How did you get into it?

[paul, the]

Hello all,

This is currently unchartered territory for me, but I hope to be a little more comfortable around here in future.

I love to read through the build diaries, but am sadly too ignorant to post. But even though I haven't tried building myself, seeing other peoples' builds helps me to view my basses less as scary alien creatures that make pretty sounds and more as (in most cases) a skillfully crafted instrument made of wood, hardware and electronics.

Anyway, to finally get to the point; when I feel more confident that I can be tangibly creative, I'd love to know where to start.

So how did you all get into building basses?


Cheers,

Paul.

[neepheid]

Spur of the moment purchase off evilBay. Body and neck. Something to keep me occupied. Definitely want to do it again at some point in the future.

A good place to start would be something that needs some TLC to get going. Try an eBay search for "bass project", "bass body", "bass neck" etc.

[paul, the]

[quote name='neepheid' post='3361' date='May 21 2007, 08:47 AM']Spur of the moment purchase off evilBay. Body and neck. Something to keep me occupied. Definitely want to do it again at some point in the future.

A good place to start would be something that needs some TLC to get going. Try an eBay search for "bass project", "bass body", "bass neck" etc.[/quote]

Hey, thanks man. I've been searching for a long scale mahogany bodied EB-3 copy in non-cherry (I see you have an eppy). Although I'm not certain one exists. So I might try and collect bits.

I want to respray my p-special too, but that's not so much of a build. And I've done one before.

I'd like to hear about from tree to bass. But a bit of TLC sounds like a good start.

Paul.

[neepheid]

[quote name='paul, the' post='3635' date='May 21 2007, 02:49 PM']Hey, thanks man. I've been searching for a long scale mahogany bodied EB-3 copy in non-cherry (I see you have an eppy). Although I'm not certain one exists. So I might try and collect bits.[/quote]

You missed out on this recently, not an EB-3 but a Les Paul stylee in white. I was tempted.

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I was also hellish tempted by this, but I figured (and I've been told) that I should play the one I've just finished for a while at least.

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[MattyB90]

I've always wanted to build my own but never have the money to back my ideas. I've had so many ideas (most likely unplausable). A Fenderman Jazzray, which had the body and pickguard of a stingray with the lovely neck of a Fender Jazz and the pickups to match. And the Jackson Thunderbird, a Thunderbird with Jackson neck. Probably for the best mind, I'd probably make a mess of it.

[ali-stare]

i broke my first bass
but then made a headless head bit and modded the tuners and hey presto
then decided i wanted to change the colour and so on just got a bit carried away

its all about trying to make what you have better, or atleast for me it is anyway

[slaphappygarry]

Got a super cheap geddy lee jazz. Liked it but, like most fenders, knew it had more to offer than it was giving.

Aesthetically wanted to change it too.

A tonne of hard work, sand paper and dust later and its all done and is awesome.

Would do it again.

G