To re-finish or not re-finish?

[kwmlondon]

26 minutes ago, brickers said:

Refinish it. Waterloo waiting for??

I guess if it’s not too expensive and you’ve got the money… money money

[Geek99]

1 hour ago, brickers said:

Refinish it. Waterloo waiting for??

Money, money, money?

[Mrbigstuff]

9 hours ago, Mrbigstuff said:

I’m in the same camp. Not my favourite colour anyway and enough has been changed on it already that it won’t appeal to collectors.

Thinking about this more, I would be looking at the arctic pearl finish Fender used for the 60th anniversary. The sparkle would definitely add to the ABBA  glam.

 

Edit, weirdly enough this came up on Andy Baxter site: https://www.andybaxterbass.com/collections/bass-guitars/products/1964-fender-jazz-bass-white-sparkle-refinish

Edited Thursday at 22:52 by Mrbigstuff

[kwmlondon]

58 minutes ago, Geek99 said:

Money, money, money?

You must have been writing that at the same moment!

[SICbass]

2 hours ago, brickers said:

Refinish it. Waterloo waiting for??

I saw what you did there 😎

[SICbass]

4 hours ago, Reggaebass said:

Nice old jazz there, would look nice in Olympic white, and with a nitro finish it would wear naturally 

I like the way you’re thinking…

[tauzero]

8 hours ago, Steve Browning said:

Still, you could always take a chance (someone had to start the ABBA puns).

 

But think of the money, money, money.

 

Damn, beaten to it. SOS - I need an ABBA pun quickly.

Edited Thursday at 22:01 by tauzero

[Geek99]

5 minutes ago, tauzero said:

 

But think of the money, money, money.

 

Damn, beaten to it. SOS - I need an ABBA pun quickly.

Too slow. Winner takes it all

 

 

[Geek99]

38 minutes ago, kwmlondon said:

You must have been writing that at the same moment!

Perhaps, but I was quicker hitting Send 

[SICbass]

9 hours ago, kwmlondon said:

I guess if it’s not too expensive and you’ve got the money… money money

Oh, I do….. I do, I do, I do, I do, I do.

 

 

Actually, it depends on just how expensive this may be. I just couldn’t resist jumping on the pun train.

 

Edited Friday at 05:32 by SICbass

[Mrbigstuff]

43 minutes ago, Geek99 said:

Perhaps, but I was quicker hitting Send 

I’m afraid you were an hour behind on my feed. You best return those winnings!

[Geek99]

9 hours ago, Mrbigstuff said:

I’m afraid you were an hour behind on my feed. You best return those winnings!

Nope, you snooze, you lose. 

[HeadlessBassist]

You may lose a little of the richness and tone with a refinish. Personally, I'd leave it as is if you love the sound of it. But if you really do want to refinish it, I'd definitely go Nitro Cellulose. 

[JPJ]

Nobody has yet mentioned that refinishes, even really well done refinishes, generally reduce the value of the instrument. That said, refinishing was very popular back in the 60’s & 70’s so a lot of ‘vintage’ instruments have had a refinish at some stage in their life. As you seem to be proposing a refinish simply to suit one gig, albeit your main gig, have you considered wrapping instead of paint? Easily reversible if your gig ever changes and no impact on long term value?

[Woodinblack]

48 minutes ago, JPJ said:

Nobody has yet mentioned that refinishes, even really well done refinishes, generally reduce the value of the instrument.

 

Its already refinished, there is no value to lose even if that mattered to him.