Wil Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 (edited) Hardly playing bass at all these days so my only current bass is on the chopping block. I made it from bits and pieces with all the dexterity of a manatee on acid, but the components are good so with a bit of tweaking... It consists of: Status Graphite Jazz profile neck Hipshot tuners Aaron Armstrong wound soapbar in the bridge position Dimarzio P pickup in the usual spot (taken from a BC Rich Mockingbird) John East BTB01 preamp Body from a 1995 Encore Precison, complete with 13 years worth of chips and dents! I'll get some pics up of it as it is tonight. Pics of the build but not the finished product are available [url="http://www.finnbass.com/showthread.php?t=1330"]here[/url]. It looks like this though, although with a an active passive switch, the Dimarzio P pup and more screws in the pickguard: Edited January 21, 2009 by Wil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budget bassist Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 Ooh, very tasty looking, good luck mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smash Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 Pm'd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wil Posted November 25, 2008 Author Share Posted November 25, 2008 In response to the flurry of PMs I've received, no, I'm not prepared to post it I'm afraid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tait Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 [quote name='Wil' post='336314' date='Nov 25 2008, 03:20 PM']not interested in basses at all at the moment.[/quote] blasphemer! great looking bass! good luck with the sale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wil Posted November 27, 2008 Author Share Posted November 27, 2008 I promised some more pics but my girlfriend's clever digital camera is in for repairs. Here are some appalling quality phone pics, though! Note the additional hole in the back of the headstock where I drilled all the way through by accident. It makes it go faster! The mark above the string tree on the front of the headstock is the remenants of a drillbit. Tough stuff, graphite, apparently! The Punktastic forum sticker should come off with a bit of napalm. Great forum, mind. The one screw missing from the pickguard is missing due to the hole not lining up with the body, its over the control cavity so there isn't anything for a screw to screw into. Oh, and the neck pocket isn't the tightest, so I wedged a high tech paper composite in there to firm it up a bit. That's cardboard, to those in the know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev Posted November 27, 2008 Share Posted November 27, 2008 im almost tempted to sell my stingray and downgrade to this, just question myself whether i need such an expensive bass, although i would miss it.... hmm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wil Posted November 27, 2008 Author Share Posted November 27, 2008 [quote name='BassManKev' post='338237' date='Nov 27 2008, 11:30 AM']im almost tempted to sell my stingray and downgrade to this, just question myself whether i need such an expensive bass, although i would miss it.... hmm[/quote] He he, I went through a phase of buying ever more expensive basses, Warwick, Status etc, then sold them off and downgraded to a US Jazz, then this one. Now I'm doing the ultimate downgrade to no basses at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smash Posted November 27, 2008 Share Posted November 27, 2008 So wished this was closer, would have it in a second. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wil Posted November 29, 2008 Author Share Posted November 29, 2008 (edited) ... Edited December 4, 2008 by Wil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wil Posted January 21, 2009 Author Share Posted January 21, 2009 (edited) The sale for this fell through so its back up for sale. Neck and body are seperate at the mo, and as getting a bass to the post office is an issue for me I'm breaking it for parts so to speak. Status neck with tuners for £250 + postage, Aaron Armstrong pup and the John East BTB01 preamp for £70 + postage. 'owzat? Update - Status neck now sold, the rest is still available. Edited January 29, 2009 by Wil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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