Frankenfender lives!!!!!

[gjones]

Realised that after about a year of chopping and changing pickups and necks that I had enough bits and pieces left to make a WHOLE NEW JAZZ BASS!!!!

This is it. It's parts comprise of;

pickups and controls from a 1994 Japanese Squier (really nice deep vintage sound).

a neck from a Fender Classic 60's Jazz with vintage tuners (they use this one for the roadworns too)

a body and bridge from a VM Squire (really nice grain)

And a vintage type scratchplate from ebay

The combination of those ingredients really works and It sounds great and looks lovely.

[attachment=108539:new bass.jpg]

[Grand Wazoo]

Not bad! Well done.

[AndyTravis]

That's really smart looking mate! Like it.

[Clarky]

[quote name='AndyTravis' timestamp='1338647298' post='1677618']
That's really smart looking mate! Like it.
[/quote]
+1 Looks really nice, good job sir

[BassTractor]

Not nice. Bloody awesome! This I love.
Are my eyes deceived or is this a rather red rosewood fretboard?
Could you tell me what this pg was called?

[merello]

Looks abfab!

[gjones]

[quote name='BassTractor' timestamp='1338671469' post='1677973']
Not nice. Bloody awesome! This I love.
Are my eyes deceived or is this a rather red rosewood fretboard?
Could you tell me what this pg was called?
[/quote]

The neck is Mexican from a classic 60s Jazz Bass model and the scratchplate is this one from a company in the Netherlands. [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Jazz-bass-std-pickguard-3ply-brown-tortoise-fits-fender-/110633297858?_trksid=p3911.m7&_trkparms=algo%3DLVI%26itu%3DUCI%26otn%3D2%26po%3DLVI%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D8873332539090093424#ht_3369wt_769"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Jazz-bass-std-pickguard-3ply-brown-tortoise-fits-fender-/110633297858?_trksid=p3911.m7&_trkparms=algo%3DLVI%26itu%3DUCI%26otn%3D2%26po%3DLVI%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D8873332539090093424#ht_3369wt_769[/url]

[BassTractor]

[quote name='gjones' timestamp='1338725929' post='1678463']
The neck is Mexican from a classic 60s Jazz Bass model and the scratchplate is this one from a company in the Netherlands. [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Jazz-bass-std-pickguard-3ply-brown-tortoise-fits-fender-/110633297858?_trksid=p3911.m7&_trkparms=algo%3DLVI%26itu%3DUCI%26otn%3D2%26po%3DLVI%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D8873332539090093424#ht_3369wt_769"]http://www.ebay.co.u...4#ht_3369wt_769[/url]
[/quote]

Thanks! I'll save that seller.

[Balcro]

Very nice!

I love the fretboard/pickguard combination.

Balcro

[krysh]

very nice indeed.

[AttitudeCastle]

How very John Entwistle

Love it man!

[Donnyboy]

[b]Good that you could just knock one up from bits n bobs! Really like it.[/b]

[bigsmokebass]

Reverse tuners?

[gjones]

[quote name='bigsmokebass' timestamp='1338855492' post='1680209']
Reverse tuners?
[/quote]

Yup nice big vintage ones.

Edited June 5, 2012 by gjones

[bigsmokebass]

Haha niiiiice, I got these on my 51. They're so nice and seem right when using a electric tuner as to 'normal' machine heads and turning them the other way (you'll know what I mean).

Congrats with your bass mate, sounds lovely. I may have to try your ingredients but for fretless recipe