Something is all wrong with this Paisley Telecaster Bass...

[Bionic-Joe]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Fender-Telecaster-Bass-1968-Pink-Paisley-Vintage-Store-pickup-only-NJ-/321279849143?pt=Guitar&hash=item4acdc572b7


Is it me or is this missing the finish on the outer edge???

[Dave W]

Yes it is.

It might be a legit paisley with the finish removed, but that "pink" is awfully dark for its age and condition. Might be a redo.

[ack1961]

looks like the wallpaper fairy ran out of material...

[Denis]

looks like the wallpaper fairy ran out of material...

Kind of what I was thinking.

[Bionic-Joe]

looks like the edge was stripped

[Lightyear]

Doesn't look right - almost like someone did a "home brew" job on it.  Wasn't there someone here that was doing a wallpaper project?  Maybe it was someone over a ReRanch.

[Highlander]

Refin or a ho...

[Denis]

Or a non-original bass done up a long time ago with wall paper out of grandma's kitchen.

[pilgrim9]

Fender put the contact paper on and then sprayed the poly sanding sealer, gold paint on the sides of the body and over the straight cut edges of the paisley wallpaper, then cleared. This has had the clear & color coats striped but when they got to the poly sanding sealer they stopped. That poly sanding sealer has to be sanded off. The cracks in the poly go through the paisley and around to the sides so it seems like a legit paisley body. The lack of the gloss clear coat could explain the color difference also. The neck looks like a refinish, just no wear at all and if you have had climatic changes drastic enough to cause the cracks/checking on the body it sure should have had some effect on the neck finish. 

[Denis]

I'd assume that Fender bought sheets or rolls of the paisley material and used a template for the shape. Was the paper applied uniformly or rotated or shifted depending on who did the applying?

[eb2]

The paisley material was an off the shelf pre-pasted wallpaper made by a company called Stickum. It was available through wallpaper dealers and you could still find the Fender paisley and flower papers if you dug around into the early 80's, as it never sold.  The paper patterns were made to meet demand for mod hippie styles, and probably Fender was the biggest buyer.  There probably is some way to strip the paint off the sides and leave that clean edge, but I don't know how. But you could've dug up the paisley paper at one time.