hey, i decided to 'pimp' up my first ever bass, it was a vintage musicman style bass, it looked a bit like this:
after a few days of sanding a getting rid of the paint i found it had a quite nice wood grain on it. I decided to just give the body a wood stain and install a new pickup, so after a few days work here is the finished product:
plays and sounds very nice for a cheep bass, i am just waiting for band practice to try it out properly. l8ers, Nick