derrenleepoole Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 Has anyone here totally modded a Fleabass yet? I know of the EMG pickup swap that most people do, but I was wondering if anyone has gone further? I have an unused Seymour Duncan Basslines alnico humbucker and the preamp eq system just itching to go into a bass. As I'm moving to 30" scale permanently, I've been toying with the idea of the Fleabass Junior and doing a good mod on it - but I'm unsure if the string spacing will suit the humbucker etc. I think I did see somewhere someone who did do this - i.e: re-route the pickguard and body, drill new holes for the extra pots etc, but I can't find where I saw it........ I've tried the Fleabass and thought it was quite okay, maybe not worth the full asking price, but a good bass to knock about on, and as there aren't any other short scale Stringray-esq styled basses out there, I thought this might be a good way to go. Any thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ou7shined Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 [quote name='derrenleepoole' post='918208' date='Aug 7 2010, 06:21 PM']Has anyone here totally modded a Fleabass yet? I know of the EMG pickup swap that most people do, but I was wondering if anyone has gone further? I have an unused Seymour Duncan Basslines alnico humbucker and the preamp eq system just itching to go into a bass. As I'm moving to 30" scale permanently, I've been toying with the idea of the Fleabass Junior and doing a good mod on it - but I'm unsure if the string spacing will suit the humbucker etc. I think I did see somewhere someone who did do this - i.e: re-route the pickguard and body, drill new holes for the extra pots etc, but I can't find where I saw it........ I've tried the Fleabass and thought it was quite okay, maybe not worth the full asking price, but a good bass to knock about on, and as [b]there aren't any other short scale Stringray-esq styled basses out there[/b], I thought this might be a good way to go. Any thoughts?[/quote] Aren't the probass ones short scale? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayman Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=71695&hl=fleabass"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=...amp;hl=fleabass[/url] Here's the thread on mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Foxen Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 [quote name='Ou7shined' post='918221' date='Aug 7 2010, 06:30 PM']Aren't the probass ones short scale?[/quote] Think are medium scale, like 32" or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derrenleepoole Posted August 7, 2010 Author Share Posted August 7, 2010 (edited) [quote name='Rayman' post='918230' date='Aug 7 2010, 06:44 PM'][url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=71695&hl=fleabass"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=...amp;hl=fleabass[/url] Here's the thread on mine.[/quote] Yeah, I'd already seen your thread and it was really helpful, but you haven't gone quite so far. I'd actually missed the link on the last two posts of the thread, and found what I saw originally which gave me the idea - I thought I'd imagined it or something Cheers for that... Edited August 7, 2010 by derrenleepoole Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayman Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 I'd definately go the extra mile with the mods, the bass is worth the effort. Mine has ended up being a great bass, bit still a little bit of a one trick pony. My daughter will end up with it eventually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derrenleepoole Posted August 7, 2010 Author Share Posted August 7, 2010 [quote name='Rayman' post='918277' date='Aug 7 2010, 07:28 PM']Mine has ended up being a great bass, bit still a little bit of a one trick pony.[/quote] Yeah, that could be true, but that's why we buy more basses right Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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