I see a red bass and I want to paint it

nutdog

nutdog

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Feb 19, 2009
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white.

Midnight wine MIM jazz craigslist find. It was very reasonably priced, plays and sounds nice. Nothing wrong with the finish but the color just leaves me...uninspired. I've had it on CL for a while but no takers.

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I finished my one and only refin 3 years ago (Fender nutdog signature Precision Lyte). I've got most everything left over except paint. Ordered olympic white and clear coat from reranch and a cheap tort guard from dragonfire. Ready to hit it. Using Irving's 64 with matching headstock for inspiration.

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Oh, well, can't unring the bell.

Took it apart. Looks better, I think, without all the stuff on it.

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Conventional wisdom would be to paint over the finish since it is smooth. But I stripped with a heat gun. Came of pretty easy. I like sanding. It's kind of therapeutic.

I burned one spot where I was getting started and there are a couple of surface cracks in that spot I may have caused. Used some grain filler on it. Waiting for it to dry and hopefully to warm up a little before spraying.

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DiabolusInMusic said:
Oh snap, I thought you were planning this not having it go down live.

You're committed now!
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Yeah, started a couple of days ago. Might try a coat of primer tomorrow afternoon. I need to set up a temp paint booth.

ashtray said:
Are you doing a matching headstock too? That would look killer. Grab a new decal of your choice to complement the new look.

Pickup or electronics upgrade since you have it all apart?
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Definitely matching headstock. One of the things I didn't like about the stock look was the plain headstock.

Ordered this decal
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Which matches the one on this bass Andy Baxter Bass & Guitars Ltd

To keep cost down I'm using the stock hardware and electronics for now. At some point I'd like to put on resolites. That would probably bring it under 9lbs. The pickguard is a red tort on sale at dragonfire. It was $7 and fit MIM. I'll keep a lookout for a browner tort down the road.
 
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nutdog said:
Yeah, started a couple of days ago. Might try a coat of primer tomorrow afternoon. I need to set up a temp paint booth.


Definitely matching headstock. One of the things I didn't like about the stock look was the plain headstock.

Ordered this decal
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Which matches the one on this bass Andy Baxter Bass & Guitars Ltd

To keep cost down I'm using the stock hardware and electronics for now. At some point I'd like to put on resolites. That would probably bring it under 9lbs. The pickguard is a red tort on sale at dragonfire. It was $7 and fit MIM. I'll keep a lookout for a browner tort down the road.
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Oh God! A decal! The sky is falling, the sky is falling!
 
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Stripping the finish. The front came off easily. For some reason the back was harder. I did it in the garage. I think the body was warm when I did the front. Got halfway done, had to go pick up my son, when I got back it had gotten cold and I think it didn't want to break loose as easy. The sides came off really easy.

 
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