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I decided to strip the paint from my 1994 Fender Jazz MIJ. I once used paint-stripper on a Musicmaster and it worked a treat so I attempted the same only to discover the new recipe in modern stripper is useless. I cant imagine trying to rub the bass down using sandpaper. I dont have the skills, so I'm now thinking of trying to prep the bass for a respray. Can knowedgeable peeps out there please tell me how I can make this work? I have so far tried to leave the pickups and wiring in place but im going to have to remove them and hope I can rewire them myself as Im a complete novice. Bass was a poor relic Olympic White. Black or Sonic Blue would be nice in the future. Here are some pics of its current status.

Im not very gifted with machinery so its either sandpaper or I pay someone to to do the refin for me.

[quote name='kevin_lindsay' timestamp='1372464978' post='2126218'] What model is your instrument? [/quote] Its a fender jazz mij in olympic white made around 1994.

[quote name='kevin_lindsay' timestamp='1372462752' post='2126204'] You can get it via ebay, that's where I got mine from mate. Soak it onto a rag and it simply wipes off - like a girl removing her Remember, it only works on nitrocellulose lacquer finishes - NOT on poly or acrylic finishes. [/quote] I'm a philistine. How would I tell the finish used? Actually, the bass has also been light sanded a bit, making it even harder to know now.

Where would someone get cellulose thinners that strip the paint like that? I recently tried using nitromors and it did absolutely nothing.

One of the most sought-after stolen basses has to be James Jamerson's "funk machine' '62 P bass. You would imagine this popping up again by now. Or how about Macca's gold Hofner? Can't be difficult to spot that? Jaco's and these other guys' bass-playing talents will outlive any instrument they used.

I play better on an unlined fretless than a lined one. Maybe its because the position markers on a fretless ARE the actual note. Dunno, but my vibrato is more accurate on a blank neck.

Does a bass like that Vigier come with every shirt purchase?

[quote name='mentalextra' timestamp='1372096694' post='2121566'] Did Jaco own the bass from brand new? [/quote] No, it's a '62 and he bought it in the early 70's already converted as a fretless and then had it fixed up to his preference. He says it was already beat up when he got it. He smashed it on stage while playing with John McLaughlin. A luthier rebuilt it, finishing it with a veneer. I prefer his '60 fretted jazz which some old dude now owns. Im surprised Fender don't want to buy it for their museum or ask for access to measure/photograph it for a more accurate Custom Shop replica.

That looks excellent.

I went one step further. I put a righty anodised guard onto my lefty mij. Because its single-ply I just flipped it over. Only a couple of small mis-alignments.

Could this technique be used to remove surface scratches from a Steinberger?

Well, wasn't me guv'nor.