MarkG3 Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 (edited) I had shipped my bass away to be re-finished around a month or so ago as I hated the poly finish and wanted to get it redone in nitro. I came across [url="http://www.spectrumguitarfinishes.co.uk/"]http://www.spectrumg...finishes.co.uk/[/url] and they arranged to pick my bass up and do the job for me. After a few emails to Phil my bass was on it's way to sunny Spain to be worked on and to be redone in black nitro. It's taken around 4-5 weeks so far and just had an email yesterday to say its all done and ready to be shipped back to me. I asked if they could take some pictures of it along the way and here they are: Before: As it arrived to them: Sprayed: Finished (Theres a few bits of dust that settled before the pictures could be taken): I should be getting it back on Wednesday/Thursday and I am really excited to get it back. I am really pleased with how it looks and the service at Spectrum has been really good and would recommend them to anyone thinking of getting a re-finish! Unfortunately there are no pictures of when the old poly had been stripped and it was just the wood but still you get the idea! Edited March 10, 2013 by OBT1000_S12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L.O.D Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 Wow,,lovely finish ,looking forward to seeing it build up again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkG3 Posted March 11, 2013 Author Share Posted March 11, 2013 Thanks so am I, just hope I can remember where everything came from........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkG3 Posted March 19, 2013 Author Share Posted March 19, 2013 (edited) So after a lot(I mean a lot) of swearing and frustration it is back together. Everything seemingly went back in well apart from the pickups, the wood had obviously changed shape since and the pickups were slightly to big to fit in so I had to lightly sand the edges of the holes in so they would fit. So got that in eventually, soldering isn't my strongest attribute and actually the Misses is actually better than me at it so she soldered it all together again, for it to not work when I plugged it in but another quick solder and its fine. The screw holes had shrunk and every screw was really difficult to get back in and resulted in not once but twice scratching some of the brand new finish off luckily they are in areas I can deal with, belt rash zone and in between the strings and the volume and tone, I occasionally hit that bit on the follow through of my pic when I play on the G So anyway here's the pics: [IMG]http://i1172.photobucket.com/albums/r569/S9_S12_Bass/74C2D838-813C-47D9-8685-E8D4C656B340-12991-00000C228484A4E9_zpscfe95773.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i1172.photobucket.com/albums/r569/S9_S12_Bass/6ED6A44F-51ED-4831-AA7F-C1AE8A3389B7-12991-00000C228B2C386D_zpseafde910.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i1172.photobucket.com/albums/r569/S9_S12_Bass/AD41ED2C-40B7-4F1D-8A00-3411B249E10D-12991-00000C229229E157_zpse9243ca8.jpg[/IMG] All done and very happy despite the annoyance of putting it back together etc. So looks like the ageing has already started........but I'm sure it'll pick up more knocks on the way Edited March 19, 2013 by OBT1000_S12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 Nice! You gotta love a black bass! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkG3 Posted March 19, 2013 Author Share Posted March 19, 2013 Thanks I do think it looks pretty damn good, really forgot what a beast this thing is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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