NBD: Very Yellow RickenMark

[JohnDaBass]

 

So, I have been pondering a Bronco upgrade project for a while and when I saw the release of the Mark Bass Yellow line basses I decided to proceed with the short scale Bronco-a-Like bass. Mark Bass Little Bass.

Over the years I have enjoyed tinkering and building Bitsa basses but the one bass tone I have never deemed necessary was a Rickenbacker sound.

 

The Pup on the MB Little bass was a typical single coil 6 pole piece guitar Pup which didn’t excite me at all.

I previously spotted an over wound Rick replacement Pup on the Retrovibe site, and it seemed to fit the bill.

Once the pickguard was removed the body routing for the Pup was very generous and all I needed was a small increase in the length of the rout to accommodate the Humbucking Pup.

The aperture for the Pup in the pickguard was to be honest a bit sloppy and I will probably get a replacement from Brian in the New Year.

Once it all went together, I was very surprised at the Rickenbacker tone that this little bass and Pup produced. Bold, bright, fat and surprisingly smooth with the tone all the way down.

I very nice project.

I will probably tinker with the V&T pot values and the tone capacitor value when I get the new pickguard in the new year.

Opinions anyone??

 

 

Edited December 12, 2024 by JohnDaBass
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[Pea Turgh]

Love it.  I’m really appreciating chrome pickups recently - something nice & different to boring black plastic.

 

You need to do a “basses on the settee” update - you’ve got some cool looking basses!

[PinkMohawk]

Looks slick, I'm not normally interested in short scales like this, but something very eye catching about this one. 

[BillyBass]

I like yellow basses, and this looks good but I would prefer a yellow or clear pickguard too.