prengel_basser Posted March 1, 2011 Share Posted March 1, 2011 (edited) Hi There! this is my first thread in this forum (my other post where in the "gear for sale" thread only...). at first I really have something to say about this forum: I like it FAR better than all our german bass forums. the people I met here are far nicer and VERY friendly and helpful. I was treaten with respect everytime I had a question and I really appreciate this forum! Back to topic! I bought an old Yamaha bb300 last year. I had the plan to modify it to have a mix of stingray and a P-bass. my idea was inspired by this great thread: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=86953&hl=pingray"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=...&hl=pingray[/url] the BB300 is a really great bass for it´s own! a REALLY nice p-bass! The maple neck also has a super beautiful grain, a bit "birdseye"-like. I have a stingray HH and a real nice P-bass, too. so I can make a good comparison to the "originals". what I did: replaced the old tuners with SANDBERG tuners. replaced the bridge with a SANDBERG bridge. put the original yamaha P-pickup in new shells put a DELANO MM ALNICO humbucker in it (MC4) added a NOLL EQ (treble and bass) the input jack moved to the side a batterycompartment was installed added a hipshot stringtree made a custom shaped pickguard (inspired by the stingray 5) routing, shielding etc. the p-pickup is reversed as you can see in the pics, and the E/A section is in the original spot where Leo put it in the old days ;-) the D/G section is closer to the neck (which sound absolutely great!), because it would have crossed with the MM-pickup. the MM pickup is in the original "sweetspot" too. it has an active "NOLL" 2band eq (awesome german manufactor) and a push/pull Volume knob. there are two 3-position switches. the first one selects the pickups (neck only, neck and bridge, bridge only) the second one selects the mode of the MM-humbucker (parallel, singlecoil, series) with this switching you get 7 different sounds, which are all very usefull! It´s tuned B-E-A-D. right now, I´m very happy with my Pingray! it plays great, it sounds great and looks really nice (for my taste ;-) thanks for looking at my first post! excuse my bad English.. I have not enough practice in writing and speaking it. here are the pics: this is the bass at original specs: [url="http://img195.imageshack.us/i/yamahaausgangsbasis.jpg/"][/url] this is the bass in the works [url="http://img140.imageshack.us/i/dsc03387j.jpg/"][/url] and this is the final result: [url="http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/829/bastelbassneuespickup.jpg/"][/url] [url="http://img535.imageshack.us/i/headstockb.jpg/"][/url] [url="http://img852.imageshack.us/i/headstockback.jpg/"][/url] [url="http://img832.imageshack.us/i/neckq.jpg/"][/url] [url="http://img163.imageshack.us/i/backeg.jpg/"][/url] [size=6][b]SOUNDFILE ADDED![/b][/size] the sounds are: bridge - parallel bridge - singlecoil bridge - series neck - series neck series + bridge parallel neck series + bridge singlecoil neck series + bridge series I EDITED THIS FIRST POST SINCE I´M SELLING THE BASS. I WANTED TO HAVE ALL THE MODIFICATIONs MENTIONED IN THE FIRST POST. Edited July 15, 2011 by prengel_basser Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ou7shined Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 (edited) That's fantastic work you've done there Stefan. I am so happy that my Pingray was the inspiration for yours. I'm not a big fan of the SR5 pickguard but yours really suits the project very well... better than on a SR5. You should paint the headstock black to match the body. It would finish the bass off perfectly. Edited March 2, 2011 by Ou7shined Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prengel_basser Posted March 2, 2011 Author Share Posted March 2, 2011 [quote name='Ou7shined' post='1146611' date='Mar 2 2011, 01:05 AM']That's fantastic work you've done there Stefan.[/quote] thank you very much for your comment! It´s really nice when the "master of extreme Mods" likes it! [quote name='Ou7shined' post='1146611' date='Mar 2 2011, 01:05 AM']You should paint the headstock black to match the body. It would finish the bass off perfectly.[/quote] unfortunately, I´m not able to paint it black by myself It would be also too expensive to give it to a professional... I think the eq is more important, so I´ll save the money for that ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkstrike Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 Damn, fantastic work dude! I'm(like Ou7shined) not a fan of the Stingray V pickguard usually, but on the Yamaha, it looks utterly killer, great stuff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahpook Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 that's amazing. beautiful work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danny-79 Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 Nice work ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillbilly deluxe Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 That is amazing,great idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eude Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 Great work mate! Really classy and versatile bass. I agree with the comments about the scratch plate, sits really nicely on your bass. Well who's is the best Pingray? Only one way to find out.... FIGHT! I'll get my coat... Eude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voxpop Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 Wow....thats fantastic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ou7shined Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 [quote name='eude' post='1146773' date='Mar 2 2011, 09:30 AM']Great work mate! Really classy and versatile bass. I agree with the comments about the scratch plate, sits really nicely on your bass. Well who's is the best Pingray? Only one way to find out.... FIGHT! I'll get my coat... Eude[/quote] Of course Stefan being situated in Germany won't have a clue what it's about..... hmm that means I'll get the jump on him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eude Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 [quote name='Ou7shined' post='1146810' date='Mar 2 2011, 10:03 AM'] Of course Stefan being situated in Germany won't have a clue what it's about..... hmm that means I'll get the jump on him. [/quote] Ha ha! It's nice to know that there's some folks out there as "sad" as me though. Eude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prengel_basser Posted March 2, 2011 Author Share Posted March 2, 2011 thank you all for these nice comments! yeah, I´m very happy how the bass turned out I could make a soundfile of course (@Ou7shined: would you make one, too?)