Drago
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Wasn't sure whether to put this in here as it is a DIY project of sorts, orminto hobvies and interests. Mods feel free to fiddle as appropriate.
My late 70's G&L jazz was looking pretty beaten up. I know that the relic look is in, but this had gone beyond the event horizon and into post apocalyptic. They're nice instruments, but not as expensive as Fender branded items and nowhere near as valuable as they age, so it was hardly worth the expense of getting a pro involved when a new one would cost less than 400 sniffters.
So time for a DIY repaint, a rewire, and possibly a new pickguard.
I neglected to take a before pic and thus document the project from its nadir to its apex, so you'll just have to use your imagination.
So stripped, rubbed down, damage filled, rubbed down again, and now waiting for the hi build primer to arrive.
That fretboard needs some work!
I always thought the body was ash, but it seems very light indeed compared to my P bass so I'm not so sure.
Undecided on the final colour. I've narrowed it down to cherry red with a plain black or dark grey tort pickguard, or the classic China blue with a more typical red tort pickguard. Feel free to opine on the subject.
So lots of priming and rubbing down ahead to achieve a surgically smooth surface before paint goes anywhere near it. I'll be using acrylic and finishing with a 2 pack polyurethane clear lacquer.
My late 70's G&L jazz was looking pretty beaten up. I know that the relic look is in, but this had gone beyond the event horizon and into post apocalyptic. They're nice instruments, but not as expensive as Fender branded items and nowhere near as valuable as they age, so it was hardly worth the expense of getting a pro involved when a new one would cost less than 400 sniffters.
So time for a DIY repaint, a rewire, and possibly a new pickguard.
I neglected to take a before pic and thus document the project from its nadir to its apex, so you'll just have to use your imagination.
So stripped, rubbed down, damage filled, rubbed down again, and now waiting for the hi build primer to arrive.
That fretboard needs some work!
I always thought the body was ash, but it seems very light indeed compared to my P bass so I'm not so sure.
Undecided on the final colour. I've narrowed it down to cherry red with a plain black or dark grey tort pickguard, or the classic China blue with a more typical red tort pickguard. Feel free to opine on the subject.
So lots of priming and rubbing down ahead to achieve a surgically smooth surface before paint goes anywhere near it. I'll be using acrylic and finishing with a 2 pack polyurethane clear lacquer.
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