Fender VI Bass restoration
Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2019 12:12 pm
Hello all,
I've just recently picked up the remains of my late fathers Fender Bass VI from a guitar tech who we dropped it of quite a long time ago for a bit of a major restoration job. We really wanted to try and get it restored to its original sunburst and get all of it back together again, but it was quite a hefty job for them to even get the original paint off!
The current condition returned is a laquered wood with a dark single colour sunburst around the edge.
Im wondering if anyone has had a guitar in a similar finished condition and if its feasible to add on the remaining two colours to complete the sunburst effect as 3 tone on-top of what looks like a nitro cellulose lacquer with a bit of light sanding, or if it would need sanding right down to the bear wood again to do a full 3 tone effect ?
Thanks,
Adam
I've just recently picked up the remains of my late fathers Fender Bass VI from a guitar tech who we dropped it of quite a long time ago for a bit of a major restoration job. We really wanted to try and get it restored to its original sunburst and get all of it back together again, but it was quite a hefty job for them to even get the original paint off!
The current condition returned is a laquered wood with a dark single colour sunburst around the edge.
Im wondering if anyone has had a guitar in a similar finished condition and if its feasible to add on the remaining two colours to complete the sunburst effect as 3 tone on-top of what looks like a nitro cellulose lacquer with a bit of light sanding, or if it would need sanding right down to the bear wood again to do a full 3 tone effect ?
Thanks,
Adam
