NancyJohnson Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 On 24/12/2021 at 02:10, Grahambythesea said: Didn’t Selmer respray a load of sunbursts red, the infamous fiesta that turned pinkish? Something to do with some band called the Shadows or something! 🤪🤔 Allegedly, back in the '60s a load of sunburst Fenders that came to the UK had defective nitro finishes or were blemished. I'm not 100% whether it was Selmer or CBS/Arbiter, but the bodies were reworked with solid colours over the original sunburst (light sanding/respray). I'm intrigued by these. Not 100% whether they went back to the US or whether the work was done here. Anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geek99 Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 6 minutes ago, NancyJohnson said: Allegedly, back in the '60s a load of sunburst Fenders that came to the UK had defective nitro finishes or were blemished. I'm not 100% whether it was Selmer or CBS/Arbiter, but the bodies were reworked with solid colours over the original sunburst (light sanding/respray). I'm intrigued by these. Not 100% whether they went back to the US or whether the work was done here. Anyone? I’ve heard this story before also Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 Vintage bass sold for pennies? That's life. What really upset me was the pre CBS Precision I saw, which had been carved into a Sitar, pear-drop, shape!! They should reintroduce the stocks for crimes against basses. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggaebass Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 I read somewhere that if you ordered a solid colour they re sprayed over the burst ones, but it didn’t say because they were defective, (which is possible of course) I think it was because they had a stock of already sprayed bodies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggaebass Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 There’s some info in here about the colours if anyone is interested 🙂 http://guitarhq.com/fender.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyJohnson Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 50 minutes ago, chris_b said: Vintage bass sold for pennies? That's life. What really upset me was the pre CBS Precision I saw, which had been carved into a Sitar, pear-drop, shape!! They should reintroduce the stocks for crimes against basses. Shall we start throwing cabbages and rotten fruit at ol' Geddy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burns-bass Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 20 hours ago, Reggaebass said: I read somewhere that if you ordered a solid colour they re sprayed over the burst ones, but it didn’t say because they were defective, (which is possible of course) I think it was because they had a stock of already sprayed bodies Wonder if they disturbed the solder when they did the resorts, thereby reducing the originality and the magic dust the poorly paid factory workers sprayed on between 1960 and 64 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggaebass Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 2 minutes ago, Burns-bass said: Wonder if they disturbed the solder when they did the resorts, thereby reducing the originality and the magic dust the poorly paid factory workers sprayed on between 1960 and 64 Wouldn’t they have been sprayed before they were put together Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burns-bass Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 Well, the tale is that they were respected when they landed here as I understood it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggaebass Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 5 minutes ago, Burns-bass said: Well, the tale is that they were respected when they landed here as I understood it. Was they re sprayed here by someone else Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burns-bass Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 27 minutes ago, Reggaebass said: Was they re sprayed here by someone else haha, that’s what I meant! https://reverb.com/uk/news/the-mystery-of-fender-selmer-refin-guitars-solved 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggaebass Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 5 minutes ago, Burns-bass said: haha, that’s what I meant! https://reverb.com/uk/news/the-mystery-of-fender-selmer-refin-guitars-solved Interesting 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon. Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 On 27/12/2021 at 09:57, hubrad said: Am I the only one hanging onto this thread and waiting to hear if there's a match on this? I love a good back story! Or did it get taken to pm to protect the innocent? Taken to PM, but it looks like there's no match on this one. My Dad was mostly playing in jazz bands around that time, but he also worked the club scene as an agency drummer. Didn't really play with many guitar bands, but it was worth asking the question. Thanks to @wateroftynei for the info.👍 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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