slaphappygarry Posted May 16, 2007 Share Posted May 16, 2007 This is a thread carried over from the old forum. Its a build diary of my Fender Geddy Lee bass and what i did to it. This is how it started: I stripped the Bass down into all its seperate parts before sanding the body. This also shows how it all started out: The Body: And some of the bass.... as it was originaly: G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slaphappygarry Posted May 16, 2007 Author Share Posted May 16, 2007 After day 1 of sanding: The horns were sanded usins a dowel with sand paper taped to it. Its like an uber fine file: G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slaphappygarry Posted May 16, 2007 Author Share Posted May 16, 2007 Day two of sanding. By this point i had gone through twice as much sand paper as i had intended. The laquer was really thick. The horns are also getting there but will require another hours work to get them perfect: And the back is still a long way off (actually lost patience today and drew a picture on it, seemed a pretty good time to stop that day): G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slaphappygarry Posted May 16, 2007 Author Share Posted May 16, 2007 Sanding Finnished: G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slaphappygarry Posted May 16, 2007 Author Share Posted May 16, 2007 First Day of Finnishing (after 3 coats of stain and 1 coat of oil/stain mixture): These were all taken when it was still a little soft (found out the hard way when removing the neck again ). It was a 90/10 Mix oil to wood stain and was applied with a cloth. G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slaphappygarry Posted May 16, 2007 Author Share Posted May 16, 2007 Day 2 of finishing and after a coat of wet and dry. G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slaphappygarry Posted May 16, 2007 Author Share Posted May 16, 2007 The final assembly: G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slaphappygarry Posted May 16, 2007 Author Share Posted May 16, 2007 And some before and after shots: The john east is awesome. The tonal flexability is massive. Literally a tweak on the eq makes a massive differance and full boosts are insane. The nice thing is the passive switch which returns the bass to exactly how it souded when it leaft the factory. The finnish is perfect and exactly how i wanted it to turn out. Nice touches are the d-tuner and new neck plate. The action was almost perfect right after assembly which was odd considering the necks been off for 2 weeks. The neck will need a few very minor tweak over the next few weeks but all in all i am delighted with the end results. Cheers for all the help and support everyone. Garry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veils Posted May 18, 2007 Share Posted May 18, 2007 That looks awesome! So much better with the red and black thing goin on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest subaudio Posted May 18, 2007 Share Posted May 18, 2007 Serweeet ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtlemoon Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 Wow , nice job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassmonster Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 this turned out real nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waldo Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 You're a braver man that I am attempting that, but it looks good though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nimrod Posted November 17, 2007 Share Posted November 17, 2007 Stunning result... it looks great, and it's now truly 'one of a kind'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcgraham Posted November 20, 2007 Share Posted November 20, 2007 There were a couple of points in there that made me think 'uhhhnnnnn, please no....' but i concur with the above posts, you done good there the satin-like finish is making me think about grabbing a highway 1 bass and giving it some modding. How is the J-retro working out for you? I do find the bonus of having a quality onboard eq quite appealing, but I have to remind myself that whenever I DO have a bass with an onboard eq I hate using it and much prefer setting it to flat and doing eqing at the amp... ugh, honestly, instruments *throws hands up in despair* Props on a great looking GL bud! Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slaphappygarry Posted November 21, 2007 Author Share Posted November 21, 2007 The John East stays pretty much flat (sometimes little boost in treb, sometimes little boost in bass depending on amp). The nice thing is the sweep between the two pups which is a nice feature. In all, a massive improvement over just the passive Geddy. Infact, I may just be believing in nothing BUT i think the passive through the East is better than the stock passive sound on the Fender electronics. G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcgraham Posted November 21, 2007 Share Posted November 21, 2007 I actually shoved some Model J's in and raised the pickups to juuuust under the height that would cause warbling and choking. Since coming back to it it's the reason I'm selling on the Smith. I may check out a J-Retro, a new mod almost qualifies as a new bass! Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassman101 Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 Thats nice , i prefer the red over the black. and nice stingray. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YouMa Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 I really like that,but i would be put off by the resale diving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarPig Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 wow man that looks great! Loving the staining. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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