Fender Musicmaster Bass 1974 project restoration

mcnog · Post by **mcnog** » Wed Mar 23, 2011 10:02 pm

Just bought this bass on Ebay ! paid too much for it (almost the same price than the above nice G&L USA SB-2).

Well, I proposed it to my daughter as a restoration project. So I will post here her progress on the "thing".
Any hints about colour codes would be appreciated.

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Wed Mar 23, 2011 10:22 pm

I think it looks absolutely gorgeous as it is.

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Wed Mar 23, 2011 10:55 pm

BacchusPaul wrote:I think it looks absolutely gorgeous as it is.

+12491

with the black pickguard, and fair bit of white showing through, i'd bet money it was originally white.

i vote leave it!

wwrrss · Post by **wwrrss** » Wed Mar 23, 2011 11:39 pm

hotrodperlmutter wrote:
BacchusPaul wrote:I think it looks absolutely gorgeous as it is.
+12491

with the black pickguard, and fair bit of white showing through, i'd bet money it was originally white.

i vote leave it!

+10000000000000000000000000000000000

Billy3000 · Post by **Billy3000** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 1:01 am

I like it as is too! Black on black musicmasters are awesome!

Here's mine!

Mages · Post by **Mages** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 2:51 am

yeah, yours ^ looks way nicer than the OP's guitar. I think you can refinish this without remorse. it looks like a cheap rattle can paint job; nothing wrong with that but it's not anything special if you want to finish it another way.

taylornutt · Post by **taylornutt** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 3:33 am

Clean up the mess, slap some Bronco Knobs on her and you are done. are the Pots messed up?

Joey · Post by **Joey** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 5:30 pm

Are you gonna give it to her? Or is she just helping?

James · Post by **James** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 5:36 pm

The G&L looks fantastic. Nice guitar.

My suggestion would be to ignore the stock colours these came in and just ask your daughter what colour she would like it to be, maybe also tell her she can have a white pickguard if she prefers. I don't know how much she already plays of course, but if she's a relative beginner she'd be much more likely to get into it if she can have it whatever colour she wants. It will feel more like it's hers.

mcnog · Post by **mcnog** » Tue Apr 12, 2011 8:39 pm

hotrodperlmutter wrote:
BacchusPaul wrote:I think it looks absolutely gorgeous as it is.
+12491

with the black pickguard, and fair bit of white showing through, i'd bet money it was originally white.

i vote leave it!

Yes, i guess it was originally Olympic white. The actual pickgard is a self cut bit of black plastic. If the bass would be more original, I would leave it as it is... but it doesn't even play well (worn out frets)

mcnog · Post by **mcnog** » Tue Apr 12, 2011 8:45 pm

James wrote:The G&L looks fantastic. Nice guitar.

My suggestion would be to ignore the stock colours these came in and just ask your daughter what colour she would like it to be, maybe also tell her she can have a white pickguard if she prefers. I don't know how much she already plays of course, but if she's a relative beginner she'd be much more likely to get into it if she can have it whatever colour she wants. It will feel more like it's hers.

you are right, I will let her choose the colour (she wants it dark red with the white pickgard) . my daughter plays already bass on a Japanese jazz bass squier. She is enthusiastic about restoring this bass herself (I will assist her for sure !)

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Tue Apr 12, 2011 8:45 pm

shell pink or surf green with white guard.

edit: ah, she wants red. dakota is nice.

mcnog · Post by **mcnog** » Tue Apr 12, 2011 8:47 pm

Joey wrote:Are you gonna give it to her? Or is she just helping?

She is going to have it and will do the work herself. I suggested here to take this project as a study she need to do for her final year at college.