Repair advice.

[Master blaster]

I’m looking for a bit of advice. I’ve unfortunately noticed some damage on my bass — a chipped area of lacquer, slightly smaller than a 5 pence piece, that goes all the way down to the wood. I’m not sure exactly how it happened, as the bass lives in its case and only comes out for gigs. My only guess is that it might have been caused by the Backbeat I used to use — it’s a fairly heavy piece of metal that could have knocked it.

 

The rest of the bass is in pristine condition, which is why I’d really like to get it properly repaired. It’s an Ultra Jazz in white, but the tricky part is that the finish has a sparkle to it — so I can’t just touch it up with regular white paint.

 

Does anyone know of a good place or person I could take it to for a proper repair? Any advice or recommendations would be hugely appreciated.

[King Tut]

Might be an idea to mention where you are bud so we can point you in the right direction. 
 

personally I’d touch it in with something near enough, but I appreciate some folk like to keep their stuff blemish free.

 

Good luck getting it done!

[Master blaster]

That’ll be a good idea, I’m in Somerset. 

[JJMotown]

To get that properly repaired, would be to strip the whole body and refinish. White is the most unforgiving.

 

The alternative is to find nail polish, as it comes in literally millions of colours etc, and very carefully touch up by layering.

[PaulThePlug]

What is the finish name, maybe there is an actual paint code for the colour, like cars etc... Good Automotive Spray shop nearby that might be able to 'read' the paint with a machine? - I'd be having a look at car paint touch up pens as the best colour match, at the most cost effective cover up.

[Alanko]

14 hours ago, JJMotown said:

To get that properly repaired, would be to strip the whole body and refinish. White is the most unforgiving.

 

The alternative is to find nail polish, as it comes in literally millions of colours etc, and very carefully touch up by layering.

Nail polish can come in glitter finish, or you can get glittery clear/gel coats.

 

I would find a UV-cure glitter white nail polish and use a small UV pen to cure it hard, then wet sand level and polish out. 
 

White is horribly unforgiving to match as every white guitar finish has a bit of yellow, blue, grey, pink or even green in it. 

[Master blaster]

This could be a good shout as my wife had loads of nail painting things. Thanks 👍

[KyleeKlein]

For tricky bass gear repairs, sometimes unconventional parts or mods can do the trick. 

Edited April 30 by KyleeKlein