A bass from down under. I can tell because it is reversed
I’m a weirdo who plays lefty but strung upside down righty
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Anyone like black Basses with maple necks?
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I’m a weirdo who plays lefty but strung upside down righty
- Jun 30, 2010
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- musician/artist/owner - Gildaxe
- Jun 30, 2010
- 49,588
- 221,963
- Disclosures
- musician/artist/owner - Gildaxe
gregbackstrom
These aren't stock curves--things move around!
At least half of Jason Newsted's Sadowskys are in black finish with maple fingerboards. 
This is the only combination where I like a black pickguard to come along for the ride.
Sweet...Please tell us about this bass and what it sounds like
You are too kind! Thank-you for your interest in this "build". It's not as unique or as impressive as it may look in the photos.
A one piece Warmoth ash Telecaster Bass body, fairly light @ 4 lbs 8 oz (sorry about non metric). I stained the body with black dye dissolved in denatured alcohol + 2 coats of Minwax ebony stain + 4 coats of Birchwood Casey Gun Stock Oil. I wanted open grain and I like it this way.
Allparts Tele Bass neck (MIJ), it has a round heel instead of square. I found it on eBay by accident. Warmoth's Tele Bass bodies all have round cavities. The Allparts neck is 1 and 5/8 inches wide at the nut and about .90 of an inch thick at fret #1. I like fat necks.
The Allparts neck was finished by me with Gun Stock Oil. The top side of the headstock was finished with gloss urethane (so the decal would stick) and an aftermarket decal was applied.
The controls are the same as on a 1960 Jazz Bass. Volume, Tone......Volume Tone. Concentric pots and concentric knobs. The pots and knobs are Fender and I got 'em on eBay. Schematic is from S. Duncan website but easily found on Google.
I marked out the pickguard myself........which is basically a cut down version of a standard P Bass pickguard. Pickguard material is thin and one ply.
Man, that's about it! This bass was really a low effort on my part. I didn't even sand the body before staining. I didn't want this to look like a "perfect bass".
Finally, the neck pickup is a Fralin dual coil and the bridge pickup is a Fender Super 55 dual coil. So, this bass is quiet. The pickups are humbuckers.
I am so honored in your interest in this bass! Thank-you for asking about it!
Thanks for sharing all that info...Very cool bass you created ....I wonder if it sounds anything like the Fender custom shop version....even though yours looks cooler
Sorry for the glare, it's the only way to catch the figuring in the body.
Everyone loves black basses with maple necks, goes with everything lolNice!
Well, black was my last choice, but it has grown on me.
A lot.
NBD: Stingray something; Can you guess?
A lot.
NBD: Stingray something; Can you guess?
Black and Maple: 66% of the time, it works every time.
Nothing to scream about. But, I like it.
Love the look...where did you get a chrome control plate?
Thanks! I like this stealth look a lot better than how it came with the pearloid pickguard. That's a control plate made by ABM in Germany, part #7813-C. It was sold here in the US by Allparts, but has been out of stock for the past 2 yrs.
Thanks for sharing all that info...Very cool bass you created ....I wonder if it sounds anything like the Fender custom shop version....even though yours looks cooler
There are several TBers who have done builds with the single coil P, plus a jazz pup at the bridge. There's a builder that also does this although I can't think of who it is right now.
The Fender CS version has dual Seymour Duncan Custom Shop '51 P bass Stack pickups in it which is the same pickup that's in the Fender CS Dusty Hill bass x 2. The tone with the neck pickup solo'd matches the Dusty Hill, but when blending in and going full with both pickups, it can give a real edge to the tone and even get grindy. It's pretty awesome and exactly what I had in my head when thinking about the dual '51 pickups.
