Bitsa Assembly Day!

[fretmeister]

 

it’s sounding mostly ace, just getting some warbling on the G string on high fretted notes so I suspect either the pickup is too high or the string is twisted.

 

I’ll sort that out tomorrow.

 

I went with a 0.1uF cap and it goes super dark and reggae like with the tone fully down.

 

and I did my maths right… it’s bang on 7lb. 

[Beedster]

You cannot beat a decent bitsa 👍

[fretmeister]

3 hours ago, Beedster said:

You cannot beat a decent bitsa 👍

 

I should have done one years ago. I always wanted a P with a J neck.

 

I might start planning another one now! It does seem to be quite a good way of getting another bass into the house past the boss.

Parts arriving is far less obvious!  

 

I can't afford a EBMM Joe Dart but I do have a good MM type pickup (Aguilar), tuners, an old BBOT bridge and a selection of old pots lying about. Might have to start looking at ebay for cheap bodies...  

 

Won't even have to be painted!

[TbirdnTalman]

it looks lovely - how did you finish the body?

[fretmeister]

20 minutes ago, TbirdnTalman said:

it looks lovely - how did you finish the body?

 

I bought it like that from the classifieds on here.

[cocco]

Lovely looking bass! The body finish is super cool. 

[Jackroadkill]

Wow, that's a really smart.  I love a good bitsa.

 

On 24/01/2025 at 08:31, fretmeister said:

I went with a 0.1uF cap and it goes super dark and reggae like with the tone fully down.

 

What is it like with the tone fully up?  I've not experimented with capacitor values on a bass before and as I don't use the top half of the tone pot's sweep very often I wonder if a lower value cap might be fun on one of my basses.

 

Cracking job all round, sir!

[fretmeister]

Fully up is the same as any other fully up.

It’s the amount of treble cut available that is the change. I really like it.