Crazy bass mods

[Jared Houseman]

Im wanting to get a rouge fretless bass and mod it like crazy. I'm not looking for anything great sounding, I just want something to tinker with. I want to have a bunch of on board tone mods and maybe even some onboard effects.

What are some crazy things I could do to this bass?

 

[saabfender]

Hi! Welcome.

Here's an excellent thread to look through. What's the best modification you've made?

 

[RobbieK]

 

[Tim de Martino]

THAT is the most awesome thing ever..... until I watched the next 2 videos!!! The guy deserves a medal.

This is what my kids will be watching when they get home.

 

[5StringBlues]

Build a bridge out of it!

 

[RobbieK]

until I watched the next 2 videos!!!

Colinfurze is hands down, the best channel on YT. And the more you watch, the more you see through the punk music and quickfire editing, and realise that he is really quite a craftsman...

 

[Tim de Martino]

Colinfurze is hands down, the best channel on YT. And the more you watch, the more you see through the punk music and quickfire editing, and realise that he is really quite a craftsman...

Absolutely. He has a pretty impressive skill set. I bet he would make a great educator too.

 

[BasBeestNL]

I have made a mod to the cable I use.
Everytime I forgot to plug out, so the active bass is not so active anymore at any moment I cant buy a 9V block.

The instrument plug is changed from mono to stereo (TRS) I have used a Neutrik so I could combine it with a little switch on a short lead. Connected on the sleeve and ring. The bass doesnt see the plug in the Off-position and switched on, its like a mono plug and works as required. In an active bass there is a stereoconnector which switches the preamp or pickups on as the ring and sleeve are connected by the monoplug. The switch simulates a monoplug in the on-position, in the off-position there is nothing connected and the preamp stays off and uses no capacity from the battery.
Right now its simply pushing the switch off when I place my Ibanez SR in a stand. Way easier then pulling the plug from the recessed outputconnector. Costs me less than 10 bucks

 

[ofajen]

Definitely onboard chorus, phaser and tremolo. Reminds me of an old Univox electric guitar a friend gave me in college. It was in bad shape in terms of playability, but that model had onboard effects including distortion and kind of a tremolo wah effect. It's still lurking around here in a case I think.

Otto