 years. I thought about getting the neck re-lacquered but I would probably go for a satin refinish rather than nitro. At this point I don't care about devaluing it because I will never sell it and I will never realistically consider late 70s Fenders to be 'valuable' commodities. I just got this because it was significantly cheaper than a 'new' American Standard when I was 13! Edited October 24, 2022 by thodrik 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gafbass02 Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 4 hours ago, lowdown said: Very nice and it looks great. Trigger (R.I.P) would have been very proud of you... That's exactly what I call it 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 I like the “split scratchplate” idea@thodrik, not seen that before but does make accessing the electrics a fair bit easier I would think. Kudos to the previous owner for coming up with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulThePlug Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 (edited) @thodrik love that Fender brown 2Tone Tobbaco burst colour... I'd wax the raw wood of the neck and be having an aged cream plate with that brown... luverly. Edited October 24, 2022 by PaulThePlug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thodrik Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 1 hour ago, Lozz196 said: I like the “split scratchplate” idea@thodrik, not seen that before but does make accessing the electrics a fair bit easier I would think. Kudos to the previous owner for coming up with that. It’s weird but I actually really like it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thodrik Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 37 minutes ago, PaulThePlug said: @thodrik love that Fender brown 2Tone Tobbaco burst colour... I'd wax the raw wood of the neck and be having an aged cream plate with that brown... luverly. It’s actually cherry sunburst but it had faded quite a bit over the years. My brother called it ‘rotten fruitburst’ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wonky2 Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 (edited) 😍 Edited October 26, 2022 by Wonky2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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