1956 Combo 400 Restoration by Paul

loverickbass · Post by **loverickbass** » Fri Feb 28, 2014 9:53 pm

Paul has got my guitar now and is almost done with it from what I can tell. I'm sure he's way too busy to be posting so I thought I'd share. The color is going to be aged Jetglo,sorta greenish black. Here's a couple of before pics and one in progress pic for you guys.

loverickbass · Post by **loverickbass** » Mon Mar 17, 2014 8:33 pm

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loverickbass · Post by **loverickbass** » Mon Mar 17, 2014 8:34 pm

loverickbass · Post by **loverickbass** » Mon Mar 17, 2014 8:34 pm

A few more....

loverickbass · Post by **loverickbass** » Mon Mar 17, 2014 8:35 pm

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8mileshigher · Post by **8mileshigher** » Tue Mar 18, 2014 7:49 pm

Is there a picture of the "works" underneath the pick guard ?
Was the metal pick guard custom made ?

loverickbass · Post by **loverickbass** » Tue Mar 18, 2014 8:04 pm

This is all I have from Paul so far. He's going to post more in the near future.

collin · Post by **collin** » Tue Mar 18, 2014 8:33 pm

Great work and a nice pair of old solid-bodies!

deaconblues · Post by **deaconblues** » Wed Mar 19, 2014 12:15 am

Love to see an OG Rick get some love. Looks great.

Although...am I the only one who likes that brown stain color it was before?

collin · Post by **collin** » Wed Mar 19, 2014 1:21 am

deaconblues wrote:
Although...am I the only one who likes that brown stain color it was before?

I like it too - it's somewhere between antique furniture and V81, I kinda dig it. Then again, I'm guessing it looks better in the original photos than it did in person. Looks great now though.

kiramdear · Post by **kiramdear** » Wed Mar 19, 2014 1:15 pm

deaconblues wrote:Love to see an OG Rick get some love. Looks great.

Although...am I the only one who likes that brown stain color it was before?

In person it was more like '70s "t**d brown". Not really nicely applied, and the middle stripe was covered up with it, too.

Looks killer now!

loverickbass · Post by **loverickbass** » Thu Mar 20, 2014 8:32 pm

Yeah it wasn't so great in person. Not a pro job by any stretch. Paul said he had a crazy time sanding all that stain out.

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