Bachbird makeover almost ready to come home

weekend warrior · September 20, 2012, 12:04:48 AM

Sent my B Bird to my good friend John Scott at bluesman vintage for a makeover.Nice pelham blue refin reliced nicely.Cant wait till she comes home.Shouldnt be but a few days now.

weekend warrior · September 20, 2012, 12:11:23 AM

shot of the relic job.Nice checking with metal oxidation.

uwe · September 20, 2012, 01:51:47 AM

That IS nicely done. Finally someone outs himself valiantly here as having an instrument reliced! Come forth y'all!

ack1961 · September 20, 2012, 03:52:29 AM

Quote from: uwe on September 20, 2012, 01:51:47 AM
That IS nicely done. Finally someone outs himself valiantly here as having an instrument reliced! Come forth y'all!

This might be a short thread...

godofthunder · September 20, 2012, 05:56:41 AM

That is Beautiful! You need a vintage tail piece to go with it! I just happen to know where you can get one

Bionic-Joe · September 20, 2012, 07:07:16 AM

I'll have to call you later Scott!!

godofthunder · September 20, 2012, 07:14:10 AM

My "reliced" '67 NR

Basvarken · September 20, 2012, 07:16:10 AM

Nice to see all those personalized BaCHbirds!

Too bad BaCH is going to stop making them...

Denis · September 20, 2012, 07:34:14 AM

Ha, and I feel like I can't touch my Sonic Blue one!

Johnbob · September 20, 2012, 12:12:29 PM

That looks AWESOME!!!!

Do you mind if I ask how much the refinish cost? Also, did you strip the body and prep it before sending it off or did the refinisher do that too?

Oh, one more question, did you give it a matching headstock?

chromium · September 20, 2012, 12:21:32 PM

That looks great! What pickups are those - Tbuckers?

Here's a shot of my relic'd BaCH. I like it rough!

weekend warrior · September 20, 2012, 05:07:18 PM

It cost me around 250.00 for the relic job.Bluesman vintage did it for me.There is none better at the relic job than John.Im not sure if he did and entire strip or not. I think he did because he had to put a tummy cut in it.
The pickups are lollars.It does have a matching peghead.Will post more pics when i get the bass.
John just told me that he layed the nitro over the poly. He said Fender has done that since the 60's.

uwe · September 21, 2012, 07:07:28 AM

Quote from: Basvarken on September 20, 2012, 07:16:10 AM
Nice to see all those personalized BaCHbirds!

Too bad BaCH is going to stop making them...

Did they get a letter from Nashville?

Johnbob · September 21, 2012, 12:40:28 PM

QuoteIt cost me around 250.00 for the relic job.Bluesman vintage did it for me.There is none better at the relic job than John.Im not sure if he did and entire strip or not. I think he did because he had to put a tummy cut in it.

That's actually a really good deal. I wonder if that's his going rate or if that was a "friend deal"?

QuoteJohn just told me that he layed the nitro over the poly. He said Fender has done that since the 60's.

I'm surprised he got it to check like that. The whole poly undercoat thing on Fender has always confused me. I have had a few of the U.S. 62 reissue Fenders which are nitro over a poly undercoat and I cannot get those finishes to check at all and I've been told that it's because of the poly undercoat. But then I have also been told that Fender always used a poly undercoat even in the 60's but all the vintage Fenders I have seen have checked over time. I have also done a few 100% nitro refinishes over the years with the Reranch stuff and those check easily too so clearly the poly undercoat has something to do with it.

Johnbob · September 21, 2012, 12:41:17 PM

Regardless, I'm excited to see more pictures of yours. It looks great!!!