mbao
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How long time does the white MM Bass get quite old yellow?
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Musicman Nut
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How long time does the white MM Bass get quite old yellow?
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If it's a solid white, and now with no smoking in Bars here in the USA it could take some time. As in 5 to 10 years.
Movielife
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I had a white non EBMM bass for 16 years and it never went yellowy...and I really gigged it a lot!
oli@bass
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My white 2006 StingRay starts to become a tad creamy. Probably also because it's almost always on a stand and exposed to daylight.
Caca de Kick
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Probably never. The modern finishes have UV additives that old finishes from decades past did not. Slight creamy is about it.
keko
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+1
I got an answer from EBMM CS recently (few months ago), I asked for a white color of the new reflex basses before I made an order!
They have convinced me that modern white finishes are pretty resistant to become yellow!
mbao
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I got an answer from EBMM CS recently (few months ago), I asked for a white color of the new reflex basses before I made an order!
They have convinced me that modern white finishes are pretty resistant to become yellow!
Good to hear that !!!
Movielife
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I think if you use it a lot, and its in sunlight, it might might go a little bit creamy....but the modern white is white white white!
Thornton Davis
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My SR5 (Whitey) started to yellow 3 years after I bought it. To this day it's still continuing to.
TD
PS - I have photos for proof if interested.
TD
PS - I have photos for proof if interested.
mbao
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bovinehost
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Could I see your Whitey?
Oh, if I had a nickel for every time I've been asked that question.
2ndBassGuitar
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Thornton Davis
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Could I see your Whitey?
Since you asked nicely and Jack got in a good zinger, ok.
This was taken just after I bought Whitey.
Here's Whitey when it was two years old. See the difference in colour between the body and the pickguard. The body had started to yellow.
And here's Whitey a year later with a change of pickguard and pickup. I found it somewhat difficult to capture the yellowish finish because of the bright lighting, but you get the idea.
TD
oli@bass
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With all due respect... I doubt that you did a proper white point setting for each of the images, thus is pretty hard to tell whether it's a difference lighting or actually a hue change of the body colour.
But, you could do a proper comparision shot: The SR5 with your new Big Al, both being white... unless that would be different whites...
Thornton Davis
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As I mentioned, it's very difficult (with my camera) to capture how the bass has yellowed. You'll just have to trust me on this one.
TD
Aussie Mark
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Here's my old white '76 with the pickguard removed .....
keko
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Well, I never owned any white bass before, so my incoming reflex will be the first Whitey!
I hope that this modern white finishes are resistant to become yellower, but however have nothing against little creamy touch in a years, 'cause maple neck and fret board will become yellower too!
I hope that this modern white finishes are resistant to become yellower, but however have nothing against little creamy touch in a years, 'cause maple neck and fret board will become yellower too!
drTStingray
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Certainly do believe you - see attached white 2004 StingRay - compare the white to the parked Strat's pg.
This bass looks brilliant white in strong light and a slightly off white otherwise.
BTW the lack of a pg reflects a desire to slap and pop a la Flea easier, but the bass gets a black pg or the original matte white dependent on how the 21 yr old owner is feeling that day
