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07-08-2008, 02:58 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Amarillo Texas | | | Frankenstein Bass Builders Club.
 Haven't posted in a while, and just ordered the finishing touches on my new frankenstein Jazz Bass.
Specs:
Warmoth J-Neck Maple/Maple
Fender MIM J-body
Fender Noiseless J-set (buying from a forumite)
Custom HBE 3 band active preamp or Stingray preamp, (undecided which will go into it yet.)
Black pearloid pickguard, Black control plate. (on order)
Fender hardware (for now)
Here is a pic of it from a while back when I first started messing with it, I'll post better pics when she's all finished.  
Now lets see yours.......
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07-08-2008, 03:00 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: NY, NY | | | Isn't that just a parts bass? I thought a Frankenstein was a bass made from parts of previous basses (Precision bass body, with a neck yanked from a Fender Jazz, and the guts unloaded from a G&L 1000)
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07-08-2008, 03:02 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Amarillo Texas | | | More or less....... I had to go with a Warmoth neck, cause I didn't have access to another neck, everything else is bastardized from something else.
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07-08-2008, 04:36 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: D'Shaw | | | Around here a Frankenbass is made up of sundry collected parts no matter what the source and a "Parter" is specifically made up of a single maker's parts such as all Fender parts.
Parters also have a somewhat nefarious connotation 'round here when made of "vintage components" in that they are often seen as an attempt to pass off an instrument built up of components from several different basses (or even periods of construction) to give the impression of a factory built instrument.
However, the terms seem to be very interchangeable.
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07-08-2008, 04:40 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Amarillo Texas | | ok.... "designations" aside.
Lets' see some bass built with new/used parts.
hows that?
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07-08-2008, 04:50 AM
| | | Ok,
Fender MIM Body,
Mighty Mite Neck,
OBL Bill Lawrence Pickups,
Kahler Bass Trem,
StewMac Adjustable Tension Tuners,
StewMac Pearl Top Black Control Knobs,
StewMac Roller String Tree,
Some random electronics(can't remember from where I got them), 
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07-08-2008, 05:05 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Amarillo Texas | | | COOL!!! I like that. Hows that Kahler? I was thinking about one of those for mine as well. worth it, or just primarily to toy around with?
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07-08-2008, 05:08 AM
| | | Mine... 
I bought it as a pile of parts. Someone else's unfinished project.
It was in 3 pieces and had a ziplock baggie full of smallparts w/ it.
Specs:
"Walnut" Body - Probably homemade, walnut veneer on poplar (?).
32" scale neck - 21 fret, de-fretted - Arrowhead shaped stamp
where it fit in the pocket
1 Humbucker - had 2...but only 1 coil in each housing.
Allparts pots - the original wiring was undecipherable, I started
over from scratch.
Chrome knobs - I put black knobs on my black pbass a long time ago.
bone nut - plastic one was broken
bridge - ??? , smallest bass bridge I've ever seen
Still a work in progress.
Matt
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07-08-2008, 05:36 AM
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Originally Posted by KAOSBass COOL!!! I like that. Hows that Kahler? I was thinking about one of those for mine as well. worth it, or just primarily to toy around with? | It's great, stays in tune perfectly, take's longer to get into tune if you take all your strings off to put on a new set though.
As for worth it, it cost me around 100euros, definatly worth it to me, but it is not something thats really gonna be abused, I use it every day when practicin' but in a band situation, I would guess it would get just a little use, depends on what kind of bassist you are really. I like to pitch shift powerchords with it, or bend harmonics.
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07-08-2008, 05:50 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Ontario, Canada | | Its not finished yet, I gotta wait and sort out the mess the post office made with my money order (they lost it). All it needs now are the tuners. 
Specs:
Squier body refinished
SX lefty neck
SD Basslines 1/4er pickups
Badass bridge
JD straplocks
Black knobs, pickguard, string tree, jackplate
Hopefully in the next month or so I'll get my Hipshot Xtender and Ultralites. |
07-08-2008, 05:52 AM
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Originally Posted by Herrlster Its not finished yet, I gotta wait and sort out the mess the post office made with my money order (they lost it). All it needs now are the tuners.
Specs:
Squier body refinished
SX lefty neck
SD Basslines 1/4er pickups
Badass bridge
JD straplocks
Black knobs, pickguard, string tree, jackplate
Hopefully in the next month or so I'll get my Hipshot Xtender and Ultralites. | Will an Xtender work on the other side of the headstock?
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07-08-2008, 05:55 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Ontario, Canada | | | Yep, I discussed this with Hipshot already. I just need to get an Xtender with a raised lever. |
07-08-2008, 05:58 AM
| | | | Cool, I actually love the look of a lefty neck on a righty bass, and with no loss of function, even better!
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07-08-2008, 06:05 AM
|  | Endorsing Artist: Wild Turkey Bourbon | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: The Wilds of NW Pa. | | My latest ... 
SX SPJ62 FR for the body.
SX White Pearloid 'guard.
Mighty Mite neck.
DiMarzio DP126 pickups.
Wilkinson Black tuners.
Black aftermarket bridge ... I call it a FatAss.
Black 'guard screws.
Black Tree.
Black Oversize 'buttons.
Black HipShot O-Ring knobs.
Orange Drop 0.1uf Tone Cap ... you know, the one the size of a Chapstik.
'66 - '68 P-Bass decal.
Super Slinky's.
This thing sounds HUGE !!!
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07-08-2008, 07:08 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Amarillo Texas | | | That looks good too, did you have any trouble fitting the MM neck to the SX body? just curious, I have an old SX P body here, I may build up next......
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07-08-2008, 07:22 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Morris, IL. | | | SX lefty neck
p/j body via ebay.plywood verneer and heavy
carvin j /SD 1/4lb'er P pups
series/ parallel pull up pot.
custom paint by me ala. rustoleum
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07-08-2008, 07:30 AM
| | Endorsing Artist: Wild Turkey Bourbon | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: The Wilds of NW Pa. | | Quote:
Originally Posted by KAOSBass That looks good too, did you have any trouble fitting the MM neck to the SX body? just curious, I have an old SX P body here, I may build up next...... | It slid right in.
The SX corner radii are are smaller than Fender-spec, but not enough to be a problem. Width / depth were fine.
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07-08-2008, 07:35 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Amarillo Texas | | Cool, good to know..... time to go shopping. 
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07-08-2008, 03:08 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: D'Shaw | | Here's one of my Frankensteins: 
PV Gbass neck (35" scale)
Hipshot Ultralight Tuners
USACG P body
Fender '62 RI pickguard
Fender threaded saddle RI bridge
'72 Fender pickups and controls/knobs
No neckplate, just a couple of neck bolts...hence it's classification as a "Frankenstein" : 
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07-08-2008, 03:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Lizooki Mine...
I bought it as a pile of parts. Someone else's unfinished project.
It was in 3 pieces and had a ziplock baggie full of smallparts w/ it.
Specs:
"Walnut" Body - Probably homemade, walnut veneer on poplar (?).
32" scale neck - 21 fret, de-fretted - Arrowhead shaped stamp
where it fit in the pocket
1 Humbucker - had 2...but only 1 coil in each housing.
Allparts pots - the original wiring was undecipherable, I started
over from scratch.
Chrome knobs - I put black knobs on my black pbass a long time ago.
bone nut - plastic one was broken
bridge - ??? , smallest bass bridge I've ever seen
Still a work in progress.
Matt | Is that a Burns, or at least the neck?
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