You are way too kind 😊 Thanks so much for that! You're probably gonna love what I'm currently working on. It's a 68-71 Gibson EB0. Won't be up for at least a couple of months, but i'm sure you'll dig that, judging from your profile pic 😉!
Great job on the restoration! I agree with you that these old basses should be played. They do no one any good in unplayable condition. What a cool surprise to find out you were playing the whole time! Ha ha! Keep on Truckin!
Wow! Really nice! And I agree with your stand on restoration. A bass that can't be played is firewood, and the notion that one should remove no more crust what what's necessary to fret a note is tacitly absurd. An instrument is built to be played and maintained, and cherished, not to be horded by the some-day collector or vintage bass snob. I bet your client was pretty stoked!
True. In my opinion tarnished aged metal is fine to clean up. It doesn’t have to look old. I have a Zildjian cymbal from the 1960s. I cleaned it up and it doesn’t look aged but it’s fine. Old things don’t have to look like it went through a war during a hurricane
Great video, even better tone, do I dare ask how you got all that mid-range-y grind in this video? It sounds fantastic, I’d love to know. And what strings did you put on that to get that sound?
The bass was strung with SIT round wounds. As far as tone, I really didn't do much. Mainly just a bit of EQ and compression. Thanks so much for your comment!
Hey JD, I'm revisiting this video again to do a similar restoration/refin on a kinda junky 6 string from china as more of a learning thing. Was the first can you hit it with before colour just the Stewmac lacquer sealer? one shot coat? Thanks!! love your videos
If you're spraying on alder or some other closed grained wood, you can use a spray sealer like sanding sealer or vinyl sealer. If you're working with ash, mahogany or other open grained woods, you'll need to fill the pores prior to sealing. There are a lot of options for this. I've used quite a few different types, but regardless of what you use, it's gonna take several applications to completely fill the pores. Thanks so much for your support!!
@@pinckneycustomshop I believe its basswood, which from what I'm reading looks like closed grain. I'll keep you posted, thanks so much for the quick feedback.
@@EggEggsly basswood is a closed grain wood. But be careful with it as it’s a pretty soft wood and can be prone to denting. Good luck with your project!!
You did a f*ing great job. I am especially jealous about your paintjob capabilities. I must agree that I would have left some history at the headstock - original decal etc. BUT nevertheless: as long as it’s not a piece of music history, it’s 💯 better to have it playable. If you want to go down that argument lane, i as a son would prefer to play on the bass and honour my dad by that instead of hanging an ugly and murdered bass on a wall (at best), where it only collects dust and cracks in the wood.
Question: where does one get replacement decals? Are they sold by Fender themselves or from 3rd party companies, down to the look of specific production years?
OMFG, fretboards do not go on belt sanders! One should use a radius block sander so you don't remove too much fretboard! Gah... I own a 1974 Fender Precision rosewood fretless sunburst that is my best bass. I also have a 1983 Fender Precision (MIJ) that is my 2nd fav. My regular gig rig bass is my 1996 Fender Jazz Bass MIM black (white pickguard). I sold the neck and bought a Fender Custom Shop '60s Jazz Bass rosewood neck and used flatwound strings. It sounds amazing good.
@@pinckneycustomshop I thought blue is a tape. If yellow is also a tape, it really looks like a maple. Then my big apologies. Nice restauration btw 🙂.
Started by trying to gently clean the crusty lacquer. It was too far gone. I’m getting a lot of harsh criticism for that, but once you’re in elbows deep, you gotta do what you can.
OOOOoooooh, BUMMER man! OK, so it was ALREADY a refin....I get that......a little smoothing, detailing, etc. Up until you removed ALL of the History, character and FUNK by sanding the FACE of the H/S. Have to go with the so-called 'purists' on this one sir. That kinda SUCKED!!! In my humble opinion, of course. ESP. if this was for a relative or past owner......you'd wanna save SOMETHING of how it GOT to where it Was, if possible. People would kill for a real vintage Fender w/that kind of hard-won Patina! Nice job on the rest, even if the 'rattle-can' 'burst' paint job was not very convincing. Again, my opinion. But I guess that's how things are being done these days. Being a lefty, and the fact that the orig. finish was already gone, I might've made it a slightly aged 'custom color', since they are SO hard to find for us southpaws. I DID like that you copper-shielded the cavities, however. That added some class.
