Comic book Bass goes steampunk

[Oopsdabassist]

With apologies to Waynepunkdude for nicking his title.

I present my very 1st bass, An Indonesian Squier P/J, which over the next few weeks, with lots of input from TimAl (who's doing all the hard work) will hopefully be transformed into a steampunk/War of the Worlds themed monster!

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here she sits, stripped back and ready for Tim to go to work, there have been other threads recently on the exact process, all I know is Tim sticks on pages from a graphic novel I came across that I liked, adds a custom pickguard and headstock logo. I'll add the electrics and then......we shall see.

[Oopsdabassist]

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oops I forgot to remove the tuners and the strap buttons, I hope Tim still has em!

[Oopsdabassist]

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Body sanded back and original headstock logo sanded off, headstock tinted slightly to give an aged look to the finished article.

[Oopsdabassist]

A wee snap of the headstock with its new logo..its a 'War of the Worlds' ref in case no one gets it!

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[Oopsdabassist]

A clock theme on the pickguard

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[Oopsdabassist]

The images prior to being glued down on the front

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[Oopsdabassist]

And a shot showing the work that goes into getting a smooth finish round the edges, Tim is doing a great job

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[Oopsdabassist]

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Having got the bass back, a bit of copper tape in the routing, next finish of the pickups and connect the knobs to the new pickguard, new set of roto nexus strings and........

[Oopsdabassist]

here we are!

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[Oopsdabassist]

I'm still debating if that pickguard is too busy on the background, I may swap it out for a plain one and put that pickguard on my Mexican P instead...we shall see.

Any thoughts appreciated

[gilmour]

I love the concept but was also finding the pick guard a little busy. (Although on a plain bass it would look all kinds of awesome). I'd go for something a little plainer.

If it's Steampunk I'd also avoid any plastic TBH, maybe copper, leather or wood?

[ColinB]

How about a transparent p/g.... the copper shielding would be very Steampunk..... or a copper p/g?

[d-basser]

Brown leather or worn brass pick guard would be brilliant, love the bass by the way.

[Oopsdabassist]

thanks all....hmmm transparent..now THERE'S an idea!

[Rumple]

[quote name='gilmour' timestamp='1418228868' post='2628207']
I love the concept but was also finding the pick guard a little busy. (Although on a plain bass it would look all kinds of awesome). I'd go for something a little plainer.

If it's Steampunk I'd also avoid any plastic TBH, maybe copper, leather or wood?
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A leather one would look great on this bass if you can find one.

[d-basser]

Leather one should be easy enough to make, friend and I did one for a build and found that a sheet of leather with copper foil shielding on the back held its shape well enough to be cut to size and fitted.

[Oopsdabassist]

Thanks for all the feedback guys, for now I have just swapped the plates on my 2 P's, which I think works quite well

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[tommorichards]

the steampunk plate definitely suits the white p bass

Maybe a brass one for the steampunk bass?

Edited December 20, 2014 by tommorichards

[Oopsdabassist]

Thanks, yeah it def suits the plain lighter colour, A brass or beaten copper one is in my sights for the other.

[Wolverinebass]

[quote name='Oopsdabassist' timestamp='1416386607' post='2609554']
A clock theme on the pickguard

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Where did you get that?! That's fantastic!

[Oopsdabassist]

The guard or the artwork?

TimAl of this very parish makes the guards for a very reasonable price, the pic just came of t'internet and we did a bit of photoshopping to get the right effect.

http://basschat.co.uk/topic/247112-scratch-it-original-scratchplates-pickguards-to-your-design/page__p__2610382__hl__timal__fromsearch__1#entry2610382

Edited December 22, 2014 by Oopsdabassist

[Marc S]

Wow, this bass looks great
I first thought a transparent pickguard would look good too
.... but I do like the look of the white one too....

Great logo too

[Oopsdabassist]

Thanks, and special thanks for noticing the logo, makes me smile

[gilmour]

[quote name='tommorichards' timestamp='1419093185' post='2636519']
the steampunk plate definitely suits the white p bass

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Yeah that rocks