Bass Wielder

Seriously beautiful!!! ACG Retro B 5

Groove station with ACG! Light on weight, solid on tone and pretty in purple!!

Had a cunning plan…will update with results!

Good advice! Gonna give it a go soon. Any recommendations for spray paint and is it a case of using lacquer after (or the paint itself is protective enough)?

Wowza!!! Starting to look beyond my pay grade! Some labour of love going on in the above posts! Still thinking that the ‘sand and over-paint is the best option (considering time/cost/my skill level). But nice to see the bravery and skill of the fellows on here! No ‘one-trick ponies’ here on Basschat! 😎

That’s a good idea…but that’s the photo is flattering. At the back and along the sides is quite tatty and there are spots where the paint has come off to show the bare wood. Stripping the finish sounds dangerous (or at least very difficult) from reading about it. I’m leaning towards the ‘Sand and over-paint’ option. 😖🤞🏾

Great words there sir! Much thanks. I’m going to start the brew as we speak!👍🏾

It’s a Jazz style body (with a Polyester or polyurethane finish I’m guessing). I suppose for oil finish it’s a case of stripping and if paint, maybe some sanding and repainting over the top? Total guesswork by me here…

No one does re-finishing🤔! That bad/hard a job that I get silence🤐?……😖 🫨

Picked up a cheapie that I like and have been slowly (and against what I thought I’d do with it) upgrading/modding. Thinking about refinishing the body as it’s a bit…untidy. Just seeing if it can be done reasonably well without getting silly financially. So starting here on the homegrown! 🤔💡 All ideas welcome.👍🏾

I’ve been gigging Definitely try it!! I’ve been gigging with a QSC CP8 for the last few years and it’s been really good. It’s also more basic and cheaper than the K series. To be fair this is for either Double Bass or smaller jobs as I use my AER combo for bigger things but I’m sure if I wanted a rig for the big jobs (or didn’t like my AER so much), that I could use the big brother to the QSC or something of that quality. It makes sense to have full range at your disposal. For years I was getting fed up of using ‘brand’ name bass amps/cabs/combos that ‘coloured’ my natural bass sound too much that I used them by plugging into the return input. Until I tried the AER which is expensive but has a nice ‘colour’ (nothing is really flat), and then I gravitated to PA active cabs. Sorry bass amp manufacturers…..🤐 *ps: Coincidentally the only amp head I still own and kept the longest in my buying record is a TC RH750. It one that I could live with (maybe one day I’ll find the ideal cab for it), as a back up. Best of luck in your quest 🤞🏾

Well….it does take a bit of patience and courage (financial bravery too)! However the feel good factor is worth it! ps: not sure if I’ll keep mines….I’m out of space and amp/cab/combo happy but never owned SWR before so had too. The ‘Redhead’ was my dream but never got one sadly. So don’t be surprised if it appears on BC……at some point! Just don’t hold your breath lads. I’m gonna enjoy it a bit😎

Best of luck with this!👍🏾 Hope the laundry comes out fine as well🤭

Thanks for the responses guys! I got brave did a bit of research and engineering and it’s been sorted!!! Sounds so good that I’m taking it to tomorrow’s gig (with a backup of course) as a test. Aural Enhancer rules!! 😎