Delberthot Posted June 19, 2011 Share Posted June 19, 2011 (edited) I recently bought this bass as a spare but there is something else I actually need for a new band so I'm offering it up here. As far as I know, its a Vintage EST96 but the older passive version. Controls at a guess are Volume and a tone control for each of the coils in the humbucker. It has Wilkinson brand tuners and stingray pickup. Its fitted with flats which I think are LaBellas because of the black silks but I can change them for a new set of rounds if flats ain't your thing Overall its in really good condition but the pots are a bit scratchy so I'm going to change them to however you want them. Option 1 is rewired exactly as it is just now using 500k pots and paper-in-oil caps. Option 2 is wired like a precision with one tone and one volume. I'd still leave a third pot on the control plate to act as a dummy so as there's no hole. Looking for £140 delivered to mainland UK or trade for an Epiphone EB-3 or EB-0 Edited June 23, 2011 by Delberthot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apa Posted June 19, 2011 Share Posted June 19, 2011 (edited) I was going to recoment you swap out the lot with an Semour duncon active replacement then realised you wont have the back cover on your passive Doh!! I did this with mine 'couse I had the exact same bass only the 3eq active. Its now a fretless all black baby. I think these basses are pretty good in thier own right. Why not just get some replacement pots and off you go One question though, why have you got a fixing screw either side of the pickup on the scratch plate? Nine didnt have that!! A Edited June 19, 2011 by apa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delberthot Posted June 19, 2011 Author Share Posted June 19, 2011 (edited) [quote name='apa' post='1275365' date='Jun 19 2011, 10:51 PM']I was going to recoment you swap out the lot with an Semour duncon active replacement then realised you wont have the back cover on your passive Doh!! I did this with mine 'couse I had the exact same bass only the 3eq active. Its now a fretless all black baby. I think these basses are pretty good in thier own right. Why not just get some replacement pots and off you go One question though, why have you got a fixing screw either side of the pickup on the scratch plate? Nine didnt have that!! A[/quote] I would keep it as it sounds really good for the Beatles stuff we're doing but I need something like an EB-3 cos we're doing Animals stuff as well and I know that the EB-3 does a killer 'We've got to get out of this Place' tone plus I'd like to have a bass that existed in the 60s that isn't a Fender. I know that the Thunderbird non-reverse was made between 1966-69 but it doesn't do the sound I want exactly. And I have no idea why there are the extra screw holes either but I'll take the scratchplate off tomorrow and have a look Edited June 19, 2011 by Delberthot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delberthot Posted June 21, 2011 Author Share Posted June 21, 2011 (edited) I'm going to rewire this on Thursday with the new pots and cap. I've not decided on which wiring to use so I'll wait until then. If you're interested in this then I can rewire it and ship it with the neck off to keep the postage down for the same £110 delivered to mainland UK or you can collect it for £100. You have until then, otherwise I might just keep it Edited June 21, 2011 by Delberthot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delberthot Posted June 22, 2011 Author Share Posted June 22, 2011 Things sure are moving fast on here. I can have this rewired today and collected tomorrow for delivery on Friday. I've also had an idea that this could be a possible 4 to 5 string conversion for people who like close string spacing - [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Wilkinson-4R-Open-Frame-Chrome-Bass-Tuners-WJBL-200-/110705581380?pt=Guitar_Accessories&hash=item19c6911d44"]extra tuner[/url], change the pickup for a [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Wilkinson-Lic-Bass-Pickup-4-String-MWM4C-Musicman-/110703594366?pt=Guitar_Accessories&hash=item19c672cb7e"]bar magnet one[/url] and a [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/New-KAHLER-USA-Hybrid-7450-5-String-Bass-Bridge-CHROME-/290557785607?pt=Guitar_Accessories&hash=item43a697f607"]Kahler bridge[/url]. doable for about an extra £75 I may even have a spare Graphtech nut, same as I used on my Rick 4 to 5 conversion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delberthot Posted June 22, 2011 Author Share Posted June 22, 2011 Last bump. If this hasn't sold by tomorrow lunchtime then I'm withdrawing it to do the work on it myself then keeping it. And I may even do the 5 string mod on it myself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bottle Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 PM'd Hope I'm not too late!!! Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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