Or: how many TB clubs can I get in with this thing?? 
Cliffs:
- Warmoth '72 Tele alder body
- Warmoth '72 Tele BWB pickguard, XTI + no truss rod notch
- CIJ '51 Precision R.I. Neck with almost no miles on it, re-radiused Warmoth neck heel, neck plate recessed into body, finish removed
- Wilde Bill Lawrence P plus custom wound neck J
- 6x 1/4"-20 neck bolts, custom 1/8" AL plate and nut
- *ALL* fasteners are machine screws with wood inserts
- 2 Volumes + 2 miniswitches, Mono/Stereo outputs, Dunlop in-body straplocks, Schaller BMLs, custom AL bridge, string tee, output jacks & Rotosound 66s (not pictured but coming)
I've been putzing with this for a while, but the recent passing of Wilde Bill Lawrence has spurred me into gear. So, please pardon the NQF. Still have to wire it and make a few key items, but it tunes up and plays pretty okay so far with junk hardware I had laying around.
Since I don't get to "living inherit" the instrument I cut my teeth on (my dad's '73 "Phil Lynott" black-on-maple Precision) I decided to turn half of a cherry '51 P reissue I'd dissected into a tribute.
Before it was refinished, my dad's bass had a handmade cover made of B/W/B/ pickguard material on the upper horn...like a funky Precision/Telecaster Bass hybrid. One day I took it off and found a hand-carved rooster standing in corn stalks underneath. It looked pretty gnarly, and at the time of course, "Rooster" by AIC was dominating the airwaves so I thought it was awesome. Anyway, it got filled in and forgotten about during the re-fin. I'd never asked him about it or what it meant.
Regarding the pickup scheme: I liked the "mojo" factor of Warmoth's P rout + '72 Tele, plus I figured the '51 P headstock would work better with this scheme AND it would all work as tribute to the old configuration of pops' bass. I originally wanted to add a mudbucker under the neck. No matter where I sketched it out though, it just didn't look "right" because the Warmoth pickguard is more narrow than the OG (to fit between the neck and the P rout). Eventually I thought "what about a P/J set but reversed?" I emailed Bill & Becky Lawrence and asked them if they thought a P plus a neck J would work. Becky emailed back and said they thought it would be better if it was a bridge J, so he graciously custom wound a bridge J inside a neck J shell. Cool, right??
Another cool thing which worked out is that the pickup configuration ends up as "JP," which are my dad's initials, ha!
I cannot wait to wire this thing plug this thing in. Originally I wasn't going to get too kinky about individual pickup phase splitting, but now I think I'll figure it into the plan as a salute to Bill.
Oh, as far as the rooster, I finally asked my dad a few months ago when I got the idea for this. In his words:
"tried for dove and olive branches
talk about abject failure"
Sorry for the word diarrhea. Back to work on this! So far, the 6x 1/4"-20 neck bolt scheme along with the laserlike Warmoth pocket is SPOOKY tight and keeps everything locked like crazy. More to come...
Cliffs:
- Warmoth '72 Tele alder body
- Warmoth '72 Tele BWB pickguard, XTI + no truss rod notch
- CIJ '51 Precision R.I. Neck with almost no miles on it, re-radiused Warmoth neck heel, neck plate recessed into body, finish removed
- Wilde Bill Lawrence P plus custom wound neck J
- 6x 1/4"-20 neck bolts, custom 1/8" AL plate and nut
- *ALL* fasteners are machine screws with wood inserts
- 2 Volumes + 2 miniswitches, Mono/Stereo outputs, Dunlop in-body straplocks, Schaller BMLs, custom AL bridge, string tee, output jacks & Rotosound 66s (not pictured but coming)
I've been putzing with this for a while, but the recent passing of Wilde Bill Lawrence has spurred me into gear. So, please pardon the NQF. Still have to wire it and make a few key items, but it tunes up and plays pretty okay so far with junk hardware I had laying around.
Since I don't get to "living inherit" the instrument I cut my teeth on (my dad's '73 "Phil Lynott" black-on-maple Precision) I decided to turn half of a cherry '51 P reissue I'd dissected into a tribute.
Before it was refinished, my dad's bass had a handmade cover made of B/W/B/ pickguard material on the upper horn...like a funky Precision/Telecaster Bass hybrid. One day I took it off and found a hand-carved rooster standing in corn stalks underneath. It looked pretty gnarly, and at the time of course, "Rooster" by AIC was dominating the airwaves so I thought it was awesome. Anyway, it got filled in and forgotten about during the re-fin. I'd never asked him about it or what it meant.
Regarding the pickup scheme: I liked the "mojo" factor of Warmoth's P rout + '72 Tele, plus I figured the '51 P headstock would work better with this scheme AND it would all work as tribute to the old configuration of pops' bass. I originally wanted to add a mudbucker under the neck. No matter where I sketched it out though, it just didn't look "right" because the Warmoth pickguard is more narrow than the OG (to fit between the neck and the P rout). Eventually I thought "what about a P/J set but reversed?" I emailed Bill & Becky Lawrence and asked them if they thought a P plus a neck J would work. Becky emailed back and said they thought it would be better if it was a bridge J, so he graciously custom wound a bridge J inside a neck J shell. Cool, right??
Another cool thing which worked out is that the pickup configuration ends up as "JP," which are my dad's initials, ha!
I cannot wait to wire this thing plug this thing in. Originally I wasn't going to get too kinky about individual pickup phase splitting, but now I think I'll figure it into the plan as a salute to Bill.
Oh, as far as the rooster, I finally asked my dad a few months ago when I got the idea for this. In his words:
"tried for dove and olive branches
talk about abject failure"
Sorry for the word diarrhea. Back to work on this! So far, the 6x 1/4"-20 neck bolt scheme along with the laserlike Warmoth pocket is SPOOKY tight and keeps everything locked like crazy. More to come...
