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Recently completed. I really like this color, and this bass was sprayed to the specs shown in a photo series on CD given me by my very particular customer.

Before:



After:









Inlays are original, reconditioned; fretboard was de-fretted, surfaced, radiused, re-fretted, frets leveled and polished. Board was re-varnished with the rest of the bass, of course.

This color is particularly nice because it's so close to the color of the fretboard wood.

Looks great, Paul! I like the gradual transition towards the center of the body.

Fantastic job! Was the casing surrounding the bridge pickup on the original stock? It appears to have right-angled corners and the restored has the rounded edges.

WOW! Beautiful job!! It looks like new! is the bridge pup mounting and cover new? looks completely different. The tailpiece must have required some dirty work!

Congrats! It looks astonishing!

Great job as always Paul!

I really like how the CB binding frames the scene. AG has always been a favorite of mine.

rickenbrother wrote:Looks great, Paul! I like the gradual transition towards the center of the body.

+1 Beautiful graduation of the burst from edge to center; a nice light touch on the Autumnglo.

Nice work, Paul!

Beautiful job, Paul!

Awesome Paul!! Excellent!!

Very nice!!! Just wondering: the pickguard, it's "between" sizes...was the old one, with that "extra sliver," covering up a pickup rout?

Perfect! You're such an artist with the spray gun, Paul.

Geez, thanks, guys. This one really felt good when it was finished; the color is a rare and lovely one and the slight ambering alongside the white guard really sets it off...then there's the Grovers, the odd knob pattern, the crushed pearl inlays, the way the original fretboard came up with the surfacing, and...well, it just ended up special you know...

A coupla comments. This bass was a combination player/showpiece, so although it's 90% correct, we didn't sweat too much about some stuff.

The tailpiece and bridge surround were pretty much gone. I think the tailpiece would be salvageable, but it was returned to the customer for now. Same with the bridge pickup surround.

So the tailpiece is a modern one with the correct slot cut by yours truly in the center tooth. The bridge pickup surround is a newer one, too. The pickguard does conceal a badly-done pickup route that would have been impossible to fill and keep the autumnglo. You can see how a former owner made a guard addition (which didn't match the rest of the original guard...) in the top photo.

More projects coming close to completion including that long-awaited Ruby 4001, a non-Rick Flying V with crazy paint, a Combo, and an AZ neck job.

And they're lined up after that like cabs at MacCarran...but nothing that a whole passel of 14 hour days can't cure.

Came in late on this one. Gosh what a treat! What fine color! Bravo, Paul!

Very nice. Nice treatment with the PG, too.

Beautiful touch with the paint gun, sir. Love the way the color gradually changes from the edge to the center. And the back is very attractive as well.
You know, Paul, you're getting pretty good at this! (obvious understatement)

FretlessOnly wrote:Fantastic job! Was the casing surrounding the bridge pickup on the original stock? It appears to have right-angled corners and the restored has the rounded edges.

That is a period correct surround. Here is mine: