p-bass

ICB300 · #1 03-23-2010, 05:20 PM

i have a squier p-bass, it isnt worth much so no point selling it and i thought i could have some fun modding it.

what can i do to it myself at home?

also what replacement pick-ups would you recomend?

(i allready have other basses, this is just for fun so please dont just tell me to buy something better haha)

J. Crawford · #2 03-23-2010, 05:24 PM

Well, what do you have in mind? You could:

Refinish, defret, change bridges, tuners, strings, pickups, add a whammy, make it a total custom, put new pickups in. The possibilities are endless.

And what kind of tone are you looking for in new pickups?

yeahitsanibanez · #3 03-23-2010, 05:29 PM

i had an affinity p put seymour duncans in put a badass 2 bass bridge on with some signature steve harris flatwounds and it sounds amazing.

i have te signature steve harris bass and the sound is practically identical only difference is weight.

ICB300 · #4 03-23-2010, 05:52 PM

i play all sorts and as i said allready have quite a few basses, im doing this more for fun and as a learning process. its the first time ive thought about trying something like this so im intrested in all posibilites.

Bootzilla · #5 03-23-2010, 06:08 PM

Id start with new strings

A new pickup is the usual thing to do (look into seymour duncan, fralin, dimarzo etc.).

If you don't like the neck that could really up the playability of the bass and playability is IMO what seperates the high end P's from the cheapo's (playability and fit/finish).
It's such a simple instrument that you can't really do much wrong in the design so if you improve the playability you will probably end up with a very good instrument.

So in summary: upgrade it's looks first

(maybe refin in seafoam green and add a tort pg)

Pilgrim · #6 03-23-2010, 07:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ICB300

i have a squier p-bass, it isnt worth much so no point selling it and i thought i could have some fun modding it.

what can i do to it myself at home?

also what replacement pick-ups would you recomend?

(i allready have other basses, this is just for fun so please dont just tell me to buy something better haha)

Before you ask, try reading some of the hundreds of threads on TB that deal with this idea...easy to find by searching.

stratovani · #7 03-23-2010, 07:47 PM

eBay is your friend!

ICB300 · #8 03-24-2010, 02:16 AM

thanks, i think i'm gonna look into new pickups and a new bridge first

lethargytartare · #9 03-24-2010, 02:01 PM

This seems like such an odd question to me, and yet it's come up before...not that there's anything wrong with that...just that I've never wanted to hack something, but not have an idea of WHAT hacking I wanted to do...

Anyway -- you should rout it for an MM (keeping the P). that's a valuable skill, a dramatic mod, and should keep you occupied for quite a while...just swapping parts is not worth the effort on something so cheap if you're just doing it for fun -- Squier with badass bridge = squier with badass bridge, and you really don't learn all that much. CHOP THAT MUTHA UP!

Or repaint it...or make a custom pickguard...

ICB300 · #10 03-24-2010, 06:11 PM

well i dont really know everything that is possible, so thats why i asked. sorry if it was a stupid question.

and by saying rout it for an MM keeping the P, do you mean put MM pickups in aswell as p-bass ones? again sorry if its a stupid question haha.

lethargytartare · #11 03-24-2010, 09:15 PM

http://media.photobucket.com/image/p...Photo-0079.jpg

Musicman+precision pickup