I play bass in an 80’s band and I've really wanted to try a Precision bass, just as an alternative to my EBMM Stingray. I’d found a mid 80’s Japanese Fender with a rosewood neck that looked and sounded great. I was just about to buy it, but that was literally a week before the whole world shutdown. So I thought one of these Pitbull kits might be a good option.
I had planned to paint it in a totally OTT red glitter sparkle finish (because 80’s) from Rustoleum. Unfortunately, by the time I was ready to go, stock of that paint disappeared along with so many other items from overseas. So, I eventually went for a apple green mica from Duplicolor. I had actually chosen an electric metallic green, but they only had one can of that colour at SuperCheapAuto. I used that as a base colour. The apple green actually matches a suit I wear on stage, so in the end it all worked out.
Mistakes were made. Lessons were learnt.
The main things I learnt were :
Use decent clamps
Be careful with the screws ( or maybe source some stronger ones for the important places)
Be careful when you’re spray painting. So many errors with what was intended to be the last spray of a coat.
Make sure you have a finishing method worked from start to finish. There are soooo many videos out there that it’s really easy get a bit lost.
Timbah First Bass by Tim Gill, on Flickr
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