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**** If you build it, they will come. ****
- Thread starter Dark Horse
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I think it has a strikingly good look. Then again, someone else should dress me beyond a black T and jeans. Then again, I've built a bass and a guitar before and it's something that makes the instrument very special. I had taken a swamp ash body, super fine sanded it and used 0000 steel wool over and over with satin wax and within a few months the body had a vintage-worn look that people pay extra for. Fellow low-enders thought I had put a new neck on an old body. Tons of compliments. It's similar to, "Your girlfriend is hot."
My vote: do it. Sounds like you're almost there anyhow and my philosophy is who cares if it has non-traditional or hybrid parts but you may be different. After a flood that decimated my entire bass collection (4) & a loop hole in insurance provided $0 in assistance, I improved my $200 used (mint condish) Squier fretless jazz by merely adding some new tuners, pots, J-pickups (creme for contrast), , Tusq graphite nut, and a black top plate from Invalid Link Removed --yes, it doesn't have the clover-leaf tuners that go with a J-bass, but it stays in tune, sounds better, and I was happy to have one bass to call my own again. Few gigs and then some more girlfriends were added. I looked into replacing the neck because of the ebanol fingerboard (I'm an ebony spoiled-brat) but it's cost prohibitive. Sorry for the extra info, but just trying to support your decision on the Yes side and as well say that it may not matter about the looks.
My vote: do it. Sounds like you're almost there anyhow and my philosophy is who cares if it has non-traditional or hybrid parts but you may be different. After a flood that decimated my entire bass collection (4) & a loop hole in insurance provided $0 in assistance, I improved my $200 used (mint condish) Squier fretless jazz by merely adding some new tuners, pots, J-pickups (creme for contrast), , Tusq graphite nut, and a black top plate from Invalid Link Removed --yes, it doesn't have the clover-leaf tuners that go with a J-bass, but it stays in tune, sounds better, and I was happy to have one bass to call my own again. Few gigs and then some more girlfriends were added. I looked into replacing the neck because of the ebanol fingerboard (I'm an ebony spoiled-brat) but it's cost prohibitive. Sorry for the extra info, but just trying to support your decision on the Yes side and as well say that it may not matter about the looks.
I rummaged through my parts boxes and found some tuners...I also found a set of Duncan SPB-1 pickups, which I used instead of the OV62's. So, this morning I put together the bass.... sounds good. I haven't had a chance to fire it up loud, but I'm sure it sounds exactly like a P Bass should...
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Engine207
Losing faith in humanity...one call at a time.
I rummaged through my parts boxes and found some tuners...I also found a set of Duncan SPB-1 pickups, which I used instead of the OV62's. So, this morning I put together the bass.... sounds good. I haven't had a chance to fire it up loud, but I'm sure it sounds exactly like a P Bass should...
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I didn't think the red and tort would look good together but now after seeing it all together it actually has a nice look, there's something different about it.
I say keep it as is, maybe relic it a bit give it some "mojo" and enjoy it for a while.
gonna play it as is for now...see if it grows on me....it sounds great ...still getting used to the red
I rummaged through my parts boxes and found some tuners...I also found a set of Duncan SPB-1 pickups, which I used instead of the OV62's. So, this morning I put together the bass.... sounds good. I haven't had a chance to fire it up loud, but I'm sure it sounds exactly like a P Bass should...
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Nice job! If you have another tort pg laying around that closely resembles the one in the image, you might be able to do a graft of some sort. I saw where the guy at Bravewood Guitars did this once...
That's what I did on the one pictured below ( a "quick and dirty" graft)... but I don't have a similar tort guard at this particular moment to do it on this current bass....
Darkhorse ,
just wanted to say , that looks so cool. I always look forward to seeing another bass on the fence. Looks great, already looking forward to seeing the next one.
just wanted to say , that looks so cool. I always look forward to seeing another bass on the fence. Looks great, already looking forward to seeing the next one.
