Apparently it became necessary to cut off parts of the body of the instrument in order to compensate for the added weight of the "gold" foil..... not to mention the weight of the Krylon or Rustoleum spray paint.😉
@@ManotickGuitarTech , was this an actual Fender P-bass, or a Japanese or Asian copy? It'd be a shame to cut up an actual Fender like that. Regardless, I bet that thing could cause temporary blindness in the audience if a spotlight hits it...
As a retired audio repair tech who can't play worth a darn but can do basic guitar/bass setups, I sometimes wish I was an orphan and didn't have any musician friends so that I wouldn't have been asked to fix these types of basket cases for free or nearly so!
Holy Frankenstein Basket Case Batman!? Let's see it through and make it playable
Ah yes a reminder of why im going to plug the old larger holes and Re drill for this style tuner.
You’re more patient than me. I’d hand it back when became clear the post holes were too large.
Right??? LOL... new screws worked fine.
Vintage Dimarzio pickups. I have them in one of my basses. Quite nice.
They will be the best part of this bass 😁
@@ManotickGuitarTech 😂😂
Apparently it became necessary to cut off parts of the body of the instrument in order to compensate for the added weight of the "gold" foil..... not to mention the weight of the Krylon or Rustoleum spray paint.😉
i went a coffee mug like your
One things for sure, it won't need shielding.
Good point!
Somebody misunderstood the directions on how to shield the guitar and put the foil on the wrong side of the pick guard! 😉
@@goodun2974 😆
@@goodun2974 lol
@@ManotickGuitarTech , was this an actual Fender P-bass, or a Japanese or Asian copy? It'd be a shame to cut up an actual Fender like that. Regardless, I bet that thing could cause temporary blindness in the audience if a spotlight hits it...
Yes please continue, I want to see you get out of this one lol.. besides it's good practice 😅
As a retired audio repair tech who can't play worth a darn but can do basic guitar/bass setups, I sometimes wish I was an orphan and didn't have any musician friends so that I wouldn't have been asked to fix these types of basket cases for free or nearly so!