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1968 Fender Jazz Bass refinish

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GoldenEraGuitarsGoldenEraGuitars Frets: 8823
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I had the privilege of being given a 1968 fender jazz bass to refinish a few months back. I’m unsure as to the original colour but it certainly wasn’t this..

https://i.imgur.com/AQBzX8t.jpg

While the racing/forest green nitro was quite fetching the new owner didn’t really dig it. The green nitro was applied in the Avalon factory in the mid 70s. It was beautifully checked and roughed up around the edges especially on the back edge and contour. 

The brief was simply to refinish it in aged Olympic white/vintage cream with the appropriate level of ageing/dirt.

Skipping all the usual stripping, filling, levelling steps I’ll leave you with this...

https://i.imgur.com/t7xCA9c.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/sj0Jn72.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/25qy4AH.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/fxogfvA.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/PD4dERm.jpg


I was keen to avoid any large bare patches on this one. I think this is where everyone needs to realise there is a different mindset in relicing vs ageing. I don’t class them as the same thing. But then again I do this everyday so perhaps I overthink it all too much. This guitar required a sympathetic ageing process. It certainly wasn’t getting the Dale Wilson approach (I’m a massive fan of his work btw). 

The body was collected this evening by one happy chappy. Looking forward to the next vintage body I have to do (70s Strat next week ;) ).
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  • meltedbuzzboxmeltedbuzzbox Frets: 10339
    edited July 2018
    Great work fella, as always.

    I would have left it green though if it was mine
    The Bigsby was the first successful design of what is now called a whammy bar or tremolo arm, although vibrato is the technically correct term for the musical effect it produces. In standard usage, tremolo is a rapid fluctuation of the volume of a note, while vibrato is a fluctuation in pitch. The origin of this nonstandard usage of the term by electric guitarists is attributed to Leo Fender, who also used the term “vibrato” to refer to what is really a tremolo effect.
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  • GoldenEraGuitarsGoldenEraGuitars Frets: 8823
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    meltedbuzzbox said:
    Great work fella, as always.

    I would have left it green though if it was mine
    Not sure why someone felt that comment worthy of an lol. The fretboard continues to prove why I’m not interested in interacting here anymore.

    Thanks for the compliment. The green was nice but I know the buyer much preferred the new colour. It was a fairly straight forward refinish too and I was allowed my usual creative freedom.
    • website - https://goldenera-guitars.co.uk/

    • Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@Goldeneraguitars


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  • Winny_PoohWinny_Pooh Frets: 7768
    Great work, would have loved to see how it lokks with a dark tort gaurd.
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  • paulnb57paulnb57 Frets: 3054
    That looks superb!
    Stranger from another planet welcome to our hole - Just strap on your guitar and we'll play some rock 'n' roll

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