custom build

So this is a first for me. I grabbed a kit from Combine Guitars - their 6 string bass kit. Solid ash body, maple neck with rosewood fretboard,...

I was reading some sticky threads in Basses about problematic situations related to customers not getting their instruments in time, and it got me...

Hey everyone, I've been looking all over for a KSM Foundation 4 string bridge but I am finding nothing used or discounted. I've been shopping for...

I’m toying with a custom build idea and I’m interested in doing a short-ish scale bass. I want to do a fanned fret because I like the look of them...

Build for a friend: (Sweet Treets by Ray --- first full commission) Okoume body Warmoth Neck: Deluxe 21 fret , Black Blocks, CF rods, Heel...

Hey guys, I am planning out a custom build for a passive 6 string and wanted any opinions about the following pickups: Bartolini Original Delano...

So I've been working on and off on a Short Scale Fenderbird for a while. I wanted to redo the stain on the back becuase there was a little blotch...

I want to build another fenderbird and I want to start with a walnut body. Where can I get such an animal?

A friend gave me a box containing a junk (Johnson) shortscale bass, a Kramer Focus (Strat shaped guitar) and another Strat shaped body. So I've...

Hello all, I just wanted to share a bit of my experience building a custom bass with Keith Roscoe. I've owned one other Roscoe before, an...

hey better bassists than me, I've recently built an 8 string octave bass that's just using a squire p bass pickup, and it lacks in just about...

Hello everyone! Life has thrown me a curve ball that requires me to move to a different country temporarily, and put almost all of my possessions...

Hey All!! So I've been planning a jag bass build ever since Fender discontinued the American Standard with all of the switches and I'm finally...

Hi guys, I'm looking to buy either a 70's Fender P or a Bluesman Vintage Deville (P) Bass and can't decide between them. I've heard great things...

So, its not completely finished yet, but its up and running enough to play! So I'm going to give it a crash course at a 4th of July party...

Hello! I am attempting a bass design sometime this summer, and I have been planning it out in CAD. It's a prototype bass that I may hope to...

For sale is a set of Nordstrand NJ5n custom pickups. These are in great condition (they look brand spanking new) with lots of wire as they have...

Hey everyone! I plan on building a custom Jazz bass sometime in the near future. I want it to look and sound like my ideal bass would- I mean why...

This bass is so extraordinary in every way that it's nearly impossible to convey how special, comfortable, balanced and great-sounding it is....

I'm not really a luthier, but I've decided to dabble. Maybe that's how it starts? Anyway, I love my Hofner 500/1s. I now have five of them -...

So I’m in the process of doing a custom build. It with a reputable luthier so I am not worried about delivery but I do know it will take time. If...

Hey guys I recently did a custom build. I had ongoing neck issues with a '78 musicman Stingray so I Gutted it and fit it into the body of an old P...

Hi, so, I want to build my first bass soon, and I have a few things I want, that don't seem to be possible. the 3 main things are: Jaguar body...

[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] I built it, played it awhile, then learned that I’m better with a shorter scale and frets. This bass has...

I am pulling this ad until I can correct this problem. (See the last post in this thread.) I'll put it back up for sale eventually... $1200...

Hi I took an old Lyon Washburn and made it into a electric guitar see tiny.cc/aec-guitar for details on how I put the electronics together and...

So last night on Reverb I found a WD music P bass body in Fiesta Red for $175 new. I’ve always wanted a Fiesta Red P bass but I don’t want Road...

Valenti V String Bass T21-P5 #145 Full Sized Swamp Ash Body '59 Burst Finish Graphite Reinforced Maple Neck. His basses have a shallow C shape....

Gallien Krueger MB 800 amp in excellent condition. This is NOT the fusion model. Comes with rack mounts. Used sparingly, never gigged by me, Works...

Hey, I have an ATK805E, and I love the sound of it, its extremely versatile with pickup blend and the bridge pup's three-way switch. I never...

I've been playing bass for years and always wanted to try putting a kit together. I finally decided to bite the bullet and purchased a p-bass...

Alright, first post. So, after some consideration, I decided I will be building my own bass with my father before I move out of the house, and it...

I bought a DIY Headless 4 String kit from Solo Music Gear and have been messing with it off and on for a better part of a year. The time has come...

Hello All, So I am in the midst of having a custom 8 string (octave) bass built. The plan is a mahogany body Flying V shape with Hipshot...

so i'm going to make an electric upright LIKE instrument. maybe i'll get ergo to make it if i'm lucky. i want to make the longest scale instrument...

[ATTACH] [MEDIA]Check out this bass that Dan from Guns N Guitars built for a client recently. Looks very cool and sounds good as well IMO. What...

It's due Monday!!!!! Made by Ales Vychodil of the Czech Republic. AVBasses.com. Great guy and a fantastic builder. If you're looking for a custom...

[ATTACH] Fender assembled this bass for me in the factory, in order to save my bank account from a Custom Shop build idea I was entertaining. It’s...

I’m getting progress reports for my Custom Build Devon bass and need to finalize selection of pickups and preamp. I want to have a pickup that is...

Alright, so here's the thing: I have a dumb friend who certainly doesn't need another bass, but who is quite infatuated with the new Kiesel single...