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Hello Everyone, I'm looking for some advice/pointers about refinishing an Explorer bass. I bought the thing in 2004 from the states and it had an awful spray can black finish. A luthier I use, Graham Parker (who is very good if you live in SE London btw [url="http://www.grahamparker.moonfruit.com"]http://www.grahamparker.moonfruit.com[/url] ) striped it back and refinished it in clear laquer and it looked lovely. I took the bass out of it's case a couple of months ago, and noticed that the finish had 'crazed' badly. I took it back to Graham, who no longer does finishing- lots of luthier seems to hate this part of the job eh?- he very reasonably offered to refund in full the £175 he'd charged me for this, and reccomended Sims Custom shop, who came back with a price of £390 which I think is kind of expensive. I'd like to know a couple of things really: A) Is this expensive? Are Sims worth it? C) Can anyone reccomend an alternative. all advice appreciated. Many thanks chaps.

[quote name='Basszilla' post='489180' date='May 15 2009, 06:36 PM']im in the same boat as you mate...doesn't seem to be much out there to fit this bass![/quote] Hmmm, I suspected this might be the case, thanks for the reply though...

Hello Everyone, I'm trying to find a case for my Gibson Ripper Bass. It's very wide and the usual Hiscox/Gator/SKB suspects won't fit. I really don't want to shell out for a proper flightcase for this. I wondered if anyone has any suggestions? Thanks