Recent content by Nick Cardaras

Here are my 2 fretless basses. One is a FSR Precision with a Warmoth maple neck. The second was built by Mike Powers from Music Lab in Lansing Ill. in 1978 it has a maple body, ebony finger board, Bartolini pickup and Aguilar pre amp.

I built the the Jazz from parts about 2 years ago and the neck with dots was all I could find at the time. The Precision I bought used and took the neck from a FSR Precision I put a fretless neck on. The Precision had been pretty butcher up when I got it, someone had replaced the neck pickup...

Here are a few of my custom fenders. A pair of Blacktops, one of each. The Jazz has a deluxe Precision maple neck, 62 Jazz control plate with concentric pots and Nordstrand pickups. the Precision has a FSR Precision neck and series parallel switching. then we have an Aerodyne with a Japanese 62...

Here are my FSR's. I have had one for about 2 years and I love it so much I had to get a second and give it a Warmoth fretless neck. both wear black nylon strings.

Here is my Aerodyne Jazz. It has a Japanese 62 Jazz neck on it and LaBella original 54 Flatwound strings.

My recent addition of a Blacktop Precision to keep my Blacktop Jazz company. I have wired each pickup with a switch for series / parallel and both pickups together for series / parallel with a push pull tone pot.

It is a custom built Precision by Mike Powers from Music Lab in Lansing Ill. It was made in 1978.It has a Bartolini pickup and an Aguilar preamp. I think the body may be a Schecter. A couple of years later Mike went on to work for Peavey, he was responsible for many of the basses that they produced.

Here she is with the rest of her family

She has a maple Fender Deluxe Precision Special neck, WD brushed gold pickguard, LaBella flatwound strings, and most recently 62 reissue control plate and Nordstrand angled pole pickups. Alnico 3 magnets for the neck pickup and alnico 5 for the bridge.

Hi Everyone! This is my Blacktop Jazz.