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View Poll Results: What do you think of modding basses? | |
if it's your bass do what you want.
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Basses should never be modded.
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Some basses shouldnt be modded, it harms their value. The rest are fair game.
|    | 212 | 29.73% | |
Mod any bass except...
|    | 29 | 4.07% |
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06-10-2012, 05:06 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: East Oakland, California | | | Bass mods, when does it cross the line?
I was out looking at basses a few weeks ago and couldn't beleive the prices stores were asking for modded basses.
IMHO some basses just shouldnt be modded. The obvious one here would be the 4001/4003. I never understand why people change the bridge or the pickups on those. Just sell it and buy the bass that has that hardware?!
I should be one to talk, I have modded a few of my own. But for the most part I just can't see the logic behind some of the mods I see.
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Last edited by Calaverasgrande : 06-10-2012 at 05:09 PM.
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06-10-2012, 05:13 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Toronto, ON | | | Mod at your own risk, I always say... |
06-10-2012, 05:17 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: California | | | Answer: When you can't get your money back out, which is pretty much immediately with non-reversible mods.
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06-10-2012, 05:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Calaverasgrande I was out looking at basses a few weeks ago and couldn't beleive the prices stores were asking for modded basses.
IMHO some basses just shouldnt be modded. The obvious one here would be the 4001/4003. I never understand why people change the bridge or the pickups on those. Just sell it and buy the bass that has that hardware?!
I should be one to talk, I have modded a few of my own. But for the most part I just can't see the logic behind some of the mods I see. | Since I just finished a substantial mod, I'll bite. What mods do you think are good? FWIW, I agree with you. Rickenbackers, Stingrays, G&Ls - I don't see changing the pickups. But, hey, to each their own. |
06-10-2012, 05:20 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Fredonia, NY | | I'm all for mods. 
But honestly... if you like the feel of your Rickenbacker but want to put a vintage Gibson mudbucker in the neck position for the tone... why not? It's not like you can buy that configuration anywhere. IMO if you paid for the bass, you can do what you want with it.
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06-10-2012, 05:21 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Queens, NY | | | I think it crosses the line when you can't unmod it to it's original condition. Just my .02 |
06-10-2012, 05:23 PM
| | | | If you really like the feel and playability of a bass but are not satisfied with the sound or look of it I fully understand why you would want to mod it.
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06-10-2012, 05:24 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Biloxi, MS | | | You don't mod Rickenbacker, Peavey T40s, anything pre-1975, or boutique brands. The only mod allowed on anything else Peavey USA is adding a Kahler.
Stingrays can get preamps or different control layouts, G&L you can do anything but swap the neck or change the pups. Fender is always fair game unless it's got vintage value.
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06-10-2012, 05:29 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: MA | | | I never understood the "worrying about resale" thing- it's like buying a car and not driving it.
it's an instrument, a tool- use it, abuse it, etc
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06-10-2012, 05:30 PM
|  | Functionless Art is Merely Tolerated Vandalism | | Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan | | | Your bass, your mods, that is why they have them.
I don't get some of them, but I also don't get some of the basses out there. |
06-10-2012, 05:30 PM
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Originally Posted by bootsox The only mod allowed on anything else Peavey USA is adding a Kahler. | Hey! I've got a Peavey with a Kahler! I also modded it with a very small ramp on the bass end of the neck pickup. |
06-10-2012, 05:31 PM
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06-10-2012, 06:19 PM
|  | In the deep end | | Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: San Antonio, TX | | | With the exception of pickup or battery box routing, if there's sawdust then it's too far. |
06-10-2012, 06:59 PM
|  | Just days from retirement. | | Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Lincoln, NE | | | Any bass that comes from the factory painted black should immediately upon receipt, be disassembled, stripped, repainted, and then put back together. Which is what is in store for the brand new Gibson T-Bird SS that I should get this week sometime.
But then again, I personally would not own a black guitar, or a sunburst, ever.
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06-10-2012, 07:02 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Kansas City, MO | | | I say mods are fine unless it's something that butchers a vintage bass like routing for a different pickup.
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06-10-2012, 07:11 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: NYC | | | I love rics the feel the neck the body the craftsmanship but not big on the sound i like a deep 70's sound so to swap pickups is what i did....why is that not ok ? I feel most gits made in the usa have gone down hill but rics are still made the same as the where 40 years ago. |
06-10-2012, 07:11 PM
| | | | If a chainsaw is involved, it is probably a bad idea. That's my rule.
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06-10-2012, 07:12 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Below Ground, Detroit area | | | I am not into modding my stuff. If the stock pu's are weak, just get a 1000 watt amp and cabs to handle it.
Everything thing else, just takes practice.
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06-10-2012, 07:15 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Durham, NC | | | I'm all about mods and Frankenbasses. I wouldn't mod a vintage bass, and I can't imagine ever owning a boutique bass. I love it when people mod Rickenbackers, due to the amount of drama it causes. I don't view them as a sacred cow by any means.
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06-10-2012, 07:18 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Willow Street, PA | | | My rule is simple. If I paid more than $500 for the bass, I leave it alone, aside from pickups (no routing). Under $500, any mod is ok. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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