Horrible frankenbass body+neck

[eukatheude]

Here's the thing:





A friend gave it to me in exchange for some work i did on his guitar. I'm wondering what i could make out of it. Making an actual bass out of it doesn't look like much of an option (the truss rod doesn't seem to be working, and some idiot put wood filler on the neck/body junction to make it look like a neck through) but i'm thinking of using it as a testbed for pickup positioning. What do you think?

[Meddle]

Originally Posted by eukatheude

A friend gave it to me in exchange for some work i did on his guitar.

I would go for money next time.

I cannot see your pics, but I know that my girlfriend would murder me if I turned up with ropey guitar parts in exchange for guitar work for friends.

[ctmullins]

WTH?!?!?

[TheEmptyCell]

That was an awful exchange of goods and services.

[bassteban]

Originally Posted by Meddle

ropey

A Scottish term, or typo? I dinna want t'fight, mind ye- joost curious

Edit: On topic, I'm considering offering a small sum for it, simply to burn it, bury the ashes w/a shovel AND bury the shovel. For the good of all humanity.

[Stealth]

You thought that was a fair deal?

[JoeWPgh]

I dunno. Given what they're calling art on eBay, you might want to go that way.

[Ewo]

Originally Posted by JoeWPgh

I dunno. Given what they're calling art on eBay, you might want to go that way.

Gooooooooood one!

[ejmy]

You must of messed up his guitar real bad. LOL

[nirvana1410]

Smashing guitars is always fun

[Snort]

Trying to put a positive spin on this,

I would strip it, replace the truss rod, and use it as a training aid.

If you can bring it back to life you can do just about anything.

I would see what state it is in when all of the evil is removed from it.

I hate it when people smash guitars, what a waste.

[VanillaThundah]

Originally Posted by ejmy

You must of messed up his guitar real bad. LOL

Yeah, I was about to say....must be an awful Luthier lol

[Ronbeast]

Personally, I'd try and refurbish it

I guess I'm the odd one out. But with a bit of time and minimal investment, you could probably have a playable instrument. I'm building a bass right now (The thread is called "the cheapskate jazz bass" if you wanna look it up) that I'm building for very cheap.

-Ron

[hailet]

Either he isn't/wasn't much of a friend or like was said you did some bad work.
You might consider it as firewood.
Honestly though, if you can turn back onto a playable instrument you deserve a lot of credit. Good Luck

[eukatheude]

Originally Posted by Stealth

You thought that was a fair deal?

Nope, i didn't. But i don't mind helping someone out and wanted to practice soldering more. And he's mentioned my name to a friend of his, who is bringing is guitar in tomorrow - and paying.

Originally Posted by Snort

I would strip it, replace the truss rod, and use it as a training aid. If you can bring it back to life you can do just about anything. I would see what state it is in when all of the evil is removed from it. I hate it when people smash guitars, what a waste.

That's the idea basically. I don't even know if i'll have time to work on it, but i can use it to practice stuff i wouldn't dare do on my basses.

[eukatheude]

So i cut off the neck, re-did the fret slots, sanded everything and put some oil on the fretboard. It looks a lot better now, though i have to figure out how to shape the end in a way that would fit a neck pocket. Pics coming soon.

[eukatheude]

Here they are:









Cellphone camera, sorry for the quality. Anyway, it looks a LOT better now.

[ev rodriguez]

spray paint it, take itto a gig and smash it. rock on!

[alexlocurto]

Originally Posted by Stealth

You thought that was a fair deal?

Made waking up this morning worth it.

[Edward G.]

Originally Posted by ctmullins

WTH?!?!?

Exactly what I was thinking as I scrolled down the responses.