Dood Posted August 13, 2018 Posted August 13, 2018 This diagram assumes that the controls are mounted on a conductive foil strip stuck to the back of the pick guard: Quote
umcoo Posted August 26, 2018 Author Posted August 26, 2018 Ok, so this is all finished! I didn't get many pics of the last bits of work, but what I did was... made a new wiring harness with CTS pots and the original cap, cleaned up the bridge sorted the pickups out and got rid of the tape and spliced wires ordered a new tort pickguard left all the screws in a bath of apple cider vinegar to clean them up new knobs Quick setup to get it playing better and strung up with Ernie Ball's, it's sounding great. Nice to have a P Bass in the fold again. I've recently ordered a Badass II and I'm going to get a black pickguard too, just to see what it's like. Really enjoying this one and good fun to get it back into playing condition. Cheers for all the help along the way. 5 Quote
stu_g Posted August 26, 2018 Posted August 26, 2018 Looks good I love Japanese basses,have owned USA fenders etc ,but these days I have own mainly Japanese p basses,I have no regrets. 3 Quote
umcoo Posted August 27, 2018 Author Posted August 27, 2018 9 hours ago, Grahambythesea said: Looks brilliant. Plays? Yeah, plays great! Need a bit more work on the setup but the pickup sounds great - nice and beefy but that just may be because I'm used to playing a jazz bass. Neck is quite slim for a precision too so not a baseball bat 😀 Quote
Dood Posted August 27, 2018 Posted August 27, 2018 I feel inspired! Hopefully I will find time to give my 76er a good scrub up too! 1 Quote
umcoo Posted March 16, 2019 Author Posted March 16, 2019 Bumping this as I've been working on this again... The pickguard in the first photos is the original white one, but was crudely spray painted black when I got it. There were a few chips where I could see the white underneath, so over the last few weeks I decided to strip the black paint off and see what was underneath. After a bath in some isoprophyl alcohol, a fair bit came off, but there were some stubborn areas. Elbow grease and lacquer thinner made short work of the rest. The tan lines of the thumb rest and the (now long gone) pickup cover could still be seen. A quick clean got it almost good as new. Some new wiring and knobs and she was almost back to original. I put the non-original switches back in, just for kicks. They're not wired up as I know I'd never use them, but they finish it nicely and I couldn't deal with holes in the pickguard! She's back on the original bridge after a short time with a Badass II as well. Happy with how this turned out and good to keep it as original as possible. Thanks all 1 Quote
fleabag Posted March 16, 2019 Posted March 16, 2019 You've done a great job rescuing this. Grecos are great basses, including the JB's 1 Quote
BreadBin Posted March 16, 2019 Posted March 16, 2019 Looking great! And thanks to this thread I now have an old Ibanez P that used to belong to the legendary @Bassassin 1 Quote
drlargepants Posted March 16, 2019 Posted March 16, 2019 Greco did some really very very good Les Paul copies back in the day. This P looks bang on. 1 Quote
drlargepants Posted March 16, 2019 Posted March 16, 2019 3 hours ago, umcoo said: Bumping this as I've been working on this again... The pickguard in the first photos is the original white one, but was crudely spray painted black when I got it. There were a few chips where I could see the white underneath, so over the last few weeks I decided to strip the black paint off and see what was underneath. After a bath in some isoprophyl alcohol, a fair bit came off, but there were some stubborn areas. Elbow grease and lacquer thinner made short work of the rest. The tan lines of the thumb rest and the (now long gone) pickup cover could still be seen. A quick clean got it almost good as new. Some new wiring and knobs and she was almost back to original. I put the non-original switches back in, just for kicks. They're not wired up as I know I'd never use them, but they finish it nicely and I couldn't deal with holes in the pickguard! She's back on the original bridge after a short time with a Badass II as well. Happy with how this turned out and good to keep it as original as possible. Thanks all That Orange head looks nice and lightweight 😉 1 Quote
umcoo Posted March 16, 2019 Author Posted March 16, 2019 Soooo...not fans of the original pickguard then! 😂 I do like the tort or black with it, but seems nice to restore it and keep things as original as possible. And @drlargepants it actually isn't as bad as it looks! It's a beast though! Quote
drlargepants Posted March 16, 2019 Posted March 16, 2019 I’ll take your word for it, and for what its worth I much prefer the white guard ! 1 Quote
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