Duarte

I did manage to dig out photos of the body from when I picked it up - just so you have the complete timeline of the project. The bridge is actually still good so I will retain it for a future project. It's good quality Gotoh part, which is actually still in production. So, I ordered an identical bridge, only in black (because it's cooler).

Wow that thing looks monstrous, I love it! I'd be interested to see the build process on that. Edit: just realised it's a Spear! Still beautiful. My idea was to have the red/gold/green colour scheme on the pickup covers themselves, with the rest of the bass being that kind of military/camo green you see on reggae sound systems and things. Hopefully it looks half as good as yours! I did conider this kind of thing! But I think it's above my skill level just yet - next time? I knew I had to have it when I saw those little slanty guys. Not sure how I keep finding these weird basses in disrepair haha! Project update coming soon, night shifts for the next few days, stay tuned

Nice washing line! I used a heat gun and scraper, it was a really tough, thick finish to get off. I do like this method because if you get it just right, you can take huge sections of finish off quite cleanly. I actually caused a few more gouges to the body as it was thicker than I anticipated. Ended up giving myself more work to fix everything haha.

Hi everyone - I'm back with a build! It's been a little while, but it feels good to have found a project that inspired me. In a local guitar shop here in Sydney, I found some 'junk' they were selling. It was an abused and messed up body from a Tokai MJB50, an incredibly rare bass which I've never seen anywhere else. I found it in the 1989 Tokai catalogue after a little bit of digging https://guitar-catalog.com/guitar-and-amp/tokai/1989-vol15/en_03.html It is cool because it has 3 pickups, and space for some funky wiring. Unfortunately I didn't get a photo of the body as I got it, but it was dinged up, pickups missing, electronics seized up. It cost me $50. I've always wanted to make a reggae themed bass, with a rasta inspired colour scheme. We're going with a deep jungle green satin finish, black hardware (all gotoh), and each pickup coloured green, yellow and red (pickups from Herrick). Simple on/off switches for each pickup, with master volume and tone. I found a Tokai neck from an APB57 on ebay from Japan. It's a beautiful piece and fits perfectly- so here's what I've got so far! More updates to come very soon, as hmore hardware and pickups arrive. Disclaimer: I'm a total novice working in my garden so I'm not going for pro results, I'm just having fun making and spraying on my washing line! Thanks for looking and I hope you like the result Body stripped: Grain filled, primed: first coats of jungle green, on the washing line of course! Tuners and string tree fitted, and finish rubbed satin smooth on the back of the neck, musicman style:

Thank you for your incredibly kind words. I'm not a pro by any means, just a casual player with more basses than I could ever need. I appreciate it mate! Thanks for that - There are bass videos which I keep open and watch constantly so it's so cool to actually have one of those myself! Cheers

Just got this bass shipped back from thailand where I had to leave it unfinished, undead and in limbo. Just taking it for a test drive

NICE white SUB. You don't see many of those. I'm always on the lookout for one. Is it active or passive?

My medium scale boxer!

Just saw this! I love your slanty bitsa. Yes I restored a Boxer PJ535, however I moved from Thailand to Australia before I managed to figure out the electronics properly. I was attempting a vol/vol/tbx with 3 way pickup selector (as original), but with an added series/parallel switch. I couldn't get it working properly before I left the country so it is sitting in my apartment waiting for me to finish the job. I will share videos as soon as I'm back and able to get it up and running. Good luck with the project - these basses are wonderful and should be preserved

Quick update - After trying to replace the truss rod and breaking the fingerboard, we're back with a new fingerboard and a truss rod with a wheel.

No way! This is news to me

Knobs!

New tuners. Accidentally ordered a 2+2 configuration so only 2 are in at the moment.