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11-05-2012, 09:33 AM
| | | | Help with project bass!
Hey guys can you help me pick between two basses? Remeber the necks will probably be changed on either one i get.
First the one im leaning more towards.
Its a yakima bass that strings through the body. No pickguard knobs or jack. A little rough but id refinish it professionally. I can get it for $80
The second bass is a squire p bass great condition. Everything is there been treated well. I think its ten years old. Nothing special. That would definitely get a new neck and finish because its black and i dont want another black instrument. I think theyre boring. $125
What do you guys think? Im changing the pickups to some pups probably. Let me know what you guys would do. Thanks! |
11-05-2012, 12:22 PM
| | | | I would do the Yakima bass. String-thru is nice to have.
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11-05-2012, 12:29 PM
|  | Yeah, I've got the moves like Jagger. | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: G.R. MI | | | They make a TON of aftermarket stuff to fit Fender design basses. I don't know how compatible Yakima is.
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11-05-2012, 01:07 PM
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Originally Posted by zackthompson I would do the Yakima bass. String-thru is nice to have. | Is there something else you know about Yakima basses? Because you could pretty easily drill holes in a Squier and still have a bass that people have heard of.
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11-05-2012, 01:12 PM
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Custom builder - Arizona Bass Company/Curcio Custom Basses | | Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Tucson, Arizona | | | Tons of options for the Squier. I'd go with that. No shortage of aftermarket upgrades there. Including necks.
Good luck. |
11-05-2012, 02:30 PM
| | | I'd get the Squier. 
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11-05-2012, 04:07 PM
| | | | Thanks guys. I think im going with the squier. |
11-05-2012, 06:00 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Durham, NC | | | The guy is calling that bass "unplayed."
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11-05-2012, 07:27 PM
| | | | Woah that's in horrible shape. Definitely go for the Squier haha
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11-05-2012, 08:26 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Tampa, Florida | | | That Yakima headstock is the same as a Harmony headstock. I've had bad luck with two brands of bass necks warping in my life; Hondo and Harmony. I'd stay away from that neck, and I don't think what's left of that bass is worth anywhere near what the seller's asking for it anyway.
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11-05-2012, 08:27 PM
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Originally Posted by bolophonic The guy is calling that bass "unplayed." | I think he meant to say "unplayable".
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11-10-2012, 07:43 AM
| | | | This is what i ended up buying. From what i found out from the previous owner and tearing it apart its and mim body, american standard pickups, and a new york pro neck. Not bad for 60 bucks! Now what should i do with it? I either want to relic it because its already a little rough or seafoam green it like everyone else. What do you guys think? |
11-10-2012, 07:56 AM
|  | I want to be HER bicycle | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Northern California | | | I'd disassemble, clean and refin the body in rattle-can black, let it dry outdoors then go off-roading w/it lying loose in the back of a pickup truck. Seriously- Im watching for just the right Squier P body to do this myself. Add some loose junk in the PU bed for added *distressing*
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12-02-2012, 09:21 PM
| | | | Finished Project!
The finished project! Painted it my self with automotive paint from my work. Let me know what you guys think! |
12-02-2012, 09:27 PM
| | | | Cleaned up nice! Is that an Ibanez bridge I see?
I like the colors
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12-03-2012, 04:01 AM
| | | | Yup its off my busted sr490 so are the knobs good eye on that thanks! |
12-03-2012, 04:49 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Australia | | I like the original colour
But I like what you did better  the stripes are a great touch +++ the matching pickup covers
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12-03-2012, 05:37 AM
| | | | e bass was originally red then the guy who had it before me painted it blue. I took it down to barewood then primed then painted. |
12-03-2012, 02:39 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: dallas, tx | | | I thought you didn't like black?
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