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I played a gig on Friday, the patches weren't affected in any way neither fading or becoming more prominent despite the heat and lights. The marks look more like fading to the wood - certainly permanent and a bit of a mystery

59jazz wrote:Instead of using the word "resoration", maybe "bring back to life" would be a better choice of words. Just like my muscle car days, I chose to rebuild a vehicle with the parts I felt would work best for me......never was a "Numbers Matching" guy.

Absolutely!

I bought a beat up 4000 carcass and sourced as many original parts as possible, it had an old refinish too but once I put it all together it played really well and has become my main bass. Fortunately the TR cover was still present as was the serial number on the jack plate, other than a solitary ...

Thanks for the input so far - I did have the case in the house for several hours before opening it and there wasn't any extreme temperature changes nor any signs of moisture within the case. The 'condensation' was my initial impression of what I thought I saw and then I thought it may be lacquer ...

Hi all,

I recently bought a 2013 4003 used but in excellent condition. On arrival I inspected it and noticed these faded patches which appear under the lacquer. Initially I thought it was slight condensation from its journey across the UK and wiped it over but the marks remain. These are all ...