Wattage
High Voltologist
My buddy Raven annihilated his tried and true early 80's US BC Rich Warlock bass about 8 years ago and it has been sitting it's case ever since. Well I decided it was about time to repair it and hot rod it a bit during it's resurrection. Since it was pretty rough, like new restoration wasn't really an issue. I was planning on doing something a little fancier at first but since I really have an eye for old Model T rat rods lately I decided to give this the same treatment.
Had to repair the massive crack in the neck and a crack in the body where the tone knob broke through, a few other bits of body damage, replace the tuners, rewire, and then season to taste. I found some cool q-knobs with pirate skulls and I threw on some pins using HOK urethane enamel. After the body was painted black again I tried gold leafing but that didn't work out so I ended up distressing the paint with a palm sander going through to the wood in some places then I striped it and it got a few shot of clear over it. The clear reacted with the urethanes a bit but that just added to the beaten, battered look. To make it a bit prettier we added a 12th fret inlay with its name "Morticia" engraved in the MOPI think it came out pretty cool!
I got a bunch of help from Cris Mirabella and Bludave helped epoxy and clamp the neck back together.It plays and sounds as good as ever!
Had to repair the massive crack in the neck and a crack in the body where the tone knob broke through, a few other bits of body damage, replace the tuners, rewire, and then season to taste. I found some cool q-knobs with pirate skulls and I threw on some pins using HOK urethane enamel. After the body was painted black again I tried gold leafing but that didn't work out so I ended up distressing the paint with a palm sander going through to the wood in some places then I striped it and it got a few shot of clear over it. The clear reacted with the urethanes a bit but that just added to the beaten, battered look. To make it a bit prettier we added a 12th fret inlay with its name "Morticia" engraved in the MOPI think it came out pretty cool!
I got a bunch of help from Cris Mirabella and Bludave helped epoxy and clamp the neck back together.It plays and sounds as good as ever!
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