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04-10-2008, 10:53 PM
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Okay, so I've began to gather parts for a P Bass build.
I've put together a couple of basses (a 5 string frankenbass, a cheap pbass and a nice 62 RI Jazz - a bit customized) and a guitar over the past year and half, but as I did with the last build ( the jazz), I want to make this one nice as possible with the funds I have.
I have a couple CTS pots on the way, a MIM Bridge (which I'll probably replace later), vintage dimarzio model P.
And I've just found a 1972 Neck which looks pretty worn, and is not without it's flaws (or one might say it has plenty of mojo). EDIT: 1972 NECK WAS DAMAGED.
I'll be post pics as I have them.
Last edited by Gubna : 04-17-2008 at 11:42 AM.
Reason: EDIT: NECK WAS DAMAGED.
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04-10-2008, 11:05 PM
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Builder: Mailloux Basses | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Brisbane, Australia | | Nice neck, this calls for a mojo'ed body my friend  |
04-11-2008, 01:48 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Moldova, Republic Of. Chisinau | | | Notice how the strings "cut through" the edge of the fretboard (wheres the headstock).
Problems with the nut?
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04-11-2008, 04:51 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Gaithersburg, Maryland | | Quote:
Originally Posted by waseok Notice how the strings "cut through" the edge of the fretboard (wheres the headstock).
Problems with the nut? | Yeah....that's an interesting bit of wear. Is that common on vintage Fender necks? |
04-15-2008, 04:52 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: San Francisco | | I don't know if it is, but I have seen another 72 with that same type of wear.
I got my CTS pots, and a vintage-style bridge. 
Tuning machines will probably be the next purchase. I could go for genuine fender, or schaller, or hipshot HB2 - probably whatever way I go, they will be chrome. I did have thoughts of doing black hardware, but I think I want to make this as "old school" as I can and take my time building it.
Still looking out for the right body. Might be awhile... I gotta save.
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04-15-2008, 10:52 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: San Francisco | | | I've got a 250 and a 500 CTS pot. Can anyone tell me which is ideal for the tone? (I think I may also have another 500, somewhere). |
04-15-2008, 11:16 PM
| | | | The 500 will be slightly brighter when turned all the way up, but either will be fine. |
04-16-2008, 12:11 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Herndon, VA - NoVa | | | I can't wait to see how this turns out. I had a P with that same pickup in it, and was STUNNED with how great it sounded, and I mean STUNNED. Good luck with the build, I'm sure it'll turn out great!
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04-16-2008, 01:12 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Minneapolis | | | PLEASE........................ DON'T REFINISH THE NECK!!!!
It is SO beautiful with all that MOJO seething out of it! Tell me you are doing a relic body.
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04-16-2008, 01:39 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: San Francisco | | | Bad news, the neck broke... or so says the guy I bought it from. He was packing it, and dropped it. I've been refunded.
well, I'm still gonna build a P. But I've got to find another neck. I'd still love a 1972.
The search continues... |
04-18-2008, 07:24 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Gaithersburg, Maryland | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Nomad98 PLEASE........................ DON'T REFINISH THE NECK!!!!
It is SO beautiful with all that MOJO seething out of it! | then.... Quote: |
Originally Posted by Gubna Bad news, the neck broke... or so says the guy I bought it from. He was packing it, and dropped it. | +1 Nomad. Sounds fishy to me.... |
04-18-2008, 07:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Gubna Bad news, the neck broke... or so says the guy I bought it from. He was packing it, and dropped it. I've been refunded.
well, I'm still gonna build a P. But I've got to find another neck. I'd still love a 1972.
The search continues... | He probably found out he could get $500 for it on Ebay  |
04-18-2008, 11:18 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: San Francisco | | | actually, I thought about that... I won the auction on ebay, and he probably wasn't happy with the amount. When I got the refund, that was the first thing that popped into my head. After all, how often do maple necks, when dropped, just BREAK!
but I don't blame him, times are tough right now. |
04-18-2008, 12:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Gubna actually, I thought about that... I won the auction on ebay, and he probably wasn't happy with the amount. When I got the refund, that was the first thing that popped into my head. After all, how often do maple necks, when dropped, just BREAK! | That's what I thought too. It's possible the headstock snapped, but even that seems unlikely for a neck without a heavy body attached. Quote: |
but I don't blame him, times are tough right now.
| Tough times or not, if he's trying to back out of a deal, it's super shady. I'd check eBay and see if he re-lists it.
Asad
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04-25-2008, 07:57 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: San Francisco | | | How well will Fender necks fit a MIM Body?
I found a MIM body.
How well will an American P neck work with a MIM body?
anyone with experience with this?
how about Allparts, or Mighty Might?
I have never liked the MIM necks that I've played, so I'm staying away from them.   
Last edited by Gubna : 04-25-2008 at 08:03 PM.
Reason: added pics
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04-30-2008, 01:32 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: San Francisco | | | Mock up
I did a mock up with the jazz neck from other build: 
I just purchased a Mighty Mite Rosewood neck...
now I need to decide on a pickguard
Black?
Tortise?
White Pearl? |
04-30-2008, 02:24 PM
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04-30-2008, 02:28 PM
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04-30-2008, 02:29 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Toronto, ON | | | I'd say go with black... but then, I just love black and sunburst.
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04-30-2008, 03:12 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: San Francisco | | | black would be the most inexpensive option at the moment. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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