Cheap Import Refurb (picture heavy)

[neobassman]

Hey, LE, love this thread and your project. Looks like you are on the way to a really nice instrument from that pile you started with. Have you decided what electronics to put in it?

Looks like the body was modded at some point to add an active preamp - I suspect that's what the extra cavity is parallel to pickups towards the knee-cut. That's exactly what I did to get a preamp into a p-bass project I just finished.

 

[Mike Shevlin]

You are a Saint~ it's always great to see basses rescued from abusive punk bands~ keep updating us on how the bass is doing.

 

[LowEddie]

Have you decided what electronics to put in it?

I'm putting a DiMarzio DP126 PJ in it with 500K CTS Pots (V/V/T). I have a phone tech friend that's going to be doing the soldering for me. I plan on learning at some point but right now I just want to finish this bass and thump on it.

Looks like the body was modded at some point to add an active preamp - I suspect that's what the extra cavity is parallel to pickups towards the knee-cut. That's exactly what I did to get a preamp into a p-bass project I just finished.

I thought that as well... as far as I can tell it was modded a couple of times. The last time the PO probably gutted it before they passes it on

 

[LowEddie]

... bringing this back from the dead...

The body is now hanging in the closet, sanded smooth to 1000 grit, and waiting for the nitro to cure before polishing.

I've got 5 coats of nitro on the neck and the System 3 Mirror Coat should be here in about a week to 10 days. Until then I need to figure out what I want to put on the back of the head and how.

I'll post some long overdue pictures in short order (probably not tonight...band practice )

 

[LowEddie]

I got some work done on it last weekend. The body is now sanded to 2000 grit. I need to figure out what to do from there though (more sanding or buffing?).

I got distracted with making a pick guard template. I took the original template and traced it onto a piece of 11x17 paper. I then scanned the tracing and turned it into a PDF. I imported the PDF into AutoCAD and traced it again giving me a 1:1 AutoCAD drawing of the original PG. From there I tweaked it until I had something that I liked. Next step was to print it out (1:1), glue it to some plywood, and cut it out.

This is where I am now. I plan on getting some cheap alternative to my PG material to take the template for a test run.

I have to travel this week but hopefully next weekend I'll get this finished and the finger board epoxy going/done.

 

[azfryguy]

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[HEADLE]

Subbed. Looks like a TR-series.

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