'72PB progress

bassduke49 · Post by **bassduke49** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 5:48 pm

Paul Wilczynski has painted and clear-coated my '72, so if you want to see pics, check these links from the "Reflections of a Curmudgeon" forum:

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h146/jangle_jingle/Mink%2072/DSC00147s.jpg

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h146/jangle_jingle/Mink%2072/DSC00144s.jpg

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h146/jangle_jingle/Mink%2072/DSC00145s.jpg

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h146/jangle_jingle/Mink%2072/DSC00146s.jpg

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h146/jangle_jingle/Mink%2072/DSC00143s.jpg

jnbass · Post by **jnbass** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 8:11 pm

oh yeah...

teeder · Post by **teeder** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 2:18 am

Really liking that color!

anoukane · Post by **anoukane** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 2:29 am

Beautiful!

rickaddict · Post by **rickaddict** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 2:35 am

That's lookin' really sharp, Paul. Good choice.

Bring back the skunk stripe!

bobcat · Post by **bobcat** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 2:50 am

Ha! I KNEW that having walnut wings AND a skunk stripe would look amazing . . . now to just find a bass with a skunk stripe . . .

bassduke49 · Post by **bassduke49** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 3:34 am

Skunk stripes (actually a shadua strip) appear to have started either in late 71 or in 72 (mine is a June 72), and continued through the end of the 4001 production in 1980 or thereabouts. I had Ted Staberow put on the walnut wings, but they're small because the headstock shape was smaller in the early '70s.

The finished bass will debut at the RIC 75th/SoCalCon the end of August. Just one more reason you all should go.

s4001 · Post by **s4001** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 4:14 am

This is not helping me in my quest not to be tempted to refin my '68.

aceonbass · Post by **aceonbass** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 12:48 pm

What's done is done, but given the narrower headstock wings on some 4001's, I'd have the wings sawn off down the center of the tuner holes. That way, you'd have more walnut and a more vintage look.

aceonbass · Post by **aceonbass** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 12:49 pm

But it looks way cool just the same Paul. I look forward to seeing it in August.

rickfan60 · Post by **rickfan60** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 12:59 pm

Even with all of the stuff that had to be done to that bass, I would have been hard pressed to take a saw to the headstock just to give it wider wings.

rickfan60 · Post by **rickfan60** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 1:07 pm

I did, though, lengthen the point on the GD wing slightly and deepened the scallop a bit further than the original.

leesh · Post by **leesh** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 1:09 pm

Great color Paul! Very cool!

ben_brown · Post by **ben_brown** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 1:20 pm

Looks sort of "orange-peely" to me...What happened?

aceonbass · Post by **aceonbass** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 1:27 pm

I would imagine that the next step is color sanding, followed by buffing. The orange peel is not uncommon at this stage.