deksawyer Posted March 21, 2011 Posted March 21, 2011 I have the idea of a rather nice vintage P style bass with modern trimmings floating around my head and was wondering if any of the lesser know/part time hobbyist bass builders on the forum would be interested in building this. Actually, if anyone's interested, add a post to this thread. I can source all the hardware, such as pickups, bridge etc and would probably have it finished by SIMS or someone else of equal repute. I guess I'm just looking for someone to carve the wood do the binding/blocks and fit the hardware and do a nice job of putting it together. Anyone interested? Here's some basic spec details: [u]Left Handed 5 String Custom Precision Style Bass[/u] BODY Swamp Ash Fender P style Sonic Blue Paint ’72 P Style Pick Guard in White Pearl Battery Box EMG P5 Pickups, White Hipshot 5 String A Style Bass Bridge, Chrome plated Brass Dunlop Flush Mount Straplocks, Chrome NECK 35” Scale 17mm String Spacing Flame Maple Neck w Asymmetric Radius Plain Maple fingerboard 20mm Radius Music Man Style Truss Rod Adjustment White Pearl Binding & Block Inlays Fender Headstock shape - 5 inline tuners Headstock Matching Body Colour Hipshot Ultralite 3/8" Post -"Y" Key Tuners, Chrome Here's the so called '72 pick guard [attachment=75358:72_P_Bas...ickguard.jpg] I'd also be interested to know if anyone makes a white 5 string pickup, either P style or Soapbar. I'm not a fan of EMG but it's all I know available in white and the pickup has to be white. It also has to be covered pole pieces. cheers D. Quote
eude Posted March 21, 2011 Posted March 21, 2011 Pretty sure you could get the bits from Warmoth, all you'd need then would be an assembly job. Oh, and I think Wizard would probably do you a white 5 string P Bass pickup. Really nice idea for a bass though, I reckon a mix of classic looks with modern functionality would be the best of both worlds. Eude Quote
steve-soar Posted March 21, 2011 Posted March 21, 2011 Plus one for Warmouth. This will be great. I'm off to do the sums. Quote
deksawyer Posted March 21, 2011 Author Posted March 21, 2011 [quote name='steve-soar' post='1170998' date='Mar 21 2011, 06:06 PM']Bloody hell![/quote] My quote came to around $710 dollars, unfinished and with no pick up routing, which including shipping and the import/vat is around £530 odd quid. An off the cuff price up from the Sims website is slightly more...... D. Quote
giblett123 Posted March 21, 2011 Posted March 21, 2011 [quote name='deksawyer' post='1171021' date='Mar 21 2011, 06:20 PM']My quote came to around $710 dollars, unfinished and with no pick up routing, which including shipping and the import/vat is around £530 odd quid. An off the cuff price up from the Sims website is slightly more...... D.[/quote] Jon Shuker would build it but it would cost more and there would probably be a wait. Quote
giblett123 Posted March 21, 2011 Posted March 21, 2011 [quote name='giblett123' post='1171060' date='Mar 21 2011, 06:45 PM']Jon Shuker would build it but it would cost more and there would probably be a wait.[/quote] Bare knuckle also do a custom wound 65 P pickup in a pale cream, would look really cool in this and they sound fantastic, esp if your after a vintage type sound. Quote
Brave Sir Robin Posted March 23, 2011 Posted March 23, 2011 (edited) from allparts uk. [url="http://www.allparts.uk.com/online-shop/guitar-bass-parts/bodies/bass-bodies/replacement-body-for-tele-bass-no-finish-p-1967.html"][/url] [url="http://www.allparts.uk.com/online-shop/guitar-bass-parts/necks/bass-necks/replacement-neck-for-tele-bass-solid-maple-no-finish-p-2002.html"][/url] Still bloody expensive for bits of unfinished wood. Well, ignore, it's not what you are looking for. maybe take a gander at this. [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=26654&st=0"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=26654&st=0[/url] Edited March 23, 2011 by Brave Sir Robin Quote
deksawyer Posted March 23, 2011 Author Posted March 23, 2011 [quote name='Brave Sir Robin' post='1172846' date='Mar 23 2011, 01:51 AM']from allparts uk. [url="http://www.allparts.uk.com/online-shop/guitar-bass-parts/bodies/bass-bodies/replacement-body-for-tele-bass-no-finish-p-1967.html"][/url] [url="http://www.allparts.uk.com/online-shop/guitar-bass-parts/necks/bass-necks/replacement-neck-for-tele-bass-solid-maple-no-finish-p-2002.html"][/url] Still bloody expensive for bits of unfinished wood. Well, ignore, it's not what you are looking for. maybe take a gander at this. [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=26654&st=0"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=26654&st=0[/url][/quote] Cheers Dude If I wasn't a Lefty, I'd be able to knock one together myself!! D. Quote
henry norton Posted March 24, 2011 Posted March 24, 2011 (edited) Allot of 5 string P pickups are actually 4 string size but with different internals and fitted with more offset (take a close look at the EMG website to see what I'm talking about), so you might be able to find a 5 string P pickup and swap the covers for white ones. The woodwork for these kind of projects is usually fairly straightforward but have you got a particular neck profile in mind because 'asymmetric' can mean allot of different things Oh yes, forgot to say of course I can do it - piece of p#ss Edited March 24, 2011 by henry norton Quote
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