help a 17 year old build the best bass PLZ and i garrentee your day will improve

1. your thread title doesn't have to read like a popup add. You will probably get alot more attention with a clearly stated topic in your title.

2. No one cares that your 17, I built my first bass when I was 17, and it is no excuse for having a better/worse instrument or getting more/less attention.

3. All the topics you want information on have been covered in depth on these boards. The search function is very helpful and since all your questions are about pickups, the pickups forum would be a good place to start.

4. Since I'm a nice guy and need to make up for tone of this post I will help you out this time:

Series/Parallel:
http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=108953

Piezo blend:
http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=86281

Welcome to Talkbass.

 

did your day improve?

 

yeah, I went to sleep right after that, it doesn't get much better than sleep.

 

No kidding. I have a ferret, and that thing sleeps like, 19 hours a day. I really wish I could do that.

 

Gah, 17 year olds like him make me look bad .

Honestly though, if you're building your first bass. You don't need a preamp, piezo, series/paralell, or any of that crap. All that stuff is pointless if the bass isn't built well. Just put in some passives and focus on building the bass.

 

My thoughts exactly. Getting a passive vol/vol/tone that works and is dead quiet will be more than enough challenge for your first bass. All that other stuff would be easy to add down the road if you decide the bass is everything you want it to be. This route will be alot easier on your pocket book too.

 

Rimshot!

 

17 year olds like him make 15 year olds like myself seem even worse. :-\

 

Haha, I'm 14, but 15 on the 19th of this month (Hello Hartke 3500!) does that still count?

I've glued the beautiful claro walnut body blank Larry sent me together, and started work on the templates... I'm testing the first version of the control cavity template on Tuesday actually, should be fun!

Anyway, yeah, I'm just using a couple of Kent Armstrong soapbars... I'm familiar with guitar/bass wiring, so I think I might coil tap them, but definitely nothing active, at least not until it's all working.

 

gah, what's with this! I turned 15, and my parents won't let me build a bass, but there are other 15 year olds doing it!

not fair...I want to build one...

Greg