So I finished the bass...

coreyk · Post by **coreyk** » Sat Sep 08, 2007 5:51 pm

Some may remember me telling about a custom finish project for a customer in Texas. To make a long story short, it's a possible answer to the question of "What if The Fool did a bass for McCartney?" I worked up a few drawings based on personal details of this client's life story and once he agreed on a design, I set out to work... the finish is intentionally textural, done in oil colors and finished with a shellac barrier and 9 light coats of nitro lacquer so it can be touched up, if necessary. The neck has 10 hand-rubbed coats of Tru-oil gunstock finish.

The bass is an '82 transition 4003 bought on Talkbass as a basket case. It had new-made trussrods and a fair bit of original parts.
The neck pickup is a 70s Hi-gain; the bridge pickup is what it looks like, made by who you think it was (years ago, before he stopped for good). The circuit is the typical mono type with an .047 tone cap for each pickup. There is no third cap for the bridge pickup.

Some of you who spend time on other bass forums will know the owner as "Lord Bongo"...he's actually a friend of Sterling Ball, and a very vocal devotee of the modern EBMM basses, but *had* to have a Rickenbacker for those Beatle tunes. He's going to have great fun with this one.

Higher-res versions can be seen here:

http://s97.photobucket.com/albums/l230/Koreyhead/Jackobacker_finished/

CK

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Sat Sep 08, 2007 6:11 pm

good job ... it is pretty ...

bassduke49 · Post by **bassduke49** » Sat Sep 08, 2007 7:09 pm

"Jackabacker"?

zoomduck · Post by **zoomduck** » Sat Sep 08, 2007 7:20 pm

Nice !

soundmasterg · Post by **soundmasterg** » Sat Sep 08, 2007 7:58 pm

That looks really neat! I bet it sounds great too with those pickups.

incubus2432 · Post by **incubus2432** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 12:53 am

Very nice!

ilan · Post by **ilan** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 1:22 am

Wow. Amazing. That's one of the best looking basses I've seen. I sooooo want one like that!

FWIW, I like this one more than guitars done by The Fool.

marc61 · Post by **marc61** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 1:33 am

Very original. I dig it.

aragorn35016 · Post by **aragorn35016** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 1:42 am

Jacks a cool guy, Im sure he'll enjoy it!

dswp · Post by **dswp** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 1:45 am

Mark Walker's bass, kind of has a sister bass now.

Nice.

morrow · Post by **morrow** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 2:09 am

Gorgeous bass Corey .

don't forget the strap buttons .

cheyenne · Post by **cheyenne** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 2:36 am

Cool.

sloop_john_b · Post by **sloop_john_b** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 4:33 am

Love it!!

ram · Post by **ram** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 5:32 am

great work... how do you figure out which to put on the front and which to be located on the back?

alan · Post by **alan** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 6:00 am

Very nice work. Didn't think I'd ever like a Ric with that type of custom finish, but here I am, thinking about doing something like that to my old '77.