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#41
I've been thinking of maybe saving some money and ordering the necesary components from Warmoth to build my own variant of a 54 Precision...

Basically I want a 54' P, routed for two split P pickups at the bridge and in the middle. Ideally, I'd like to keep the 54's overall layout as far as the pickguard is concerned. As far as that snazzy looking control plate goes, I'd use stacked knobs for volume and tone for each pickup if that were possible (I haven't delved into the wonderful world of wiring yet.) Maple neck with a jazz profile, rosewood fingerboard bound and blocked. Tele headstock with a finish matching the body. Chrome hardware. If I had to pick a colour set, it would be surf green with a tort guard, or black with a red or green tort guard...

Now where is that lottery win...
 
#43
This is my current fav -

80's MIJ P Bass neck on a alder Jazz body, Tonerider pickups, vintage threaded bridge, NOS Goodall PIO cap, flats, and tons of tone !

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#44
Music Man Stingray 5 HH
-All black, no pickguard
-24 fret neck through body w/matching finish on neck
-Headstock and back of headstock not matching finish
-Rosewood fretboard w/o inlays
-2 EMG MM pickups w/5 band active preamp
-String through body
-Black hardware
 
#46
-Traben Havoc-like shape, maybe bigger.
-Electric Blue (but a bit transparant)
-5 String
-Painted maple neck /w rosewood fingerboard
-G&L L2500 preamp
-J/MM /w some sort of very hot Jazz pickup and a regular alnico Stingray pickup.

DROOL!

Can someone please photoshop this?
 
#47
I don't want anything extra-ordinary or rare. Honestly my 4 fretted and 5 fretless I have now suit me well, but if I had to pick something it would be a Bongo 5 string fretless lefty. Orange body and color matched head stock with a maple neck and fingerboard. Basically a giant orange cream sickle!

Either that or I love single cut-aways. I would love a left handed single cut away with a 35" scale either in 4 string tuned BEAD or 5 string tuned BEADG. It should be black body, ebony fingerboard, black stained neck, black headstock, black hardware. I totally dig the stealth bomber look. Ooo, and if possible, made of a weird material, like Vibracell. I dig strange construction and materials.
 
#48
A Natural Finish Double Kneck P bass. I know it's heavy and has very little playability but I have always wanted one. Last one I tried to purchase was over six grand.
P.S.: I decided to quit selling my bass collection on ebay. Until I learn more on how this auction thing works. I just sold my custom OLP bass for practically nothing. I don't want it to become a non profit foundation for Mic Nuggette'.
Mic Nuggette'
 
#50
I'd like a Dingwall Super P, with a slightly downsized, lightweight P body, and the P/J pickups and electronics from the Super J.

Heck, I'd be darned happy with a G&L SB-2 that came with a higher output, noiseless bridge pickup. A chambered L-2000 would be pretty sweet too.
 
#51
i was thinking the other day about this!

i think:
rickenbacker 4001 without the binding and inlays
slightly sleeker body with the chris squire ric
4003 push/pull tone pot
very aged cream colour with black scrathcplate and chrome hardware!
pickguardian bridge pickup cover with hole for thumbrest
badass bridge because i dont like the ric 4001/4003 style bridges at all.
 
#56
Stambaugh- 4-string, fretless, bolt-on wenge neck, blacker-than-black ebony fingerboard w/bubinga partial lines. Ash body(possibly chambered)w/cocobolo, zebrawood or camphor burl top. Either passive Bart Js or MM w/some kind of super-adjustable-in-the-mids active preamp. Gotoh tuners, d-tuner on the E. Shaped like this(post #14), with an oil finish & black or gold hardware: http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=293353
 
#57
I think I finaaly found mine after 30 years of searching;
Its dead sexy,
plays as good as anything I have ever played,
sounds as good as anything I have ever played
for once in my bass-life I can honestly say I am gas free
..........for now.....:D
 

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