Looks like our favourite 'luthier' may have a rival.......!

[SPHDS]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/195491050649?hash=item2d842cb499:g:p7EAAOSwbDdjgJ~l
 

[TheGreek]

Mr Phillips would be proud to have built this. 

[bassbloke]

You mock, but Joey DeMaio of Manowar plays something not too dissimilar.

 

Sounds shite mind you.

Edited December 4, 2022 by bassbloke

[Velarian]

Yeah, but nobody butchers a nut quite like Mr P. 😉

[PaulThePlug]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/304727002161?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=8JuY2O8eSVO&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=daj_hJ6fSo-&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

[prowla]

WHY IS THE SELLER SHOUTING?

[Newfoundfreedom]

Much less butchery than Mr P. 

 

At least that one could be returned to it's former state with minimal effort or signs of interference. 

[Max Normal]

Great if you need to play basslines in the key of H though.

[Bassassin]

15 hours ago, TheGreek said:

Mr Phillips would be proud to have built this. 

I think he'd approve but it's not a route he would go down - he's all about the sausage fingered royalty of guitar playing. In fact I'm sure the only thing that's restrained him from doing the exact opposite, and modifying a 5 or 6 string bass into a guitar is the unavailability of 35" scale .009 guitar strings!

[Dan Dare]

The similarity is remarkable. Seller even has a large amount of positive feedback, as does MDP, although most of it appears to be for selling second-hand shoes.

[tauzero]

I suspect that attempting to get the intonation right on that will be doomed to failure.

 

How much do pole pieces really matter?

[SPHDS]

To be fair.....I did once consider of doing the reverse (putting guitar set on a bass...) albeit a Mikro or Bronco.....
(or maybe even properly MDP'ing it and bunging EADG on a 7 string (ExAxDxG).....)
(Ok....disown me....I know...)

[Ralf1e]

On 11/12/2022 at 22:50, tauzero said:

I suspect that attempting to get the intonation right on that will be doomed to failure.

 

How much do pole pieces really matter?

Totally agree intonation is a no go on that!

As for pole position. They don't matter too much as it happens and you can get the strings to sit equally between the poles which works well.

I once new of a cheap shitty bass that was fitted with a genuine original 60's strat pickup and it actually made it sound about 1000% better than the stock crap it came with lol

Now a question. Did Seymour Duncan loose the court case or whatever it was they bought over the use of tiger stripe pickups. i.e. one black half one white.

I seem to remember they claimed the idea as their intellectual property. Never did find out how it went. Anyone know?

[lemmywinks]

On 11/12/2022 at 22:50, tauzero said:

 

How much do pole pieces really matter?

 

Maybe our young protege could take a lesson from the master and install a rail type pickup from John Hutchinson of Janika Guitars in Nottingham?

Edited December 20, 2022 by lemmywinks