mcnach Posted November 19, 2011 Posted November 19, 2011 So one day I bought this Stagg MB300/5 or something, a 5-string Stingray copy type of bass, but with the oval scratchplate like the 4-string counterpart. I bought it because it had a wide string spacing (~19mm), with a wide neck, and looked good. Natural finish, maple fingerboard, 4+1 headstock, and tortoiseshell effect pickguard. The original control plate has only two knobs and an output socket. Yes, it is passive. So I bought a 3-band preamp from eBay with a new control plate. It is not really installed yet, but I did temporarily assembeled it to try it, and seems decent. Also, the original pickup with the 10 big polepieces was a bit narrow, soapbar sized. I bought a Seymour Duncan SMB5A for the bass. I have widened the scratchplate for it, and routed the bass so that the pickup fits. It does, but carelessly I damaged a bit of the top of the scratchplate in one corner. It does not show much, but it's there. I bought a plastic cover to create a cavity in the back to better fit the preamp and battery, and started routing the first pass, just 2mm deep to make the cover recessed. I did not do a great job. I would probably get a slightly bigger cover (easy, since I bought a small one) and repeat the process so that it looks good. I just don't have much time in my hands these days for these things, and I was just wondering whether anybody would be interested in this bass, currently in bits. With a bit of work it will be a nice sounding SR-style bass, with a wide string spacing, something there isn't a lot of choice around. So what am I selling exactly? - Bass body and neck, attached buy without bridge, pickup etc attached. All that is provided, just not assembled. - bridge, with original strings if desired - original soapbar pickup and new unused Seymour Duncan SMB5A alnico pickup. The body is routed to accept this larger pickup. - original scratchplate, with pickup route enlarged to accept the SMB5A pickup - original control plate, with volume and tone controls. - new control plate with 3-band preamp assembled and wired, but needs wiring to pickup and fitting. - back control cavity cover Looking for [size=5][b]£125[/b][/size] plus £10 delivery for the lot. The bass cost me £190 plus delivery, pickup was £75 I believe, and preamp around £40-50. I just don't have the time. Open to trade offers for anything interesting, in particular overdrive pedals... I will take some pictures of all the pieces and post them later.
mcnach Posted November 20, 2011 Author Posted November 20, 2011 [quote name='gilmour' timestamp='1321733773' post='1442635'] Have you got any pics? [/quote] Sorry, I still haven't managed to be more than 10min at home since I posted this. I should be able to post pictures tomorrow night, watch this space
mcnach Posted November 22, 2011 Author Posted November 22, 2011 Some pics... unfortunately they're not very good quality, but that's all I could manage right now. In a few days I should be able to take some better ones, if desired. Here's the front of the bass. The pickguard has some white marks, but that's just from the tape I used to protect it when cutting it. It does have a bit of damage on the top right corner of the pickup mount. It's only aesthetic, and being tortoiseshell-like, it is not too obvious... but it is noticeable. The bass itself has no marks, it's in excellent condition, and so is the neck and frets. Here's the bridge: And here's some other bits: pickups and controls. From left to right that's the Seymour Duncan SMB5A, new. The original pickup. The new control plate with a 3-band preamp already wired, including knobs. The old control plate, wired.
LukeFRC Posted December 9, 2011 Posted December 9, 2011 [quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1323373678' post='1462749'] Bump [/quote] this looks like a great little project, why is it still here?
mcnach Posted December 14, 2011 Author Posted December 14, 2011 If nobody buys this, you are going to make me finish it myself!!!
BassBunny Posted January 23, 2012 Posted January 23, 2012 Might be worth reposting the pics as they seem to have disappeared.
mcnach Posted January 23, 2012 Author Posted January 23, 2012 [quote name='BassBunny' timestamp='1327355552' post='1509983'] Might be worth reposting the pics as they seem to have disappeared. [/quote] I still see them (post #4) It must have been a temporary glitch.
apa Posted June 26, 2012 Posted June 26, 2012 Maybe in a couple of months if this is still here I may get the hankerin for a 5er ray all though looking at that neck I and my liking of narrow string spacing I could probably make it a 6er - Type BUMP on me Kettles on btw A
mcnach Posted June 27, 2012 Author Posted June 27, 2012 I got it for teh wide spacing! I keep going back to "ah, I should just finish it"... but other more interesting things get in the way.
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