The Frankenbass Club (Moderately modded basses count too!)

[dmc again]

I LOVE me some Frankenbasses. Just made topic for mine [ I have created my first Frankenbass. [Silvertone, Squier VM Jazz, ESP LTD, Rogue] ] Here's mine:







Are you still handing out numbers?

[Peer75RI]

I already had the Tractor, but the P is new.

Warmoth P neck full-wengé, alder body, two DS's are made for each other. It rumbles.....

[TheVibeMan]

I have to say, I'm not impressed with these "Frankenbasses". These don't look like Frankenbasses they look like expensive basses with very small modifications. Check out this Frankenbass. This is what Im talking about. It was originally a home project Precision bass. I took a pickup from a squire vintage modified jazz bass and routed a space for it with a steak knife. Same with the second volume knob and pickup selector. The bridge poles are long gone, so the saddles are being held up by a folded up rotosound packet. I'll be doing something similiar to my mustang bass as well.

[Internet Police]

I've got a Squier VM Jazz with Emg JVX pickups, a badass bridge, black pickguard screws, and a black control plate. Hopefully the picture attaches correctly

[millahh]

Recently completed frankenbasses:



MiM Fender neck
Squier body
SD Quarter Pounder pickup
Hipshot A-style bridge
Tonestyler tone control
Strung with Rotosound Swing, Nickel, .045-.105
Aside from the tonestyler, configuration is conventional.
Almost everything bought in the TB classifieds.
Probably adding a Hipshot detuner soon, and I'm contemplating making it a dual-P.





MiM Fender neck
Squier body (originally Shoreline Gold, repainted w/ rattle can, and professionally clearcoated)
Dimarzio Model P/J pickups
Hipshot A-style bridge
Hipshot d-tuner
Strung with D’Addario Chromes (flats), .050-.105
Wired V/B/T, with the blend set up to be unloaded. Switches are Series/parallel for each pickup.

[xoloder]

Recently completed frankenbasses:



MiM Fender neck
Squier body
SD Quarter Pounder pickup
Hipshot A-style bridge
Tonestyler tone control
Strung with Rotosound Swing, Nickel, .045-.105
Aside from the tonestyler, configuration is conventional.
Almost everything bought in the TB classifieds.
Probably adding a Hipshot detuner soon, and I'm contemplating making it a dual-P.


VERY nice.



"I'm contemplating making it a dual-P."

I promise, you won't be sorry!!!

[harvey milk]

Adding to the pile.

Started out as an Ampeg Little Stud, then I coverted it to 8-string. Now it's a plain old 4-string Frankenbass.

Cheap plywood body - check
No name neck w/ no name tuners - check
Old school EMG pickup - check
No name bridge - check

[Phil_Bleach]

Harmony H-25, no volume, just an on/off toggle switch with tone control and the original DeArmond Gold Tone pickup. Removing the polepieces made the whole thing much louder for some reason. Installed four Schaller tuning machines and a 5-string Schaller bridge schimmed with 4 butter knife blades. Strung with D'Addario 105-50.

[TN WOODMAN]

Peer75RI

Hats off to you and 2 of the coolest basses in all of talkbassdom.

[TN WOODMAN]

By the way, you guys brew pretty decent beer as well.

[9mmMike]

Resurrection bump for maybe some fresh "builds"?

[jamestown94west]

ill make a contribution to this thread.

first up is my jazz bass.

mij fender body, black, all original, as far as i can tell

USACG birdseye maple neck, im not sure what the fretboard is, its very tight grain, its definitely not rosewood, i doubt its pau ferro, it may be ebony, 21 frets, fretwire doesnt appear to be steel, the frets are small, or "vintage" style, which is my favorite. side position markers only.

hip shot ultra light tuners

badass II

mint green all parts pick guard

control plate, harness, knobs from a mim fender jazz

black dimarzio model j middle pickup

creme dimarzio model j middle pickup, in the bridge position

black dunlop straplocks

ernie ball hybrid slinkys



next up is my recently completed p bass.

mim fender body, black base coat, royal blue medium metal flake finish

warmoth maple neck, pau ferro fretboard, 21 frets

schaller vintage style tuners

all parts mint green pick guard

black dimarzio model p pickup

chrome squier classic vibe high mass bridge

squier vintage modified tone circuit

both knobs are gold top hat "tone" knobs from a gibson les paul

black dunlop strap locks

ernie ball hybrid slinkys





both basses are great players, and sound fantastic. the jazz is my work horse. ive never owned a better bass. i just finished the p bass over the weekend, so i have yet to really put it through the paces. i imagine itll see quite a bit of live duty this summer.

[JoeDaddio]

Here's my entry:





It's an older SX fretless. It used to be Agave Blue, but I stripped it and gave it a (crappy) flat black paint job. Pulled all the electronics and wired in some Bassline 1/4 J pups. Schaller tuners, BA II bridge, Warmoth hardware.

I intended to black it all out, but the pick guard didn't fit and the paint job was crappy so I just left it off. Gives it some character, I guess...

I don't really play fretless so I think I'm going to try and find a MIM J body and P neck to plug all that hardware/electronics in to.


joe

[Stempelloos]

Originally Posted by Stempelloos

My other Frankenbass started here:
These are the leftovers of my first bass after a bandmate fulfilled his artistic needs on it. I went looking around for another body and found an Ibanez EB3 without electronics for sale. It wasn't a hollowbody but I could fit in the pickups.
The pickups are rewound in Indiana.

The rewound pickups are now placed on the Dynacord hollowbody on the left. It also needed a truss rod replacement and some re-glueing of body parts and binding.

The fretless is modded by replacing the J bridge pickup for a DiMarzio G humbucker. I gave the pickup a black cover to keep something of it's previous appearance. The back-cover for the electronics is replaced by a piece of rosewood and I drew and made the pickguard + another truss rod cover.
(a screw broke off, so i decided to make a new truss-rodcover that was slightly higher)
It now has a Gotoh bridge and CTS pots.

The Ibanez EB3 has replaced tuners, an Artec sidewinder, allparts mini-bridge humbucker, Schaller 460 bridge, Gibson & DiMarzio pots & an allparts SG switch. (There's still some work to be done on a buzz in the Artec)

[contrapposto]

I think I fit in this thread... Private Stock Fujigen (I didn't build it, but picked all the parts/color/etc).

24 Fret, rosewood fretboard, black pearl inlays, ash body, black hardware, Fujigen Mighty Jazz Pickups, custom fade, 1 piece maple neck, black headstock with abalone inlay.

I may be having a 5 built in the next year or so, or a fretless... still deciding. Also considering putting some antiquity II pickups in, but haven't had enough time playing it through my rig to decide yet.

[contrapposto]

That said, though... there are some incredible looking basses in here. I have a '93 Fender Jazz that after seeing this thread I'm looking at it a little differently. It needs a new neck, anyway... so that'll start it.

[jamestown94west]

Originally Posted by BassGreaser

here is my Warmoth '59 Pbass I built myself......

Body: Ash
Neck: Birdseye maple/rosewood
Pickup: Aero Pbass type 1

I love this

[mb94952]

Here is a 1980's Peavey Foundation with a neck from another foundation and an ABM bridge replacing the original.

It's pretty badass ... Honeybadger don't care

[TMart99]

2011 Fender (MIJ) 70's Precision Bass.......

click on pics for larger view:

Before (in stock form).......




After (modest modifications).........

[TMart99]