teknomike
Oldbie
Been a while since I've posted here, but I can count on the fact that everyone's got an opinion, and I'll welcome any advice, so here you go
I've got a '78 Fender Musicmaster bass that plays and sounds great, but it looks like crap. This thing has been rode hard and put away wet.
That's fine, normally, I wouldn't care, but it also feels like crap, particularly if you're wearing a short sleeved shirt and you gouge a(nother) chunk of skin out of your forearm on the chipped paint.
I don't figure there's enough value in this instrument to make me keep it as is, although, it's completely original, and nothing has been changed until today - I decided to put some strap locks on it - first modification it's ever had. It's maybe worth a few hundred. In any case, I really do like to play it, and it also works well for my 10 year old. And he won't play it very often, because it scratches the heck out of him too (and he thinks it looks nasty).
Anyway, my intent would be to completely remove the existing finish, have my older son (the starving artist) paint something cool on the body (maybe something with a 70's era vibe to go with the guitar's vintage).
Then seal/finish with a clear coat of something.
Yes ? No ? Thoughts ? Ideas ? Pros/cons for various methods of refinishing ?
I've got a '78 Fender Musicmaster bass that plays and sounds great, but it looks like crap. This thing has been rode hard and put away wet.
That's fine, normally, I wouldn't care, but it also feels like crap, particularly if you're wearing a short sleeved shirt and you gouge a(nother) chunk of skin out of your forearm on the chipped paint.
I don't figure there's enough value in this instrument to make me keep it as is, although, it's completely original, and nothing has been changed until today - I decided to put some strap locks on it - first modification it's ever had. It's maybe worth a few hundred. In any case, I really do like to play it, and it also works well for my 10 year old. And he won't play it very often, because it scratches the heck out of him too (and he thinks it looks nasty).
Anyway, my intent would be to completely remove the existing finish, have my older son (the starving artist) paint something cool on the body (maybe something with a 70's era vibe to go with the guitar's vintage).
Then seal/finish with a clear coat of something.
Yes ? No ? Thoughts ? Ideas ? Pros/cons for various methods of refinishing ?