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Okay, so I guess most of you will have seen the refinish posts I created for the Shell Pink USA '62 reissue Jazz Bass and the Eric Johnson Strat in Surf Green (here's a link http://basschat.co.uk/topic/165861-fender-usa-62-jazz-bass-refinish-at-home/page__fromsearch__1)

So, my latest refinish is for a swamp ash bodied '56 P-Bass reissue.

I'm thinking of doing it in Shell Pink as I saw another '56 in that colour and thought it was pretty cool.

Anyone got any other suggestions for possible colour finishes I might be tempted by before I order the lacquers?

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[quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1330290256' post='1555349']
My opinion?? - A bass as hideously ugly as that should have the most hideously paint to go with it...
[/quote][quote name='kevin_lindsay' timestamp='1330290556' post='1555358']
Hey TheGreek - you're a philistine my dear chap! Hahaha
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Too right... each to his own and all that, but how can you say a 56 P-Bass is ugly when you play a Status Kingbass Artist, a foul instrument which is quite rightly criticised in bass playing society for resembling an unholy union between a shovel and a diseased banjo with rickets? :lol:

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[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1330290984' post='1555368']
Too right... each to his own and all that, but how can you say a 56 P-Bass is ugly when you play a Status Kingbass Artist, a foul instrument which is quite rightly criticised in bass playing society for resembling an unholy union between a shovel and a diseased banjo with rickets? :lol:
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:lol: :lol: :lol: ..You beat me to it!

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[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1330290984' post='1555368']
Too right... each to his own and all that, but how can you say a 56 P-Bass is ugly when you play a Status Kingbass Artist, a foul instrument which is quite rightly criticised in bass playing society for resembling an unholy union between a shovel and a diseased banjo with rickets? :lol:
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Right on the money!

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[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1330290984' post='1555368']
Too right... each to his own and all that, but how can you say a 56 P-Bass is ugly when you play a Status Kingbass Artist, a foul instrument which is quite rightly criticised in bass playing society for resembling an unholy union between a shovel and a diseased banjo with rickets? :lol:
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:lol: :lol: :lol:

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  • 2 months later...

Well, it's taking shape - and, I've gone for the "bent looking" pink finger rest!!!

[IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/2eca2e0d.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/9eaa222c.jpg[/IMG]

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[quote name='kevin_lindsay' timestamp='1330290292' post='1555351']
I'm heading towards this


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the pink thumbrest looks a bit hello kitty - maybe chrome or white would look better?

sort of bass that HJ might add to his GAS list

[url="http://youtu.be/yzQOJPJdcC0"]http://youtu.be/yzQOJPJdcC0[/url]

come to think of it this one look s a bit like a king bass with a nice blue sprayjob :gas:

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Well, things are almost ready for final assembly. I'll need to dress the neck pocket to ensure a perfect fit. Then, it's time for assembly, nut dress, fret levelling and crowning, setting intonation, adjusting pickup height, and then were ready to gig!!!!
[IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/c336d038.jpg[/IMG]

The neck plate has a number "6464" which would date it to 1955/56 (and it's also my date of birth! Hahaha).
[IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/e26ff6d5.jpg[/IMG]

The pickup is a Seymour Duncan Antiquity unit.
[IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/04e3781c.jpg[/IMG]

And, the rear string ferrules are the period correct large types:
[IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/c3945403.jpg[/IMG]

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