Who would do this!?!?!
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line6man
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stubhead said:
Belt sander?
Considering that the paint is still under the control plate and bridge, I'm guessing someone just dumped paint stripper all over the bass, then realized that the pickups, hardware and neck were destroyed, so they put just the body on eBay. :tard:
Death by Uberschall
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Why buy that junk when you can get the same body new and untouched for $185.00 + shipping from Warmoth? :icon_thumright:
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Calm down. It's just a piece of nasty old wood. :icon_jokercolor:
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Someone who should never breed. :tard:
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Those old ones aren't easy to strip. Well ... maybe none of them are.
I got a 66 pbass from a hock shop for $150.00 once ... probably 1971 was when I got it.
It was a sunburst and looked like it had been used as a shovel to dig through gravel.
So I opted to refinish it.
Zip strip and rubber gloves ... argh .... and there's an under coat of yellow crap on them right above the wood.
Well I eventually got it all off but it was a real chore.
I brush painted it with clear bowling alley kinda stuff from a gallon can than my dad had in the garage.
It came out fine considering.
The neck was maple / rosewood and one of those big flat and wide ones with tiny frets. It was worn through on the back but I didn't refinish that part.
I got a lot of studio use out of it until I got my '76 MM stingray.
Sold the PBass a decade later for $600.00.
Yea ... that's an other one on my kick me for selling it list.
I got a 66 pbass from a hock shop for $150.00 once ... probably 1971 was when I got it.
It was a sunburst and looked like it had been used as a shovel to dig through gravel.
So I opted to refinish it.
Zip strip and rubber gloves ... argh .... and there's an under coat of yellow crap on them right above the wood.
Well I eventually got it all off but it was a real chore.
I brush painted it with clear bowling alley kinda stuff from a gallon can than my dad had in the garage.
It came out fine considering.
The neck was maple / rosewood and one of those big flat and wide ones with tiny frets. It was worn through on the back but I didn't refinish that part.
I got a lot of studio use out of it until I got my '76 MM stingray.
Sold the PBass a decade later for $600.00.
Yea ... that's an other one on my kick me for selling it list.
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It might have been a crappy 70s Fender to begin with. They made a few dogs back then, I if recall. Just tell yourself that and it'll be fine.
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This one could be a victim of the 70s 'blond and brass' wave.
The mid-late 70s were a time of 'soft rock,' granola and Rocky Mountain herbal therapy, and a lot of people took it out on their guitars. Macrame straps, clear finishes, etc. Can't remember where I read it, but someone in in interview talked about stripping a sunburst Les Paul back to bare wood and changing the nut out for brass and how it was, at that time, the thing to do.
And of course they're now kicking themselves...
The best thing about the 70s? They ended. They were so bad they became the 80s!
The mid-late 70s were a time of 'soft rock,' granola and Rocky Mountain herbal therapy, and a lot of people took it out on their guitars. Macrame straps, clear finishes, etc. Can't remember where I read it, but someone in in interview talked about stripping a sunburst Les Paul back to bare wood and changing the nut out for brass and how it was, at that time, the thing to do.
And of course they're now kicking themselves...
The best thing about the 70s? They ended. They were so bad they became the 80s!
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