The Bass Doc Posted April 23, 2011 Posted April 23, 2011 Being stooopid enough to sell my ultra rare Slab some years ago (think it's the one Barry Matthews has now), I set about recreating one with similar characteristics. The neck is maple on maple (but Jazz width and an extra fret on a 'shelf'), body in tulip wood, 60's style bridge and tuners, gen Fender pickup, CTS pots, scratchplate made by me plus a full aluminium screening plate under. Sounds? Bloody great. [attachment=78233:101.JPG] [attachment=78234:102.JPG] Quote
Doctor J Posted April 23, 2011 Posted April 23, 2011 Looks nice, Howard. Are you going to paint it? Quote
The Bass Doc Posted April 23, 2011 Author Posted April 23, 2011 Yes, I think the classic blonde/slightly translucent off-white. Quote
Doctor J Posted April 23, 2011 Posted April 23, 2011 [quote name='The Bass Doc' post='1209470' date='Apr 23 2011, 08:08 PM']Yes, I think the classic blonde/slightly translucent off-white.[/quote] The correct answer Quote
The Bass Doc Posted April 23, 2011 Author Posted April 23, 2011 [quote name='Johnston' post='1209475' date='Apr 23 2011, 08:10 PM']Tidy !! What about the fabled different wiring ??[/quote] Having owned the real thing, I can't recall anything different in that department - 250K pots, cloth wiring and a 0.05 cappy. I always reckoned it was the strength of the pickup (about 11.5K and the physics of the neck and body combination that gave it the extra 'clank' which you hear to good effect on that vid by The Move. Quote
benebass Posted April 23, 2011 Posted April 23, 2011 Very nice Howard! Always loved the bass sound on T.Rex tunes & recently found out most of it was recorded on one of these. Classic... B. Quote
The Bass Doc Posted April 23, 2011 Author Posted April 23, 2011 [quote name='benebass' post='1209511' date='Apr 23 2011, 08:42 PM']Very nice Howard! Always loved the bass sound on T.Rex tunes & recently found out most of it was recorded on one of these. Classic... B.[/quote] Cheers B, I'll give you a demo when you come over next week. Quote
benebass Posted April 24, 2011 Posted April 24, 2011 [quote name='The Bass Doc' post='1209538' date='Apr 23 2011, 09:20 PM']Cheers B, I'll give you a demo when you come over next week.[/quote] Looking forward to it! Cheers, B. Quote
LennyP Posted April 24, 2011 Posted April 24, 2011 What is the origin of the neck? Love P Basses, but the neck profile is a 'make or break' situation for me. Quote
The Bass Doc Posted April 24, 2011 Author Posted April 24, 2011 [quote name='LennyP' post='1210186' date='Apr 24 2011, 05:46 PM']What is the origin of the neck? Love P Basses, but the neck profile is a 'make or break' situation for me.[/quote] At present it's a Warmoth Jazz neck but I intend to get a custom-made Precision one with classic pre-CBS profile, nut width 1 3/4" and with a 'rolled' maple fingerboard as opposed to the slab one so that it will be as close as possible to the original. Quote
.jpg.518c69c2d9e1581799f3c11301dc2da5.jpg)
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.