Mr. Foxen Posted January 13, 2009 Posted January 13, 2009 Being in the hanit of taking really cheap basses, that I got extra cheap, and totally rebuilding them, am curious to see what others have done, am just waiting for some routing to be done on my latest that I'm making out of the leftovers of my previous attempts. This is the imfamous pink bass that was voted too 'gay' for my doom band: Johnson bass body, figured lefty neck scored from ebay, Gotoh overcomplicated super adjustable bridge, stack pots from the forum, Kent armstrong pups from Ebay and forum, Neck is held on with brass inserts in the neck and hex key machine bolts, with a 1/8" neckplate, solid as a rock. The body was from a bass hung in a shop window till it faded, the flash has made it even worse. The original fingerboard was a sorry pasty colour also, been feeding it oil, but still not as dark as my other Johnson bass. Fair amount of different sounds can be coaxed out of this, but it is very pink. Quote
budget bassist Posted January 13, 2009 Posted January 13, 2009 (edited) You've all seen this before but here it is again: Edited January 13, 2009 by budget bassist Quote
stacedabass Posted January 13, 2009 Posted January 13, 2009 Here's my unknown German p Bass i bought from a second hand store, (i felt sorry for it, it was in a sorry state). The only original remaining part is the body. Badass II bridge, new pots/wiring, Wizard pickups, New maple neck bought off e-bay etc Quote
RichValentine Posted January 13, 2009 Posted January 13, 2009 (edited) The body was painted in some kind of car spray orange, had to be hand sanded to clean it all up and found the flame underneath. Neck dots were added by paul from arrowhead who did an outstanding job. Ended up selling it to a member on the old BW forums. Sounded great Edited January 13, 2009 by RichValentine Quote
gafbass02 Posted January 13, 2009 Posted January 13, 2009 aaarrgh, there it is again, stop it!, i love this bass! Quote
Al Heeley Posted January 13, 2009 Posted January 13, 2009 Ooh, that fretless Jazz is gorgeous. There's a few of my efforts in my sig plus the mark 2 ric I'm just starting on, in the build diaries thread. Quote
Kev Posted January 14, 2009 Posted January 14, 2009 My parts jazz [attachment=18650:DSC00229.JPG] [attachment=18651:DSC00230.JPG] started off as a westfield jazz copy, replaced bridge to a higher mass bridge, put some jap fender pickups in, added some jazz control knobs, scored a beautiful nitro finished neck off ebay and stuck that on, fitted a neck pickup cover too! was a pretty cool bass, apparantly with some polish guy now i think! Quote
TDM Posted January 14, 2009 Posted January 14, 2009 I built this when I was 13/14, with no experience of woodwork or using power tools at all You should see the neck pocket routing....... Quote
Dr.Dave Posted January 15, 2009 Posted January 15, 2009 [quote name='thedonutman' post='380547' date='Jan 14 2009, 06:45 PM']I built this when I was 13/14, with no experience of woodwork or using power tools at all You should see the neck pocket routing.......[/quote] I just about made the Tirpitz out of a plastic kit at that age - don't knock the neck pocket - that's a fantastic achievement. Quote
neepheid Posted January 15, 2009 Posted January 15, 2009 Ach, everyone's seen this - my first custom build from 2007: Will take pics of the old Fecker Imprecision (my bitsa bass) later. Quote
DanOwens Posted January 16, 2009 Posted January 16, 2009 My DSP started as an Allparts body and neck. I added the DS, scratch and covers: I recently put a Squier CV Jazz body and a J&D Brothers fretless neck together: Problem is the neck's for a MM style bass (21 frets rather than 20) I've moved the bridge to sort out intonation: I may even tractor it up with some pimpin' Kent Armstrong Lipsticks/ Dark star with a scratch to match my P. Dan Quote
thedontcarebear Posted January 16, 2009 Posted January 16, 2009 I put together this Warmoth..... Quote
thebeat Posted January 16, 2009 Posted January 16, 2009 (edited) The Jazz consists of an American Deluxe Oly White Pearl body, allparts neck, bad ass II, Hipshot tuners, La Bella Deep Talkin flats, Lindy Fralins and a varitone control plate bought from some american bloke on ebay...some great sounds to be had from it...especially in the hands of someone who can play better than me. Weighs next to nothing...certainly a whole lot lighter than the MIJ 75RI jazz i had for a while. Edited January 16, 2009 by thebeat Quote
steve Posted January 21, 2009 Posted January 21, 2009 I have my FrankenP in the build diaries section [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=13159&st=0"]here[/url] if I could work out how to include an attachment from another thread in this one, I'd have just put up a pic Quote
wmsheep Posted January 21, 2009 Posted January 21, 2009 [quote name='thedontcarebear' post='382610' date='Jan 16 2009, 04:45 PM']I put together this Warmoth..... [/quote] Ooh, that`s nice. Amazingly, I`ve only just today seen this thread, but yesterday I dug out the Carvin Kit that`s been sat under my bed for the best part of 12 months and made a start on the neck. Quote
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