Cross Guitars - projects and restorations
- javier-san
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Re: Cross Guitars - projects and restorations
damn. these are so dope!
- ludobag1
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- CROSS_guitars
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Re: Cross Guitars - projects and restorations
I stripped my 1980 Precision bass back down to wood.
I've had this bass since I was 14 or 15.
When I bought it, it had already been stripped to wood and hand painted with thick shellac.
It also had an active EMG humbucker routed into it. The control cavity had been poorly routed out to accommodate a 9v battery.
I patched the pickup cavity about 20 years ago. then painted the body with white primer and left it at that.
Now I'm in the process of re-patching that hole and control cavity. I'm going to send it off to be professionally finished in Shoreline gold.
I always thought this bass was factory white but I've been cleaning out the pickup cavity with thinners and discovered there's a sticker with the date preserved under the original clear coat. So it it turns out it was black. I'm stoked, never knew that sticker was there. It's like and archeological dig. and it's dated about 3 weeks after I was born.
I've had this bass since I was 14 or 15.
When I bought it, it had already been stripped to wood and hand painted with thick shellac.
It also had an active EMG humbucker routed into it. The control cavity had been poorly routed out to accommodate a 9v battery.
I patched the pickup cavity about 20 years ago. then painted the body with white primer and left it at that.
Now I'm in the process of re-patching that hole and control cavity. I'm going to send it off to be professionally finished in Shoreline gold.
I always thought this bass was factory white but I've been cleaning out the pickup cavity with thinners and discovered there's a sticker with the date preserved under the original clear coat. So it it turns out it was black. I'm stoked, never knew that sticker was there. It's like and archeological dig. and it's dated about 3 weeks after I was born.
- kifla
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Re: Cross Guitars - projects and restorations
That's dope!CROSS_guitars wrote: ↑Wed Oct 20, 2021 7:30 pm
I always thought this bass was factory white but I've been cleaning out the pickup cavity with thinners and discovered there's a sticker with the date preserved under the original clear coat. So it it turns out it was black. I'm stoked, never knew that sticker was there. It's like and archeological dig. and it's dated about 3 weeks after I was born.
I am sucker for that kind of stories!
Tell the refinisher to preserve that piece of history!
- CROSS_guitars
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Re: Cross Guitars - projects and restorations
Yeah, I definitely will. The neck pocket serial number is preserved too.
I think I'll tape the cavities up before I send it off.
I think I'll tape the cavities up before I send it off.
- CROSS_guitars
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Re: Cross Guitars - projects and restorations
Cross 12-Stang!
Flame maple neck.
Ebony fretboard without dots.
Medium jumbo stainless steel frets. 12" radius.
25.5" scale
Flame maple neck.
Ebony fretboard without dots.
Medium jumbo stainless steel frets. 12" radius.
25.5" scale
- kifla
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Nice! What will be the bridge/tremolo situation here?
- Shadoweclipse13
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Re: Cross Guitars - projects and restorations
Magic! Pat is secretly a wizard, and you'll be able to make the strings vibrato without a vibrato unit.
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http://www.offsetguitars.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=104282&p=1438384#p1438384
http://www.offsetguitars.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=104282&p=1438384#p1438384
- CROSS_guitars
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- CROSS_guitars
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Re: Cross Guitars - projects and restorations
Back to the bass.
I found a message I left myself 21 years ago.
I must have known I'd redo this in the future!
I found a message I left myself 21 years ago.
I must have known I'd redo this in the future!
- marqueemoon
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Re: Cross Guitars - projects and restorations
That’s just great.CROSS_guitars wrote: ↑Fri Oct 29, 2021 7:21 pmBack to the bass.
I found a message I left myself 21 years ago.
I must have known I'd redo this in the future!
- smjenkins
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Re: Cross Guitars - projects and restorations
Bass as time capsule.
- CROSS_guitars
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Re: Cross Guitars - projects and restorations
Painted this up today.
I went a bit heavy on the black. Need to touch it up with some more red. It's not the best job, there were some stray splatters which I'm annoyed about. But as you can see, I don't have the most ideal setup.
I went a bit heavy on the black. Need to touch it up with some more red. It's not the best job, there were some stray splatters which I'm annoyed about. But as you can see, I don't have the most ideal setup.
- Shadoweclipse13
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Re: Cross Guitars - projects and restorations
Honestly Pat, I'd just rock that as an almost tobacco burst. Or take the black further and make it a black/yellow burst...
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- HNB
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Re: Cross Guitars - projects and restorations
Looking good as always. That bass is a great story. I am glad it is getting love. I have my first bass and it needs repairs. Maybe at some point I will do the same restoration. It is the reason I ALWAYS use straplocks on stuff now. I was rehearsing with a group and it fell off the strap and landed on the input side jack and boogered it up. I could fix it pretty easily, but it has sat in its case ever since.
Christopher
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