refinish project

I’m aware the cost is $300-$500 typically, but a huge portion of that is labor. I’ve got the time, space, and patience but I’m wondering if anyone here has done there own refinish? How’d it go? Was it worth it or would you have rather paid a pro? This is mostly for fun, the paint would probably...

Hello all you fine folks... Question for you. I have a bass that I had built for me a few years back... A "Slab 66" made in England... I'd had it built with a natural oil finish, and I like the bass A LOT, but unfortunately don't love the grain pattern on the instrument's body... Here's the...

To start, I'm a total newbie to refinishing etc. I've had it in my head for months now to strip the cherry poly finish off of my old Epiphone EB0 and refinish it with a can of Northwest Guitars Nitro white lacquer. It'll just be a fun project and I don't really need to worry about ruining the...

My Fender Fotoflame P bass has had serious cracks in the finish for years. I only use it for practice, so I didn't care. But recently large patches have come loose. So, given how well it worked taking the finish off my other P bass, I decided to make the fotoflame a pandemic project. I always...

Got this bass back a week ago from being refinished and restored. It plays and looks beautiful. John Kallas did an amazing job and I'll be forever grateful!

I am a big fan of Gecko basses and have recently decided to overhaul my collection. My plan was to raise the grain on these bodies- apply a dye - and seal with some subtle flake finish . My understanding is was that the bodies were alder (MM 5 string) and swamp Ash (dual soapbar 6) but it...

Hi fellows! A few months ago I bought a Squier II Precision Bass MIK from a friend, in the following condition: After some work (sanding, painting, fret levelling and fix some wiring issues), I got this result: Thanks for watching and commenting!

So. Years ago a friend gave me an old 48th St Custom jazz bass, with neck issues and rusted strings. Even then I could hear and feel there was this wonderful, lively kick in the in the 50-100hz area, often absent in jazz basses. However, that big fat tone also always sounded a bit lifeless in...

Hey guys! I thought I'd log the project that I'm working on currently! I've had this MIM Jazz Bass for about 8ish years, but more recently the body has been sitting in the cupboard. Playing live this bass was always too heavy, so I stole the neck and popped it on a cheap Squire P bass I had...

Last year, I bought my wife a Squier VM Jaguar short scale for her to learn bass on for a new acoustic trio project. She loves it, and we're having a great time. But her favorite color is purple, and her bass is red. So ... here goes a refinish project. I just bought a cheap used VM SS Jag...

Fill in the blank in the thread title, and share if you so desire! In my case, a recent project completion has me smitten and looking back on the start of my "modding" or working on basses, specifically the first bass I ever owned: a 2001 Squier Affinity P bass that I received as a christmas...

A candy flaked pj that I was experimenting with. It turned out pretty nice.

So here's the question. I bought a kit bass from a catalog a few years back and built it dyed and finished the body but I chose a water based satin finish polyurethane to seal it. Over a relatively short time it wore through in some spots and decided to refinish it. Instead of worrying about...