drinkchoglit Posted June 8, 2006 Report Share Posted June 8, 2006 i bought a 1984 washburn force 8 bass at a garge sale about 2 weeks ago for $10, it dosent have any damage that effects playability, but there is a place on the binding that is damaged and i was wondering if any one could give me some advice on how to fix it. here is a picture of the damage DAMAGE! the pic is blury, but i think the damage is pretty visible. i'm thinking i can get some similar binding and just cut a pice the size of the whole and glue it in, but i'm not sure if there is a reason that it wouldn't work that way. the only problem i'll have if that will work is that im haveing a really hard time finding red plastic binding, and i dont want to redo all of the binding. thanks -ryan- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanb Posted June 8, 2006 Report Share Posted June 8, 2006 You can repair the binding pretty easily by "melting" it back together with a little acetone. It looks like there is a good chunk missing however, so you will have to find something to patch it in with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primal Posted June 9, 2006 Report Share Posted June 9, 2006 Owww, my eyes! Pleeeease don't post a picture unless its in focus! It doesn't help in determining a solution at all... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabu2k1 Posted June 9, 2006 Report Share Posted June 9, 2006 $10??? man, WHERE are these garage sales where people buy gear for $10?? sorry I had no advice or anything.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drinkchoglit Posted June 9, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2006 (edited) You can repair the binding pretty easily by "melting" it back together with a little acetone. It looks like there is a good chunk missing however, so you will have to find something to patch it in with. sorry about that. i tried to take a pic of it my auto focus went crazy and i figured that it was good enough. i didn't figure out until a few hours after i posted the pic that my problem was that i wasn't turning on the macro mode that my camera has. i'll be posting a new one as sonn as i take it $10??? man, WHERE are these garage sales where people buy gear for $10?? sorry I had no advice or anything.. my dad and i go to garage sales almost every weekend, but its hard to find deals like that very often. usally people want way too much for gutiar and other musical equipmet (almost the full retail price usally). some times i get lucky though, a few months ago i bought as ynth module from a guy that kept calling it a "beat looper" for $10 and my dad found a peavy horizon 2 for $20 at another garage sale not too long ago Edited June 9, 2006 by drinkchoglit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drinkchoglit Posted June 9, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2006 (edited) here is a better pic of the damage here are some more shots of the bass body body2 whole bass i took those before i got the covers for the pickups (or strings), so now you can't see the wires in side of the pickup cavity Edited June 9, 2006 by drinkchoglit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primal Posted June 9, 2006 Report Share Posted June 9, 2006 That's gonna be tough to fix if you can't find any red binding. Stewmac.com doesn't have red plastic binding, so you may have to buy some of their red wooden binding and rebind the entire body. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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