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So, I am definitely digging this bass! I have stripped it down to parts and am cleaning up bits and reassembling. I am going to change out the pots for some solid shaft CTS pots. The neck has been wiped with Naptha and steel wool, and will be oiled in a day or so. Otherwise, I am going to...

Yes, black pickguard. 1975 serial, indeed.

No brass nuts here The body does not look like it's been refinished to me either. I agree!

THAT is the plan!! Though, the cleanup may prove to be more than a spit-shine. It seems that the neck has been sanded - both the back and the fingerboard. You can see that it has been "pore-filled" with a dead skin, dirt, and sweat slurry. I am debating the best way to spruce this bit up...

Thanks for the input so far! I am happy to hear that it's mostly intact. For sure, it is playable, and I am really digging the P sound. The truss rod nut turns easily in both directions, so that's a relief (no pun intended). When I get around to tuning her up, I will remove the nut and...

I picked up a P-bass today. Supposedly 1975. The serial checks out. This is my first P, and I am just not familiar with the instruments, so any help would be greatly appreciated! Obviously the bridge isn't original. I was told that these are the original pickups, but I find that to be...

I ended up posting this on another forum, and didn't want to cross-post. Here is the link. Sorry to leave you hanging! 1960's Teisco - This got out of hand quick!

Thanks for the link. It sounds like an unfortunate accident, indeed!

Now it was time for surgery. I started by removing the frets and the nut: Then came the fun part! I used a razor saw to cut into the second fret slot, and down to the neck. I didn't want to remove the entire fingerboard, as I felt I probably would not be able to get it back in a...

So, I snapped the truss rod (or so I thought), and needed to figure out a way to anchor the rod back in place. My thoughts were that there was some sort of nut holding the sheared rod in place, and that was buried somewhere in the neck. I have a friend who is a veterinarian , and she used her...

I picked up a virtually unplayable Teisco bass a while back. The neck had about 3/16" of relief in it, buy hey there were was a truss rod that wasn't even engaged. To fix the issue, I started turning the truss rod and immediately there was tons of improvement. I got out the calipers, and...

I just posted a want ad for an Aria Pro II Thor sound bass in the appropriate forum, but there is not a ton of info on them floating around the web. I have never even held one, but that does not thwart GAS! There are a few models - TS-350, TS-400, TS-550, TS-650. Does anyone have any...

THAT was a super helpful and well thought out post, thank you!

I am pretty new to bass, so I don't know what sound I even want yet. I am exploring gear and am on a journey to find what I like--I am just too new to even know. The bass I gravitate towards the most is my 1975 Musicmaster. I like rock, funk, blues, jazz, et. al. I was using a Ampeg Rocket...

PM'd re: C4

Wow! Thank you everyone for the overwhelmingly positive comments!

100% this

My jeans fit loose and my bike has gears, so I'll definitely be sending mixed signals.

I buttoned her up, and put some La Bella 760FS-S Deep Talkin' Bass Flats. Some of you eagle-eyed viewers will notice the wholly inappropriate knobs :-) I just used them since I had them, but I sorta like them! Sacrilege!!! These are subject to change, but I might stop mucking with my guitar...

Then on to the electronics: I used 250K CTS pots -- Audio Taper for volume, and a linear pot for tone. I used a Mojotone Vitamin T .047UF @ 600V Oil Filled Cap. Since I took this pic, I taped down the pickup wires under another layer of foil, and removed the black/red wires to the jack, and...

I finished up with two coats of Renaissance Wax.

This is after the first coat of oil: I was going to use Tru-oil, but my friend had a bottle of Penetrating Guitar Finishing Oil put out by that YouTube chap from Crimson Guitars. I can't say if it is any different or better than Tru-oil, but I am happy with the results. In the end, I put...

A little bit of handwork:

I let the vacuum press do its thing overnight, and out came some lovely plywood: From this, the pickguard blank was made:

I found a few other pieces of veneer, and started to make some plywood. You can see the epoxy mixed and ready to go. I spread a thin layer of epoxy on each piece of veneer. Then came time to clamp it all together. A while back I built a home-made vacuum press, and this was a perfect job...

I wanted a new pickup, as the stock 6-pole pickup is definitely not stellar. I ended up going with the Aero 4-pole Musicmaster pickup. I decided to populate an entirely new pickguard, so that I could replace all the electronics, and just swap it for the stock pickguard in its entirety. If I...

First post here! I recently started playing bass, and picked up a 1975 Musicmaster. After too many hours spent reading forum posts, I decided to make a few changes. However, since this bass was 100% stock (minus the missing thumb rest), I couldn't bring myself to muck with it too much, so I...