JG to MG

charlyg · Post by **charlyg** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 11:45 am

Would I be completely stupid if I turned my JG into an MG? It is an 87 4003. I REALLy like the looks of the MG and my JG finish needs help, I suppose I could sell and rebuy an MG from that era but my 4003 is not a "collector's" item anyway.

dswp · Post by **dswp** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 11:48 am

DON'T DO IT.

It's cheaper by far to sell the JG, and buy the MG. No matter what condition the JG is in...

charlyg · Post by **charlyg** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 11:48 am

Actually, let me rephrase that,I wouldn't mind doing Jeff's tung oil on it as a refinish. I have no idea what the wood looks like underneath tho.

aceonbass · Post by **aceonbass** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 11:51 am

There's a reason that it's jetglo and it's probably due to the woodgrain that's underneath.

charlyg · Post by **charlyg** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 11:55 am

I had a suspicion they might use the "lesser" looking wood for the jetglos.

1rr3l3v4n7 · Post by **1rr3l3v4n7** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 12:31 pm

Maybe you could scrape it just a bit, so you can see the wood it's made of...

whoooo... spooky...

mikeylc · Post by **mikeylc** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 12:43 pm

I've stripped two white RICs and unlike other manfacturers, I thought the maple underneath was quite nice. One even had nice "birdseye" wings. The grain patterns didn't line up perfectly but I still thought it was a nice as some of the mapleglos and not as nice as some of the others. I really don't like white and BT and since I needed to fix a few cracks and really see what the cracks really entailed I stripped the bass. I fixed the cracks and shot it with a couple of coats of sanding sealer. I must admit it looked pretty nice. From my experience, which is limited to two RIC instruments and a boat of Fender and Gibsons, I haven't found the same **** under a solid RIC that you would under the other two. As for a tung oil finish it would be easy - strip and oil. If you had somebody refin for you in nitro, poly or CV it be around 400-500 bucks. I just had my Azureglo redone by Michael Dolan and it was somewhere in that range including shipping. Or course if I had a JG and was gonna refin, I'd go with another cool RIC color, like AG, Silver, Ruby.

lars · Post by **lars** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 1:19 pm

I wouldn't change the color of a bass unless it was already refinished.

edski · Post by **edski** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 1:27 pm

I'm in Lars camp, but hey, do what you like.

The natural finish is beatiful if it's done well. If it's not, well...ends up looking like my 65 Mustang!

I don't have any pics of that thing, but when I bought it someone had long ago taken off the red finish that originally was on it. How do I know it was a red? There's at least three spots the idiot didn't get it all, as if he/she/it dodn't think to take the guitar apart before raping it...

Either way, the 'Stang is a great guitar, unlike many Mustangs. And the fact that the finish sucks made it very easy to gig with-not much was going to hurt that finish.

charlyg · Post by **charlyg** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 1:29 pm

Oops, my bad, I was thinking about a 64 and a half candy apple red REAL mustang! You know, the Ford one!

dswp · Post by **dswp** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 1:43 pm

If we were talking about Mustangs, I would agree with Ed

wints · Post by **wints** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 1:45 pm

This bass was originally J/G or B/G. Stripped before I got it and yes, I do wish it was original, but it doesn't look too bad imo..

Hey, it's your bass Charly, do as you see fit...

dswp · Post by **dswp** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 1:56 pm

Here's my 73 refin in MG, it was AZ blue

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 3:37 pm

This '73 started out as jetglo, then it was pained red, then it was painted white, then it was stripped, then it was finished mapleglo, then it was wired like a jazz bass, then I restored it stock, then I used it for 2 years, then Cooper used it for 2 years ...

apollo11 · Post by **apollo11** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 4:00 pm

That is some really nice wood grain for a bass that was originally jetglo. The back is gorgeous.