... I have no idea where to upload it. any ideas about a site where I can upload it for a direct stream? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ou7shined Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 [quote name='prengel_basser' post='1146834' date='Mar 2 2011, 10:18 AM']thank you all for these nice comments! yeah, I´m very happy how the bass turned out I could make a soundfile of course (@Ou7shined: would you make one, too?)... I have no idea where to upload it. any ideas about a site where I can upload it for a direct stream?[/quote] We can just add an mp3 as an attachment in this thread - I've been meaning to do a sound file for ages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prengel_basser Posted March 2, 2011 Author Share Posted March 2, 2011 (edited) [quote name='Ou7shined' post='1146837' date='Mar 2 2011, 11:20 AM']We can just add an mp3 as an attachment in this thread - I've been meaning to do a sound file for ages.[/quote] where can I attach it exactly? Edited March 2, 2011 by prengel_basser Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ou7shined Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 (edited) [quote name='prengel_basser' post='1146849' date='Mar 2 2011, 10:32 AM']where can I attach it rexactly? [/quote] When you make a reply there is a header on the left-hand side (under the smilies) that says "Attachment Editor". Use it to browse to your file on you computer. Don't make the file too big or it won't be allowed. Edited March 2, 2011 by Ou7shined Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prengel_basser Posted March 2, 2011 Author Share Posted March 2, 2011 [quote name='Ou7shined' post='1146854' date='Mar 2 2011, 11:37 AM']When you make a reply there is a header on the left-hand side (under the smilies) that says "Attachment Editor". Use it to browse to your file on you computer. Don't make the file too big or it won't be allowed.[/quote] here whe go! the sounds are: bridge - parallel bridge - singlecoil bridge - series neck - series neck series + bridge parallel neck series + bridge singlecoil neck series + bridge series I play mostly pick style and I wanted to make a quick comparison, so no fingering and slapping Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prengel_basser Posted March 2, 2011 Author Share Posted March 2, 2011 (edited) OHH! the samples are played straight into the "line in" of my Imac. so no eq etc. just the "pure" signal. Edited March 2, 2011 by prengel_basser Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanOwens Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 Wow, that looks and sound AMAZING! My mate has a BB350. Maybe I should make him an offer!! Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horizontalste Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 Fantastic looking and sounding bass, well done. But where did you get the Sandberg parts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eude Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 [quote name='Horizontalste' post='1147364' date='Mar 2 2011, 05:15 PM']Fantastic looking and sounding bass, well done. But where did you get the Sandberg parts?[/quote] You can get the bridges here >> [url="http://www.musicstore.com/en_EN/EUR/Basses/Bridges/Sandberg-Bridge-4-chrome-/art-BAS0004215-000"]http://www.musicstore.com/en_EN/EUR/Basses...-BAS0004215-000[/url] Fairly keenly priced too... Eude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 Sounds awesome and looks the same. Great results, good work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prengel_basser Posted March 3, 2011 Author Share Posted March 3, 2011 (edited) yes the sandberg hardware is very good, even more when you consider the pricing. there is better hardware out there for sure, but the sandberg hardware is REALLY good for the price. I´ll play the bass on rehearsal on monday. after that I will have a think about an eq. I already know which one I would take, but don´t know, if I really need one Edited March 3, 2011 by prengel_basser Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eude Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 Meant to say before, that bass sounds amazing, particularly the bridge in singlecoil mode. Awesome Eude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
setekh Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 That just looks amazing! You and Ou7shined are going to make me lose a finger to power tools when I try to copy you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horizontalste Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 [quote name='eude' post='1147381' date='Mar 2 2011, 05:23 PM']You can get the bridges here >> [url="http://www.musicstore.com/en_EN/EUR/Basses/Bridges/Sandberg-Bridge-4-chrome-/art-BAS0004215-000"]http://www.musicstore.com/en_EN/EUR/Basses...-BAS0004215-000[/url] Fairly keenly priced too... Eude[/quote] "Cheers, I will be adding one of these to my jazz project with thru stringing" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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