sterling body replacement

[niguch]

Hi everyone. My dad has a kind of old sterling which he gave to me, and i think the color and pickguard are pretty weak. Is there any way that i could send the bass in and get the body replaced with one of a different color with a different guard? or would i need a refin? any information on how i can change the color would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance for any correspondence.
-Chris

 

[bovinehost]

One of the best in the business is Mike Dolan. His website is at http://www.dolanguitars.com. Tell him bovinehost sent you. Great refin work and anything else you'd ever want at reasonable prices.

 

[xcental34x]

Woah, Dolan. The mighty creator of the nine string from hell. Behold.

~Patrick

 

[Rod Trussbroken]

What is the colour of the finish and pg????

 

[niguch]

the bass itself is black with a white pickguard. Its not particularly ugly, i know, but it gets boring after a while. Also, the black paint is peeling and there is some sort of red stain on the pickguard that looks like a crayon or something ( i don't know where that came from)

 

[bovinehost]

Are you in a major city? You can probably have it refinished if you really want to, and a new pickguard can be had for about 50 bucks.

 

[niguch]

I'm about 40 minutes from NYC. how much would a sunburst refin probably cost me?

 

[SWR_n_EB]

WEll, the price, i'm not to sure about, but i remeber hearing something that the solid finishes have a different body mattereal that's not ashwood (if i recal correctly) it won't looks as good if it is a transparent color like sunburst...of course, i could be wrong..

 

[seandorian]

Sell it on ebay and buy an new one! They are always coming out with new, exciting colors.

 

[bassmaniac]

Maybe all you really need to do is find a cool replacement pickguard to put on it. Try here:
http://www.pickguards.com/