I have an old bass...

[Ric5]

It’s an incredibly terrible bass, someone put a short scale epiphone neck and bridge on a les Paul body and put god knows what pickup on it. Anyways part of the outermost wires on the coil have been clearly knicked and are coming undone. Will it survive? I paid 60 dollars for this at a garage sale

I love frankensteined basses

 

[Mrtoodamnsabre]

I like it, go to a music store with a tape measure and see if the bridge holes are the same as an Epiphone EBO. If the neck is straight, it ought to be a great shortie

it’s got a bridge with posts but the bridge is lost. Trying to figure out what bridge it had is the tricky part. It has one of those tailpaices that held the strings and two posts that you would put the bridge on

 

[Andy Marshman]

I would take the bass to a store (that has 3 point compatible bridges) and see if it matches up. Or, order from Amazon. If it's not a fit, you can return it for a refund.

 

[Old Fart]

Measure from the nut to the 12th fret. Then measure that same distance from the 12th fret down through the body. This is roughly where the bridge saddles would need to be. Is this a location on the body of the bass? If so, then a bridge can be installed and this bass body/neck combination can be a working bass. Electronics, like pickups and stuff, are not hard to find and not spendy. But if that (bridge saddle) location is not on the body, then this neck will not work on that body.

 

[kevmac]

I am willing to share picks of this bass, I lost the bridge and am trying to find a replacement but also am genuinely wondering if the pickup will die either sooner or later

Let's get to the point.You paid 60 bucks.Do you like the bass? If so why not put a suitable bridge and depending if the pup is fixable or worth doing so, you'd have a playable bass for the cheap.Decent pickups ( Entwistle, Wilkerson etc.) can be cheap.And if you have any skill with a soldering iron even better.Eppiphone necks are usually pretty good.This bass (if it is a bass body) originally had what looks to be a Gibson style two point bridge.If a short scale neck was installed to a previously long scale bass this won't work as previous posts have pointed out where the bridge needs to be located for the possibility of proper intonation.If this is the case, removal of the two studs would allow a more conventional type bridge to be located in the right place.Many including myself do not like the 2 and 3 point bridge design,so it could be a blessing in disguise. I love modding life back into a cheapo bass.

 

[dbsfgyd1]

It’s an incredibly terrible bass, someone put a short scale epiphone neck and bridge on a les Paul body and put god knows what pickup on it. Anyways part of the outermost wires on the coil have been clearly knicked and are coming undone. Will it survive? I paid 60 dollars for this at a garage sale

If you are looking for a challenge, go for it. Not doubt you can get it functional. The question will it be a good instrument when you are done, will it be cost effective, and finally will you actually play it?

 

[GretschWretch]

it’s got a bridge with posts but the bridge is lost. Trying to figure out what bridge it had is the tricky part. It has one of those tailpaices that held the strings and two posts that you would put the bridge on

Look here

"les paul bass" japanese - Google Search

for comparisons. In the seventies and eighties there was no shortage of import Les Paul basses, nearly all short-scale and with bolt necks.

 

[wiscoaster]

I clicked on this thread specifically to see some pics of this terrible bass.

 

[DirtDog]

Let's cut to the chase. Who's picking up the 5 Guys and where can I Venmo my contribution?

 

[Sharko]

Me, when I saw the thread title....
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Same here. I was really hoping to get my fix. I wanted no pictures and a bonkers story about how grandpa pigeons sold it to him with only 2 strings in it. My disappointment is immeasurable.

 

[4dog]

Looks like a fun project. The world is full of bass pickups.
I agree with an earlier post - determine if you can install a replacement bridge that meets your needs for a 30" scale. Also check to see if the truss rod is seized. Not much point of going further if that's defective.
Measure the body's pickup routing then see who makes a pickup that would fit. Don't cheap out on a PUP at this point.
If your old PUP's wires were damaged, likely the routing wasn't big enough and they rubbed on the sides of the body.

there was a grrrreaaat rooobing of paaarts!

 

[Gunga Din]

Same here. I was really hoping to get my fix. I wanted no pictures and a bonkers story about how grandpa pigeons sold it to him with only 2 strings in it. My disappointment is immeasurable.

Legendary thread. Why was it 'offed'?

 

[Mrtoodamnsabre]

Let's get to the point.You paid 60 bucks.Do you like the bass? If so why not put a suitable bridge and depending if the pup is fixable or worth doing so, you'd have a playable bass for the cheap.Decent pickups ( Entwistle, Wilkerson etc.) can be cheap.And if you have any skill with a soldering iron even better.Eppiphone necks are usually pretty good.This bass (if it is a bass body) originally had what looks to be a Gibson style two point bridge.If a short scale neck was installed to a previously long scale bass this won't work as previous posts have pointed out where the bridge needs to be located for the possibility of proper intonation.If this is the case, removal of the two studs would allow a more conventional type bridge to be located in the right place.Many including myself do not like the 2 and 3 point bridge design,so it could be a blessing in disguise. I love modding life back into a cheapo bass.

plot thickens, it’s a epiphone less Paul guitar body, someone used wood filler to fill in the old pickups and switch locations, more pictures in like 10 days cause it’s at my parents house

If you are looking for a challenge, go for it. Not doubt you can get it functional. The question will it be a good instrument when you are done, will it be cost effective, and finally will you actually play it?

Question one, no
Questions 2, yes but only maybe so
Question three definitely!

Same here. I was really hoping to get my fix. I wanted no pictures and a bonkers story about how grandpa pigeons sold it to him with only 2 strings in it. My disappointment is immeasurable.

that thread is a work of art and I feel bad invoking it because it is perfect

 

[kevmac]

plot thickens, it’s a epiphone less Paul guitar body, someone used wood filler to fill in the old pickups and switch locations, more pictures in like 10 days cause it’s at my parents house


Question one, no
Questions 2, yes but only maybe so
Question three definitely!




that thread is a work of art and I feel bad invoking it because it is perfect

You still may be able to salvage it. on my EB0 30" scale it's 15" from the 12th fret to the saddles set at approx mid way on the bridge.If those studs can be removed a standard bridge may fit correctly in place.Chances are you can find a suitable bridge with proper string width.If you can make this work,the pickup and electronics will be easy to replace.

 

[Mrtoodamnsabre]

A lot of pictures of this thing so, no idea what kinda bridge I’m looking for outside of the fact that it had the trapeze thing, I see the two posts?
There’s the broken coil, now I’ve put a cell phone in it gut next to it, It’s very microphonic and it plays music if you play a song through it! So the tip coil is either broken or semi functional, but the bottom coil is fine, either way only need one I ‘Spose. Neck pocket is very “for a guitar and in the pic you can clearly see where the poker chip switch and old pickup has been filled and painted over

 

[Mrtoodamnsabre]

And a full body picture