Danuman Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 Well, this has been quite a project. A little over two years ago I bought my first Precision. I wanted a shoreline gold one, but since those only came in unaffordable price brackets, I bought a Mexican P with the foolish idea of refinishing it myself. Having had prior experience with utterly destroying a guitar’s resale value, the one good idea I had was deciding to build my own body (with help) and finish that instead. So far, it’s already had a pretty rough gigging life, but it’s my absolute favourite guitar ever. After swapping out pretty much everything else, I decided to purchase a lovely carbon-reinforced neck from a builder in the south of Holland. So, after an agonising period of waiting and having to miss my favourite bass - at long last - here’s the result. On the right is the old bass, and on the left is what resulted from changing pretty much everything about it to my personal preferences. It’s frighteningly resonant and it has ridiculous, Tufnel-esque sustain - even if it turned out a bit heavier than I imagined... Anyway, there are many P’s out there, but this one is mine. Now all I have to do is figure out what to do with the old one. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sibob Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 Love it, very cool! Everyone should have a Shoreline Gold Bass! Love the lack of inlays! Si 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CameronJ Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 Oh man that looks phenomenal! Reminds me of Carey Nordstrand’s gold P bass: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danuman Posted May 25, 2019 Author Share Posted May 25, 2019 Ooohh. That’s gorgeous! I ordered a vintage tint on mine as well, but it came out such a ridiculous shade of orange, it just had to go... Tiny bit sorry about that, but other than that I’m super pleased with how it turned out. I suppose it’ll just have to age naturally. 😊 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grahambythesea Posted May 27, 2019 Share Posted May 27, 2019 Keep the old one as back up or fit different strings, flats maybe? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danuman Posted May 28, 2019 Author Share Posted May 28, 2019 Yeah, flats did cross my mind - but even though I like it for that 60s kind of thing, I just never seem to get on with them... much prefer to dampen regular round wounds. Thought about stringing it with a low B as well, but even the E is slightly floppy. I almost regret selling it already, but then do I really need two Precisions? Plus I’d really like to have a fiver... (this is terrible, isn’t it, haha.) I’ll just try to stick to enjoying the new bass and keep around the old one for now since it’s so comfy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
therealting Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 Flatwounds are so good though!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 Considered Tapewounds??? Give a real old upright-ish tone. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.