Yeah, yeah. I know it's not very original but I don't care.
Specs:
Neck - Warmoth Jazz. Maple with a rosewood fingerboard. I intend to paint it black. (Other suggestions for the paint are welcome)
Body - Epiphone Thunderbird. Dunno what wood it is exactly. I am planning on painting it a vintage white kind of colour. (Again, other suggestions for the paint are welcome)
Bridge - Black Gotoh four string from Warmoth
Tuners - Black Schaller
Pickup - Seymour Duncan 1/4 pounder for P bass
Electronics - Passive with a single master volume as well as a kill switch
Here are some progress pics up until Sunday afternoon:
This is the body and the old neck, disassembled
The body, partially sanded. The bridge pickup route has a block of wood in it to fill it, as does the neck pickup route but it has been reshaped for the SD 1/4 pounders. These blocks are now glued in and tidied up. I won't bother with pictures of that.
A close up of where the P pickup will go. The bits of wood aren't glued in the photo but they are now.
Where I filled some of the holes that I don't need. I'm making the open hole on the left for a master volume knob and the one on the right is for a kill switch (It's bigger so that the switch fits)
A close up of the neck pocket that I had to widen so that the Jazz neck fits
And a picture with some of the hardware on it
All the modifications have been done with just a few basic tools and supplies which explains why the cavity for the pickup and the neck is so dodgey. I think it will be right though once I have the pickups in and the hard finish applied. I will try and tidy a few spots up a bit more as well.
I'll also be sure to post pictures of the bass once I'm finished. I plan on painting it in the style of the Duff McKagan signature (Black neck, vintage white body).
Any other suggestions for the paint job? Or just in general would be appreciated!
Specs:
Neck - Warmoth Jazz. Maple with a rosewood fingerboard. I intend to paint it black. (Other suggestions for the paint are welcome)
Body - Epiphone Thunderbird. Dunno what wood it is exactly. I am planning on painting it a vintage white kind of colour. (Again, other suggestions for the paint are welcome)
Bridge - Black Gotoh four string from Warmoth
Tuners - Black Schaller
Pickup - Seymour Duncan 1/4 pounder for P bass
Electronics - Passive with a single master volume as well as a kill switch
Here are some progress pics up until Sunday afternoon:
This is the body and the old neck, disassembled
The body, partially sanded. The bridge pickup route has a block of wood in it to fill it, as does the neck pickup route but it has been reshaped for the SD 1/4 pounders. These blocks are now glued in and tidied up. I won't bother with pictures of that.
A close up of where the P pickup will go. The bits of wood aren't glued in the photo but they are now.
Where I filled some of the holes that I don't need. I'm making the open hole on the left for a master volume knob and the one on the right is for a kill switch (It's bigger so that the switch fits)
A close up of the neck pocket that I had to widen so that the Jazz neck fits
And a picture with some of the hardware on it
All the modifications have been done with just a few basic tools and supplies which explains why the cavity for the pickup and the neck is so dodgey. I think it will be right though once I have the pickups in and the hard finish applied. I will try and tidy a few spots up a bit more as well.
I'll also be sure to post pictures of the bass once I'm finished. I plan on painting it in the style of the Duff McKagan signature (Black neck, vintage white body).
Any other suggestions for the paint job? Or just in general would be appreciated!
), making sure it threads a goodly amount into the metal part. Then tighten the nut securely against the bridge mount- now unscrew the whole thing(screw, nut & bridge-mount)from the body. Mind you this is a semi-educated guess, & if you ruin your bass following my advice, we never had this conversation. 
