Stripped Blonde pics

[steviedee]

A while back I picked up a Michael Poller bass really cheap and stripped the lacquer as it looked a bit orange and I thought as it was a bargain basement bass, I just had it restringed and had an adjustable bridge fitted. The luthier actually said it was a good instrument worth in the region of £1500 I kinda regretted stripping it but its done now and I like it!

Some lacquer was ingrained in the grain so it has a kinda mottled look which looks cool imho, but I can always darken the stain to even it out at some point.

Anyway here are some pics, what do you reckon?

Edited August 5, 2010 by steviedee

[fatback]

Looks handsome to me

[BigBeatNut]

[quote name='fatback' post='913166' date='Aug 2 2010, 08:47 PM']Looks handsome to me [/quote]
Looks pretty classy to me too

[BassBod]

I much prefer that to anything orange...good job.

[geoffbassist]

Looks great! I'm jelous of the 'doubler'.
Are they velvet strings? How do you find them?

Cheers Geoff

[steviedee]

[quote name='geoffbassist' post='913342' date='Aug 2 2010, 11:10 PM']Looks great! I'm jelous of the 'doubler'.
Are they velvet strings? How do you find them?

Cheers Geoff[/quote]

Hi Geoff

cheers for the reply the strings are Innovation Rockabillys, I almost bought some Velvet Animas a while back heard great things about them.

I love the doubler though.

cheers
Stevie

[Steve A]

[quote name='BassBod' post='913196' date='Aug 2 2010, 09:16 PM']I much prefer that to anything orange...good job.[/quote]


I agree... my own Michael Poller is too orangey for my liking but what can you do? Oh, you can sand it down and make it look lovely! Nice work!

[slobluesine]

nice job Stevie, have you got any before pics?

[steviedee]

Here are some before pics I thought the bass looked a bit orange but maybe that was just me.

[attachment=55678:orange.jpg][attachment=55682:stripped.jpg]

[steviedee]

[quote name='Steve Amadeo' post='914252' date='Aug 3 2010, 08:36 PM']I agree... my own Michael Poller is too orangey for my liking but what can you do? Oh, you can sand it down and make it look lovely! Nice work![/quote]

Cheers Steve I had a couple of wtf am I doing this for moments I can tell you!

[Cat Burrito]

It looks great. I stripped a P-bass earlier this summer & that was a fair old job... I can only imagine what this was like!

[Mateybass]

Never mind all this double bass bollocks, where are the pics of the stripped blonde?

[stewartmusic]

looks great!

can i ask an unrelated question, how do you find the doubler and ?Whizzy12? cab??

looking to find a new amp and liked the look of them:)

well done with the bass!!

Dara

[steviedee]

Hey Dara

It's the doubler and a CX112L so quite a bit heavier than the wizzy I reckon, I think it sounds great with the upright and a electric bass I love it I think oyu really get the sound of the bass, I suppose it might be a bit clean sounding for some folks but I'm digging it.

[thisnameistaken]

Do you fancy writing up a quick how-to? It looks excellent from here, I've got a fairly orange and very cheap bass I would like to have at.

[steviedee]

[quote name='thisnameistaken' post='929232' date='Aug 18 2010, 11:33 PM']Do you fancy writing up a quick how-to? It looks excellent from here, I've got a fairly orange and very cheap bass I would like to have at.[/quote]

I'll give it a wee go you can take heart from the fact that I'm the most DIY averse person I know!

[thisnameistaken]

[quote name='steviedee' post='930173' date='Aug 19 2010, 06:54 PM']I'll give it a wee go you can take heart from the fact that I'm the most DIY averse person I know![/quote]

Even better, I never know which end of a drill to saw stuff with.

[Mateybass]

[quote name='thisnameistaken' post='930214' date='Aug 19 2010, 07:46 PM']Even better, I never know which end of a drill to saw stuff with.[/quote]

It's those crinkle-cut nails I can't get the hang of. Why do they have that cross thing on the head anyway? Is it a religious thing to remind you not to swear when you miss with the hammer??