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Post subject: replacement body
Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2019 3:10 pm
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I have a 1999 Mexican Jazz bass in white that I want to recondition. The body had stickers (I know) on it and when removed the discoloration is pretty bad. I want replace the body and would like to know what years, if any, are interchangeable. The truss rod nut is at the headstock.

I know it may not be practical to do this but there's a history to the guitar.

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Post subject: Re: replacement body
Posted: Sun Oct 27, 2019 1:03 am
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Why don't you paint the body ?

If the guitar has history, keep the original body


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Post subject: Re: replacement body
Posted: Sun Oct 27, 2019 6:47 am
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Thanks for the suggestions. I've never done a body before and the finish looks very hard to reproduce. It's a shame, other than the light patches where the stickers were, the body is in excellent condition. I am putting everything back together for now but I'd still like to replace the body. I don't mind spending a couple hundred for a replacement but I want a proper Fender body. I've learned that there are substantial differences in model years and want to make sure everything will bolt together correctly.

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Posted: Sun Oct 27, 2019 6:57 am
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raschwar wrote:
Thanks for the suggestions. I've never done a body before and the finish looks very hard to reproduce. It's a shame, other than the light patches where the stickers were, the body is in excellent condition. I am putting everything back together for now but I'd still like to replace the body. I don't mind spending a couple hundred for a replacement but I want a proper Fender body. I've learned that there are substantial differences in model years and want to make sure everything will bolt together correctly.

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,Paint by a pro, it will cost less money than a new body and if you strip body by yourself even less money.


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Post subject: Re: replacement body
Posted: Sun Oct 27, 2019 11:33 am
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stratele52 wrote:
Paint by a pro, it will cost less money than a new body and if you strip body by yourself even less money.

+1

Any auto body shop can probably handle the job.

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Post subject: Re: replacement body
Posted: Sun Oct 27, 2019 11:37 am
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Retroverbial wrote:
stratele52 wrote:
Paint by a pro, it will cost less money than a new body and if you strip body by yourself even less money.

+1

Any auto body shop can probably handle the job.

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+1

And a cabinet maker shop.
Luthier.


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Posted: Sun Oct 27, 2019 1:33 pm
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Cabinet shops, by and large, do NOT have a dust-free drying chamber.

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Post subject: Re: replacement body
Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2019 1:22 am
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Retroverbial wrote:
Cabinet shops, by and large, do NOT have a dust-free drying chamber.

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I don't know more about that, but my small city cabinet maker do a good tint job fo me.
Most of luthier or guitar tech I know, do very nice painting job with no dust free chamber


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Post subject: Re: replacement body
Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2019 5:25 am
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Sure. And Fender's painters save on production costs by finishing their bodies out in the parking lot using rattlecans of Krylon.

You're right about one thing.

YOU DON'T KNOW.

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Post subject: Re: replacement body
Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2019 7:08 am
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Retroverbial wrote:
Sure. And Fender's painters save on production costs by finishing their bodies out in the parking lot using rattlecans of Krylon.

You're right about one thing.

YOU DON'T KNOW.

:roll:
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Wrong.

I know many places and many peoples doing good paint job without dust free chamber.
Most luthier doing paint job don't have dust free chamber.

Painting a piece of wood is not a rocket science.
You may not know since few hundred years, people paint wood without dust free chamber. :lol:


Dust free chamber help ( and are a must ) for mass production. Small shop don't need it or can afford of it .

I'm wrong ? :lol:


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Post subject: Re: replacement body
Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2019 7:35 am
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Worse.

Pathetic.

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Posted: Sat Feb 29, 2020 9:10 pm
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Don't worry about taking it somewhere else. Just rough it up with sand paper and spray it with anything. It could automative paint or just a regular can of spray paint. Then hit it with some lacquer or finishing spray.

It's wood. If it doesn't turn out, you can always just sand it back down and redo it. The worst thing that is going to happen is you will get sick of trying to fix it and you will be back where you started-- trying to find another body.

Painting isn't that hard. You'll be able to do it. Although, I kind of like the idea of having the aged sticker marks on the guitar. It adds some character and some history to it. You'll always remember what was there. If you paint over it, it will just look like every other guitar.

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