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Resurrecting a badly abused Tuxedo that was "hot potatoed" until it reached me. When I saw the extent of the neck issues, I seriously considered just selling the usable parts and taking the loss.

But a fool and his money are soon parted so this baby has received new rods, a carbon fiber reinforcement rod, new fingerboard, new frets and a refin is in progress.

And ~ since it no longer has any "collector's value", I'm going psychedelic.

Photo is pre-clearcoat and the frets cleared of paint. The photo shows a tint that is not there. It is pure white.

Wow! OK. Uh . . . might take a minute to get used to it, I guess. But, hey, you'll enjoy it, and that's really the idea.

can't wait to try it out! Is this Tux #2 or 3 for you?

Hey Chris,

#2, I think. versus 3 Blackstars.

A Tuxedo with the "My Little Pony" finish option....

aceonbass wrote:A Tuxedo with the "My Little Pony" finish option....

The painter is a manga artist, but how about Peter Max instead? Yellow Submarine!

No offense, but the paint job looks a little amateurish, they could have just put stickers on it. I’ve seen some swirl painted Ric’s that were absolutely gorgeous, but if you like it, it’s all good. The painted fingerboard May wear through long term unless the put a pretty heavy clearcoat on it.

That's the standard Tuxedo/Blackstar/Redneck fingerboard. As you suggest, heavy clearcoat required.

This is a stage bass so big, crude images made sense to me, but it is not as gorgeous close up as that famous Eric Clapton guitar etc.

Finally completed.

The cost of the whole project was MONUMENTAL. Really stupid on my part.

BUT ``` Thanks to the new fingerboard, frets, truss rods and the carbon fiber insert between the rods, this bass has a beautifully flat neck. Awesome.


Now I'm wondering if I should annoy you all off even more by swapping in the Alembic pickup/preamp set.

Shooting Stars. Reflecting my briefest moments of brilliance and fame.

Not that anyone asked me, but it NEEDS a unicorn.

squirebass wrote:Not that anyone asked me, but it NEEDS a unicorn.

You are not the first to say that. I guess unicorns are popular now.

But back in 1967 or so thanks to a bit of blotter, maybe one would have been welcomed. Along with the shooting stars.

Happyface wrote:Shooting Stars. Reflecting my briefest moments of brilliance and fame.

I may or may not have had moments of brilliance, but fame has eluded me.

If you are curious, here is how it was done.

http://kennebecinstrument.com/bringing- ... xedo-bass/

That was my old "Naked Tux," that had some serious fingerboard issues that I never detected. I didn't play it much, so I may never have noticed the fret positions being out of wack. Glad to see that it has been properly resurrected. Not sure about the added graphics, though, but whatever floats your boat. So, no longer the "Naked Tux" - how about "Rainbow Tux"?