rze99 Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 I was a big fan of the Jam back in the day and appreciated the kick and rhythmic foundation Bruce Foxton brought to the band. I've been building guitar partscasters - Tels and Strats - for a few years and this is my first bass and I wanted a black and maple precision. All pre-used parts this cost less than £500. 2018 Fender Player Precision neck, 2016 MIM Precision body, USA pickguard, ebonised tru-oiled rosewood thumb rest, Seymour Duncan SPB-1 pickup with CTS pots and Bare Knuckle .22uF paper in oil cap. Gotoh 201B-4 bridge. It's got plenty of thunk and clang on tap. The Rotosound Swing Bass set are in the post, but the D'Addarios on there currently sound very good. Looks great with my early nineties Rickenbacker 330 in Fireglo (final pic). 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Reggaebass Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 Nice job rze99, that looks great ☝️ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hooky_lowdown Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 Looks sweet, but why did you use a guitar capacitor and not a bass one? Guitar: 0.022 will cut lows and allow more highs. Bass: 0.047 will allow more lows and cut some highs. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2elliot Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 That's cool. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rze99 Posted January 26, 2020 Author Share Posted January 26, 2020 2 minutes ago, hooky_lowdown said: Looks sweet, but why did you use a guitar capacitor and not a bass one? Guitar: 0.022 will cut lows and allow more highs. Bass: 0.047 will allow more lows and cut some highs. The pickup pots and loom all came together used so I just used the lot to see what it would be like. Sounds great to me as it is - it seems to have oodles of low end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 Looks great, black/black/maple always a winner imo. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mep Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 Looks tasty. Reminds me of my first decent bass. A P copy that got nicked! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
borntohang Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 2 hours ago, hooky_lowdown said: Looks sweet, but why did you use a guitar capacitor and not a bass one? Guitar: 0.022 will cut lows and allow more highs. Bass: 0.047 will allow more lows and cut some highs. Unless you specifically wire it as a series cap for bass cut both values will allow the same lows through and just change the cutoff frequency of the low pass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madshadows Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 Great job, looks fantastic John 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hooky_lowdown Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 14 hours ago, borntohang said: Unless you specifically wire it as a series cap for bass cut both values will allow the same lows through and just change the cutoff frequency of the low pass. Did you see a series/parallel switch? So I'm guessing it's in series, therefore the caps I mentioned do impact the lows and highs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
borntohang Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 3 hours ago, hooky_lowdown said: Did you see a series/parallel switch? So I'm guessing it's in series, therefore the caps I mentioned do impact the lows and highs. How? Unless the pot has specifically been wired in series as a bass cut (like a vintage Rickenbacker circuit) it will just be a standard Fender low-pass tone control which would not affect the lows regardless of cap value. I'm assuming OP would have mentioned an unusual circuit like that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hooky_lowdown Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 2 minutes ago, borntohang said: How? Unless the pot has specifically been wired in series as a bass cut (like a vintage Rickenbacker circuit) it will just be a standard Fender low-pass tone control which would not affect the lows regardless of cap value. I'm assuming OP would have mentioned an unusual circuit like that. My bad, I meant in parallel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmccombe7 Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 That's a job well done sir. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProfJames Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 Saw them a lot back in the day and worked on their vids....................nice looking bass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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