I have been wanting a graphite necked bass for some time. A few weeks ago I picked up a Moses graphite Precision neck from a local TB'er. At first I was going to build a '54 style P Bass body for it, but realized that the reason I wanted a graphite necked bass in the first place was because I had loved playing a friends' Stingray with a Moses neck. So...another TB'er was selling a Warmoth P body loaded with a Nordstrand MusicMan pickup (volume / tone / series-parallel switch). The vintage nitro blonde finish even has an early 50s Precision vibe. I swapped out the bridge and knobs, added a Dremel-modded Stingray pick guard and...
Really happy with how she turned out. Very comfortable, well balanced and sounds fantastic. Does the crisp graphite thing that I was looking for very well but also rolls off into a more organic growliness. Loves to interact with pedals too. My only fear is that I may have stepped too close to the slippery slope of building my own...
Really happy with how she turned out. Very comfortable, well balanced and sounds fantastic. Does the crisp graphite thing that I was looking for very well but also rolls off into a more organic growliness. Loves to interact with pedals too. My only fear is that I may have stepped too close to the slippery slope of building my own...
