goonieman Posted September 5, 2015 Share Posted September 5, 2015 Howdie all, I finally got around to finishing this cheeky devil. I was inspired by flea's very own upgraded china fleabass - see it at 1:58 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ARZGwfhC_U) Was in need of a fret job - so I levelled and crowned/polished the frets. I then put a bone nut in place to replace the junk plastic, (and hollow!) original nut. I mean really... a hollow nut? (who has hollow nuts?! LOL ;p ) good grief. I removed the terrible pickguard that was glued on. Sigh. I re-routed the pickup cavity and upgraded to a seymour duncan SMB-4D, with an original pre-76 stingray preamp. I also routed a new input jack as the original fleabass only has three holes for tone, vol and input. This cheeky chap now sounds as good as it looks! I can get the action super-low with no undue buzzing. Sounds super-tight and punchy. Love it. A shame it has to go as I was not expecting to be the new owner of EBMM Sterling and I have to make room! Pics: [URL=http://s723.photobucket.com/user/bassfiend3000/media/IMG_4737_zpsrhwtpuzt.jpg.html][IMG]http://i723.photobucket.com/albums/ww234/bassfiend3000/IMG_4737_zpsrhwtpuzt.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s723.photobucket.com/user/bassfiend3000/media/IMG_4738_zpspsrh8jam.jpg.html][IMG]http://i723.photobucket.com/albums/ww234/bassfiend3000/IMG_4738_zpspsrh8jam.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s723.photobucket.com/user/bassfiend3000/media/IMG_4741_zps9jzvl1mj.jpg.html][IMG]http://i723.photobucket.com/albums/ww234/bassfiend3000/IMG_4741_zps9jzvl1mj.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Posted September 5, 2015 Share Posted September 5, 2015 That looks lovely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alyctes Posted September 5, 2015 Share Posted September 5, 2015 [quote name='Graham' timestamp='1441464246' post='2859079'] That looks lovely [/quote] Definitely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goonieman Posted September 6, 2015 Author Share Posted September 6, 2015 yeah, for the original price at stock configuration = huge market assessment error 2nd hand price, with some TLC and upgrade = huge win. Slim, fast neck with comfy body and ability to kick like a mule Check out the youtube of this lad that changed JUST the pickup to the same SMB-4D. Sounds night and day. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alI0-7Jdtik Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybertect Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 Looks like it was well worth the effort Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Me And My Bass Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 I have a similar project with a flea bass, it's currently with the forums own Ou7shined for completion. Thread is here - http://basschat.co.uk/topic/232538-project-fleabass/page__fromsearch__1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goonieman Posted September 6, 2015 Author Share Posted September 6, 2015 Nice one! How's it coming along? Pics! We can make this the upgraded fleabass appreciation thread... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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