McCartney's "bloody bass" paint job.

deaconblues · Post by **deaconblues** » Fri Feb 07, 2014 5:54 pm

collin wrote:what's up with the horrible Beatle guitar paint jobs?

Acid's a hell of a drug.

I agree, I find them pretty awful as well. Especially the Rocky Strat -- ugh.

simer4001 · Post by **simer4001** » Fri Feb 07, 2014 11:11 pm

collin wrote:I'm a fan of the paint work.... but not the paint scheme. There's a reason Macca sanded it off back in the day.

(note - what's up with the horrible Beatle guitar paint jobs? Rocky looks like a 2nd grader painted it and John's J160E looked stupid IMO. Clapton & Jack Bruce's Fool-painted guitars were pretty cool though...)

I think McCartney sanded it off because it was flaking off. Rocky is my least favorite of the three but still cool. The Lennon "Fool" is trippy. I like all three.

kennyhowes · Post by **kennyhowes** » Sat Feb 08, 2014 9:46 pm

The J160E by The Fool is AWESOME! whatchootalkinboutwillis

collin · Post by **collin** » Sun Feb 09, 2014 2:13 pm

kennyhowes wrote:The J160E by The Fool is AWESOME! whatchootalkinboutwillis

I'm not drinking the Kool-Aid on that one. Looks like a kid painted it.

simer4001 · Post by **simer4001** » Tue Feb 11, 2014 1:33 am

collin wrote:
kennyhowes wrote:The J160E by The Fool is AWESOME! whatchootalkinboutwillis
I'm not drinking the Kool-Aid on that one. Looks like a kid painted it.

Not at all. McCartney's looks more like a kid painted it. Colin, have you ever seen the back?

collin · Post by **collin** » Tue Feb 11, 2014 3:23 am

simer4001 wrote:
collin wrote:
kennyhowes wrote:The J160E by The Fool is AWESOME! whatchootalkinboutwillis
I'm not drinking the Kool-Aid on that one. Looks like a kid painted it.
Not at all. McCartney's looks more like a kid painted it. Colin, have you ever seen the back?

No, but I've seen the front. They both look terrible.

libratune · Post by **libratune** » Tue Feb 11, 2014 5:40 pm

simer4001 wrote: Colin, have you ever seen the back?

It's not on Google images.

Show us, Brian!

paologregorio · Post by **paologregorio** » Wed Feb 12, 2014 1:50 am

deaconblues wrote:
collin wrote:what's up with the horrible Beatle guitar paint jobs?
Acid's a hell of a drug.

I agree, I find them pretty awful as well. Especially the Rocky Strat -- ugh.

What you guys said; who paints a perfectly lovely Daphne Blue Strat with multiple shades of poster paint? Someone who's extremely high. . .

The Fool SG looks better because George and Paul were extremely high DIY-ers, while Clapton hired an artist.

simer4001 · Post by **simer4001** » Wed Apr 30, 2014 12:12 am

deaconblues wrote:It's a very nice paintjob (if you're into that kinda stuff), just don't understand why people always paint the bass horn blue instead of silver.

It's silver.

iamthebassman · Post by **iamthebassman** » Wed Apr 30, 2014 9:44 am

When I painted my 4001S-LH 15 years ago I used teal as I wasn't looking to copy McCartney's exactly but to just do something similar. I like teal, had a can of it sitting around, so that's what I went with.
There are Asian copies with MY paint job, both full-size basses and miniatures. It's not just the teal but a couple other "stylistic anomalies" that show they copied my bass, not McCartney's. I'm thinking about getting one!

jps · Post by **jps** » Wed Apr 30, 2014 3:31 pm

iamthebassman wrote:When I painted my 4001S-LH 15 years ago I used teal as I wasn't looking to copy McCartney's exactly but to just do something similar. I like teal, had a can of it sitting around, so that's what I went with.
There are Asian copies with MY paint job, both full-size basses and miniatures. It's not just the teal but a couple other "stylistic anomalies" that show they copied my bass, not McCartney's. I'm thinking about getting one!

Good job, Ronn!!!

iiipopes · Post by **iiipopes** » Thu May 01, 2014 10:12 am

jps wrote:
iamthebassman wrote:When I painted my 4001S-LH 15 years ago I used teal as I wasn't looking to copy McCartney's exactly but to just do something similar. I like teal, had a can of it sitting around, so that's what I went with.
There are Asian copies with MY paint job, both full-size basses and miniatures. It's not just the teal but a couple other "stylistic anomalies" that show they copied my bass, not McCartney's. I'm thinking about getting one!
Good job, Ronn!!!

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Congrats!

simer4001 · Post by **simer4001** » Sat May 03, 2014 8:20 pm

iamthebassman wrote:When I painted my 4001S-LH 15 years ago I used teal as I wasn't looking to copy McCartney's exactly but to just do something similar. I like teal, had a can of it sitting around, so that's what I went with.
There are Asian copies with MY paint job, both full-size basses and miniatures. It's not just the teal but a couple other "stylistic anomalies" that show they copied my bass, not McCartney's. I'm thinking about getting one!

Where do you get one?

iamthebassman · Post by **iamthebassman** » Mon May 05, 2014 1:41 pm

Here ya go

http://www.dhgate.com/product/the-beatl ... 2819946173

simer4001 · Post by **simer4001** » Wed May 14, 2014 1:10 am

Nice!

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