Road worn Project

[harlowbassplayer]

here i have a FS precision bass candy apply red


i want to road worn the body but i don't no where to start

i just wanna give it alot worn can anyone help


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HBP

[Buzz]

Don't chuck it around like a madman. That's for starters, as you'll certainly get a worn look, but it will not look like playing wear, it'll look like you've chucked it about because while some of the roadworn instruments may have a large number of dents, they're normally quite small, and there's certainly never and big chunks missing for the most part.

Go hunt some images on the forum of actual older basses, 60's and 70's precisions, not any of the re-issues or the like, so you can see what playing wear actually looks like.

Then start sanding gently with fine grit in places, and don't forget you don't need to go down to the wood all the time.

[ezbass]

To get the right places for a natural worn look tape some abrasive paper to your right wrist/forearm and around your belt area. Play for a few minutes and then you'll have an accurate indication of where to distress further. A few judicious dinks on the horn tops and lower bout will help with the look. A look at the [url="http://fender.com/products/search.php?section=basses&prod_series=Road+Worn%84%A2"]Fender Road Worn[/url] P & J photos will give you some ideas too. Remember you can always distress more, but you can't undistress, so small amounts at a time.

[harlowbassplayer]

[quote name='ezbass' post='773574' date='Mar 13 2010, 01:12 PM']To get the right places for a natural worn look tape some abrasive paper to your right wrist/forearm and around your belt area. Play for a few minutes and then you'll have an accurate indication of where to distress further. A few judicious dinks on the horn tops and lower bout will help with the look. A look at the [url="http://fender.com/products/search.php?section=basses&prod_series=Road+Worn%84%A2"]Fender Road Worn[/url] P & J photos will give you some ideas too. Remember you can always distress more, but you can't undistress, so small amounts at a time.[/quote]


cheers for the help i will give that a go little by little will post some pic of it after

[dougie]

each to their own i suppose,never understood the roadworn concept tho,you wouldnt buy a new car and pay for designer rust and a pikey to blag yer cd player....

[henry norton]

Have a look at the Nash Guitars website too - they specialise in making 'aged' Fenders and they look pretty good if you like that kind of thing.

[url="http://www.nashguitars.com/the_guitars.html"]Here it is![/url]

I must admit I used to think playing reliced instruments was a bit like wearing a fake Rolex but I've come round to appreciating having something that I'm not aversed to chucking in the back of my car or leaning up against my amp from time to time. Horses for courses I s'pose

[OliverBlackman]

is it just me or do the cool looking road worn basses always have a nitro finish, thats why it wears down so smoothly. Obviously you get old 70's fenders which are "worn" but that is mainly just chunks and dents and looks battered

[gary mac]

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