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Egyptian Bass (Part 2)

Egyptian Bass - Dig or Dislike

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Stickk

Stickk

Sep 2, 2008
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Jambi
#1
Here's a picture of my soon to be Egyptian Bass (the design is kinda messed up, scanners don't take hand-drawn pictures that well. This picture's kinda sloppy; I drew it in class today).

Specs:
-All Maple Fretted Precision Bass Neck, 20 frets, '51 headstock
-2 Jazz Bass Pickups
-Bad Ass II Bridge
-Body: Ash stained ebony with a Zebrawood Laminate Top. Alembic Scorpion Body
-Controls: 2 Volume, 2 Tone, Killswitch, Series Parallel Switch
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What do you think?

NOTE: Jordasch came up with the term "Fendorpion."
 
#5
If you use ash you might want to enhance the grain (check out some F-basses without an exotic top!). There was some other dude here who built an Alembic-ish body and attached a Fender-type neck to it, I think he burned the grain to enhance it, you might wanna give it a go!

I really dig the 11-12-13th frets inlay... :)

Good luck.
 
#7
I suggest you to leave the Eye of Horus out of the first fret. Instead do it on the headstock. Btw, you can shape the headstock to resemble a scorpion sting. Something like this, I am terrible at drawing

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#10
JonathanF said:
If you use ash you might want to enhance the grain (check out some F-basses without an exotic top!). There was some other dude here who built an Alembic-ish body and attached a Fender-type neck to it, I think he burned the grain to enhance it, you might wanna give it a go!

I really dig the 11-12-13th frets inlay... :)

Good luck.
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I did that with my Fender Omega build, which can be viewed in my "It's Alive (Part 2)" thread.
 
#13
Stickk said:
While gold hardware would be cool, I'm going to have to stick with silver. This is because this bass is being transformed from my white jazz bass.
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...................!?!?!?!? WHAT!?!?!:eek:

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
WHY?? WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYY???? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO PLEASE NOOOOOO.:crying::crying::crying::crying:


Gold hardware will look awesome on that bass! Come on Faraohs were buried with gold!
 
#14
You're going to re-cut the J-Bass to that body style?

How then are you going to have striper woods? Or will that just be a paint job? I would just have the Jazz's fretboard inlayed with the Egyptian symbols, and then just change over to new gold hardware.... maybe even a new pickguard (I'm sure even something gaudy [like the pyramids] would look cool on a bass like that)............ Add some flats, and, if you're really in the mood for a makeover (and have the cash), have a shop route out the body and install a humbucker.

[EDIT] All this is, of course, assuming that you leave it as a white Jazz, and don't cut the body.

Just my opinion... and with that, I have given myself GAS.
 

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