'51(ish) P bass build

[Jimothey]

Bit of an update on this build.........

I’ve decided to use the neck off my Orange Jazz bass build as I don’t really play it all that much now as I favour my White P or my Quincy (till the missus lets me have the Warwick’s!!!) and being Maple fretboard with blocks I think it will tie in with this build very well?? Should have pics to follow very soon!

I’ve been seriously GASing over a Jag bass recently so this seems like a perfect opportunity to convert the Jazz body into a Jag body instead and use the black neck on this future build.........😃

[Christine]

I completely missed this build, what a fantastic looking piece of pine, where did you get it?

I love Jazz necks, good choice in my book and maple with black will look great with that pine

[Jimothey]

1 hour ago, Christine said:

I completely missed this build, what a fantastic looking piece of pine, where did you get it?

I love Jazz necks, good choice in my book and maple with black will look great with that pine

I had an old 4” post kicking about the workshop so I ripped it down and was surprised how nice it looked!...........😃

[Geek99]

On 11/06/2019 at 23:48, Jimothey said:

This build has stalled a bit due to a stupidly heavy workload at the mo but hopefully I'll be able to push it on a bit next week?? 

I still can't decide whether to do this as a 4 or a 5 string tho??........... 🤔

Four string. Fivers are the work of Satan and say “Fiver” too many times and you’ll find yourself in a Candyman scenario

Edited July 9, 2019 by Geek99

[Christine]

6 hours ago, Geek99 said:

Four string. Fivers are the work of Satan

This is the undisputed truth of the universe

[Jimothey]

11 hours ago, Geek99 said:

Four string. Fivers are the work of Satan 

 

4 hours ago, Christine said:

This is the undisputed truth of the universe

If 5ers are the work of Satan what does that make my 6er then?...............😮

[hooky_lowdown]

6 minutes ago, Jimothey said:

 

If 5ers are the work of Satan what does that make my 6er then?...............😮

Satan's bum crack. 😉

[Jimothey]

3 minutes ago, hooky_lowdown said:

Satan's bum crack. 😉

Fair enough!!!!😀

[Christine]

Then there's 8, 10 and 12 string basses? Answers on your BC resignation

[Jimothey]

Here’s just a quick update with the Jazz neck.............😀

[Christine]

Now that's nice!

I can just see that with a transparent royal blue lacquer on the body Only kidding

[Cuzzie]

It’s like a lovely Model T

Get A GZR PJ set or a 51 tele p bass pick up and it will be thumping

[Jimothey]

I’m still thinking 2 soap bars is the way im probably going to go or maybe a double MM config might be good?..............🤔

[Cuzzie]

Defo

A bit left field but the Sandberg black label MM pick ups are very good, or maybe some thunderbuckers

[Jimothey]

I’ve been thinking a lot about pickup config today and I’ve been watching a few vids on YT comparing tones etc and I’m now thinking that I might go for classic ‘51 style at the neck and MM at the bridge because im going to do stacked pots with individual V/T for each pickup so each pickup would sound great on their own and blending the two would sound great aswell? Incidentally I’m probably going to string this bass with tapewounds.............🤔

Edited July 11, 2019 by Jimothey

[Cuzzie]

Noll electronics in Germany donsome very clever pot solutions 

[Cuzzie]

I am a massive Tonestyler fan, they have a couple of configurations that would work depending if you wanted vol/vol or blend etc 

[Jimothey]

I want to do it V/T on each so I can in effect turn either pickup off as such without having a switch......😀

Edited July 11, 2019 by Jimothey

[Cuzzie]

I get you.

i am doing a 2 pick up build at the moment. And only have space for 2 knobs so am going stacked vol vol with a Duo 6 tonestyler.

Anyways, with Noll their website is good as they give dimensions for cavity depth etc.

German efficiency- seems to have a good rep

[Andyjr1515]

22 hours ago, Jimothey said:

Here’s just a quick update with the Jazz neck.............😀

Very classy

[kodiakblair]

@Jimothey

 

Looking "braw" as we say up here 😊

 

When I did the pine slab body start of the year I cut a huge control cavity in the back 😲

 Reason ? Had a Noll preamp in the drawer I fancied trying😁 If I get a chance this weekend I'll fit it then post my thoughts 👍 

[Jimothey]

Just a quick update the pickups turned up today so I can start the routing out tomorrow when I get back to work 

Just got to order the stacked pots and knobs and a set of Rotosound 88’s so I think my yellow 72ish P bass will probably be finished first..............😀

[Jimothey]

Oh I almost forgot and I’ve still got to reshape the headstock..............😀

Edited August 19, 2019 by Jimothey

[kodiakblair]

On 12/07/2019 at 20:14, kodiakblair said:

Had a Noll preamp in the drawer I fancied trying

Sorry @Jimothey ,no idea why I thought I'd get time to install the Noll, my old man had just died. 

 

It's on the cards for this weekend 👍

[Jimothey]

45 minutes ago, kodiakblair said:

Sorry @Jimothey ,no idea why I thought I'd get time to install the Noll, my old man had just died. 

 

It's on the cards for this weekend 👍

No apology needed mate and sorry again for your loss