'51(ish) P bass build

[Jimothey]

Just a quick mock-up, I’m not sure if the MM pickup is too big and looks a bit too much if you know what I mean??..............🤔

[Pea Turgh]

Looks great!  Balanced, I’d say.  👍

[SpondonBassed]

MMs look big anyway.  I can't see it as unbalanced because the scratchplate puts it in its place.

[Andyjr1515]

Yup - looks fine to me

[Jimothey]

This will probably not come as too much of a surprise to people who have seen my builds before but there might be a change to this build...........

I keep on looking at the HB PB-50 SB and I’m gonna purchase one next month so here’s my dilemma...........

Do I carry on with this build or do I change the body shape to a telecaster shape and change the shape of the pickguard to suit the body opinions please

[SpondonBassed]

8 minutes ago, Jimothey said:

This will probably not come as too much of a surprise to people who have seen my builds before but there might be a change to this build...........

[kodiakblair]

1 hour ago, Jimothey said:

Do I carry on with this build or do I change the body shape to a telecaster shape and change the shape of the pickguard to suit the body opinions please

Or do you punt the body ? 

I may know a Scotsman who'd be interested 

[Jimothey]

41 minutes ago, kodiakblair said:

Or do you punt the body ? 

I may know a Scotsman who'd be interested 

Tempting but I think I’m going to keep it and reshape it............😀

[Jimothey]

On 07/09/2019 at 22:37, kodiakblair said:

I may know a Scotsman who'd be interested 

I’ve tried marking out the body to reshape it but it doesn’t look right so if your interested in taking it off my hands let me know............👍

[Jimothey]

Managed to get time to do a bit on this build cavities are all routed out

Just need to re-shape the head stock then give the body a bit of a sand over then a few coats of danish oil 

Here’s a mock up so far...........

I'm hoping that when I danish oil the body it will go almost the same colour as the neck............😀

[Jimothey]

The body has been sanded and Danish oiled, I’ve reshaped the headstock to a more traditional shape

Now I’ve just got to source and fit the electrics 

I’m going to string it with some black tapewounds

I'm really happy with the way it looks.............😀

Edited September 25, 2019 by Jimothey

[Pea Turgh]

Love the contrast of traditional shape vs modern black hardware and a big MM pup! 👍

[SpondonBassed]

6 hours ago, Jimothey said:

I’m going to string it with some black tapewounds

Great choice to go with the black binding.  I like that a lot.

[Andyjr1515]

Yes, indeed - looking good!

[hooky_lowdown]

A small detail, but maybe the pickguard screws should be black, the chrome ones seem to stand out too much for me. 😁

[Jimothey]

24 minutes ago, hooky_lowdown said:

A small detail, but maybe the pickguard screws should be black, the chrome ones seem to stand out too much for me. 😁

I did think the same but the control plate is  Chrome so I thought Chrome screws would look ok but I might change them both to black I haven’t quite decided yet............😀

[hooky_lowdown]

24 minutes ago, Jimothey said:

I did think the same but the control plate is  Chrome so I thought Chrome screws would look ok but I might change them both to black I haven’t quite decided yet............😀

Your bridge is black with black screws. 

Your control plate is chrome with chrome screws.

Your pickguard is black with chrome screws. 

If it was my bass I would have black pickguard with black screws. 😁

Edited September 25, 2019 by hooky_lowdown

[Jimothey]

2 hours ago, hooky_lowdown said:

Your bridge is black with black screws. 

Your control plate is chrome with chrome screws.

Your pickguard is black with chrome screws. 

If it was my bass I would have black pickguard with black screws. 😁

I honestly didn’t look look at it like that!! That makes perfect sense!! I’ll think I’ll change them tomorrow..........😀

[Jimothey]

In my usual style I decided to refinish the bass as there was something I didn't like about it so I decided to fill in the MM pickup and spray it Matt Black with matching hardware