Before and After: Fender Jazz refinish

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Before and After: Fender Jazz refinish

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Before: MIM Fender Jazz FSR, ash body in natural finish.
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After: Refinished in Sonic Blue, looks different with and without flash.
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WOW! Man, that turned out great. Who did the refin?
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andrew wrote:WOW! Man, that turned out great. Who did the refin?
Guy here in Austin I found on Craigslist. It looks amazing in person, cost $150.
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Awesome job! Craigslist is a wonderful thing....
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Looks great, congrats!
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AustinLeftyBass wrote:
andrew wrote:WOW! Man, that turned out great. Who did the refin?
Guy here in Austin I found on Craigslist. It looks amazing in person, cost $150.

Sweet Austin, that makes a HUGE difference (looks great strung righty too ;) )! Can you PM the guys contact info. I'd like to see if he'd be interested in doing a couple bodies I have laying around
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Carmine wrote:
AustinLeftyBass wrote:
andrew wrote:WOW! Man, that turned out great. Who did the refin?
Guy here in Austin I found on Craigslist. It looks amazing in person, cost $150.

Sweet Austin, that makes a HUGE difference (looks great strung righty too ;) )! Can you PM the guys contact info. I'd like to see if he'd be interested in doing a couple bodies I have laying around
PM sent.
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That's a beautiful bass. You will send it to me immediately.


















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Seriously cool, man. Congrats.
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"Earwig" Drums? Too funny!
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Major improvement, looks lovely. I didn't like the original look.
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Jeroen wrote:Major improvement, looks lovely. I didn't like the original look.
Me neither, I dont like natural finishes, but the bass sounded so good I had to buy it, I'm very happy with it now.
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AustinLeftyBass wrote:
Jeroen wrote:Major improvement, looks lovely. I didn't like the original look.
Me neither, I dont like natural finishes, but the bass sounded so good I had to buy it, I'm very happy with it now.
Hah, I think it looked killer before and after the refin. I love me some natural finish Fender basses.
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andrew wrote:I love me some natural finish Fender basses.
I do too, but only with a maple fingerboard and a black 3-ply pickguard :)
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Jeroen wrote:
andrew wrote:I love me some natural finish Fender basses.
I do too, but only with a maple fingerboard and a black 3-ply pickguard :)
That's a classic look, but I'm partial to the tort guard on natural finish too.
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Wow, that's 100 times better looking now.


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Friday night.
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Well done indeed, looks great on stage!
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THAT looks sasweett!
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Why stop there? Next stop: stacked knob layout circa pre-62. ;)
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Sonic blue, right? That is THE color for a J or P, imo.

[nevermind - I see it IS sonic blue]
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