Regenerate Guitar Works - Works in Progress

[Rodent]

A thread to highlight select builds I currently have in final assembly ...

all the best,

R

[Rodent]

Specs:

- Alder 2-piece body, Lake Placid Blue metallic finish
- Birdseye/Rosewood 34" scale neck, satin finish
- Nordstrand NP-5
- Hipshot Type B bridge, Ultralight tuners
- steel threaded inserts for neck attachment
- White Pearloid pickguard
- chrome hardware

I'll update this post with images of the finished build later this month

all the best,

R

[Rodent]

Specs:

- Swamp Ash 2-piece body with offset seam like the original Fenders, Vintage 2-tone high gloss finish
- Quartersawn Maple/Maple 34" scale neck, vintage tint satin finish
- Nordstrand SCPB + Big Single pickups
- Nordstrand 18v 2-band preamp configured V + Blend + Passive tone + Active bass/treble stack
- Preamp is bypassable via push/pull
- Hipshot Type A bridge with thru body string option
- Ultralight tuners
- steel threaded inserts for neck attachment
- custom 4-hole control plate
- chrome hardware

On the fence is whether to include a solid white pickguard like a '54-'57 Tele P would have sported. The jury is still out at the moment

all the best,

R

[Rodent]

Specs:

- Alder 2-piece body, blinding "rot your eyes" white metallic finish
- Birdseye/Birdseye 34" scale neck, satin finish
- Nordstrand custom 5-string SCPB + Fat Stack pickups
- coil tap toggle for Fat Stack
- Nordstrand 18v 3-band preamp
- Preamp is bypassable via push/pull
- Hipshot Vintage bent plate bridge
- Ultralight tuners
- steel threaded inserts for neck attachment, brass threaded inserts for rear cavity cover attachment
- custom 4-hole control plate
- chrome hardware

This one is heading to a fellow TBer (you may have seen a thread on this one in the main Basses forum)

all the best,

R

[Rodent]

Specs:

* Swamp Ash body finished in semi-transparent 'vintaged' white
* offset 2-piece body glue line, just like the originals
* forearm and tummy contours, 3/8"R round over edges
* quartersawn Maple/Maple neck with 1-5/8" nut and modern P-styled profile, 6230 alloy frets, dual graphite stiffening bars, bone nut, black face/side dots, satin finish
* custom RGW 'Heritage Series' headstock for that vintage headstock vibe
* Nordstrand SCPB '54 style pickup with raised pole pieces
* Hipshot 1/2" post Ultralight tuners with clover keys
* Replica '54 Tele twin saddle bridge with thru-body stringing
* Black pickguard
* CTS 250K pots with Orange Drop .047uf cap
* Electrosocket side jack
* chrome hardware
* trussrod adjustment slot in body (but not pickguard)
* custom lefty polished stainless control plate

I'm on the fence as to whether to utilize a bridge and pickup cover ...

Sorry about the crummy images - they'll be replaced when I have time to properly shoot this in a natural light setting

all the best,

R

[Rodent]

the Heritage Plus 5 Extreme is almost wrapped up - I'm just a nut, string tree, and a set-up away from shipping this one off to its new home



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I completed the first Heritage Plus 4 Extreme bass late Sat evening, and just in time for me to haul it up to a camp gig on Sun so I could A/B it against my '77 Stingray in a live setting with decent backline amp and PA to a room filled with about 600 incredibly loud kids



As you can see, I opted to forget the pickguard all together and let that gorgeous piece of Ash shine thru 8-)

I am totally buzzed about how this came out and how it holds itself in the mix. In passive mode with the SCPB run solo it's about 95% of that old school P-bass, but with some serious added attitude. Rolling off the passive tone brought this right where a SCPB should be when strung with rounds.

Adding the preamp only intensified the growl and spank - and then I added the Big Single into the blend and really dug in. While not a Stingray clone, I can say that it definitely gave the 'Ray a run for it life once I slightly bumped the active bass/treble from noon to 1:00. Slapping with the SCPB solo was really giving the 210 Fender amp a workout that it wasn't used to. Overall I exceeded what I hoped to accomplish with this version of my Heritage Series bass line.

I'm hoping to get to the studio this weekend to cut a few sound clips. If I have time, I may even throw on a set of flats while I'm there and see how they change the sound


all the best,

R

[Chef]

Those both look *great!*

[hyperdoc]

hey...where are those sound clips?....

[tbird36go]

It's Joe Moore, thanks for the Nordstrand NP4's again. I'm still loving those pickups & the look of your sweet basses has got me all gassed up.

[Chef]

Rod built this one for me some years ago now. We've rocked a lot of shows together, and while she's a real sweetheart passive, I've been talking to Rod about a preamp install.

As usual, he's great to work with, and I'm sure she's gonna be well taken care of.

[Lunchbox4u_6]

That is a beautiful bass Chef! Wow, i really want one now. I need a 5 string badly too.

[Chef]

Thanks!
I like it; and I recommend Rod as a great guy to work on a project with!

[Rodent]

finally getting a little time to get this thread its long overdue updates ...

for starters, the lefty Heritage Tribute '55 was completed and purchased by a repeat customer in England. here's a peek at how it left the shop here



the Lake Placid Blue metallic VRB-P5 has also been gone for quite some time, and is thumping the scene in Chicago. a couple images on how that one came out here






I have several new builds going at the moment, and several others in the paint shop that I didn't get images of before sending them off.

here's a lefty version of the white 5-string Heritage seen earlier



and here it is with pickup & control cavities routed, and getting the control jack hole installed



I have a VRB-P4 lefty that's just waiting for my Nordstrand order to come in so I can finish the wiring and set-up



there's more to post, but it'll have to be this coming weekend

thanks for checking out this thread!

all the best,

R

[Rodent]

outta here! this body & neck are off to the paint shop.

I had a moment to crop the images I took this weekend of the final fit-up prior to boxing everything up for a UPS ride to the paint shop. in this step I lightly assemble the major components to validate one last time that everything fits like it should, that everything aligns properly, that the strings pull straight from the bridge saddle to the tuner post, and that there aren't any dings I missed in the final sanding. here's one last peek at bare wood getting fit-up



as seen here, this weighs in just under 7.0 pounds. when pickups, strings, paint, battery, and electronics get loaded I'm estimating that this is going to weigh somewhere just under 8.25 pounds

now the three to five week wait begins. since the paint shop only communicates if there's a problem, no news is good news until this arrives back at my door step

all the best,

R

[Chef]

that's gonna be pretty!

[Rodent]

first post paint shop test-fit of a Heritage Tribute '55® lefty (first one of these I've built with a Rosewood fretboard)



the Rosewood fretboard is growing on me ...

all the best,

R

[Moe Monsarrat]

Thanks for the views all in one place. Very Classy.

[pnut166]

"....that gorgeous piece of Ash..." Ah. Who DOESN`T love a gorgeous piece of ash x)

[JEDI BASS]

for a 5 string Tele-style bass, and I'm glad I found this thread!

Questions: what's the bridge string spacing of your Heritage 5 strings? What's the nut width and fingerboard radius?

Of course, if it looks like your design will "fit" my needs, I'll call or email you for a price quote .


Thanks, and keep up the great work, they're beautiful!!

[Moe Monsarrat]

Jedi, Rod is building a Heritage 5 string Tele/'55 P for me as we speak. It has 18mm bridge spacing & is 1 7/8" at the nut.