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Let's See Your Hot-Rodded Cheapo Basses!
- Thread starter Riff Ranger
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Ahhh…so, you're the one who snagged it off the Classifieds.Waiting arrival on this.View attachment 3901224View attachment 3901225 A finish I hated when I was young. I now love it since I’m old and eat avocados.
If it were an Antigua-finished Jazz body, I might've made a play for it (…not that I need another Projekt on my plate! 
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Ahhh…so, you're the one who snagged it off the Classifieds.
No, buy a good guard in a quality Tort, Black Pearloid or Black/White/Black.I’ve got another one!
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1992 Peavey Fury (180 USD in 2019).
I remember wishing I had gotten one of these back in the early ‘90s when I had just gotten started. A cousin and a friend both had them, and I remember loving the necks even though I generally prefer Precision dimensions. When my cousin recently got himself another, I finally had to have one of my own.
It came to me in good shape and ready to handle my standard tuning, general purpose bass needs—but the cheap white plastic pickguard and even cheaper plastic knobs (replacements?) had to go.
I custom ordered a mirror pickguard (70 USD) but it didn’t quite fit
After I came upon some sweet old Peavey knobs (9 USD each), though, I knew I had to give them a try:
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Emboldened by the instant improvement, I summoned my courage and went about making the guard fit. I will need to drill some new screw holes if I fully commit. What do you think? Should I get drilling?
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Sorry, I hate plastic mirror guards...if I want shiny it would be aluminum that I buffed to shiny.
It's a great bass, give it a nice guard with the holes in the right places.
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Those pearloid pick guards on red look so nice. Been keeping my jetsons jr stock but that is tempting though it would be a custom shape. And I'm always tempted to swap for geezers pickups but love the stock sound and not sure what pickup change will do. One day I will probably cave.
This is Hello Kitty, a 2008 Squier Badtz Maru Bronco I picked up from the want ads for €200 - my oldest, and most expensive, bass to date. This bass is also the reason my plaid Stingkitty is named NuKitty; the name Hello Kitty was already taken.
Anyway, I strung her with GHS Short Scale Precision Flats, applied block inlay stickers, and used double sided tape to put on a thumbrest.
Anyway, I strung her with GHS Short Scale Precision Flats, applied block inlay stickers, and used double sided tape to put on a thumbrest.
I’ve got another one!
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1992 Peavey Fury (180 USD in 2019).
I remember wishing I had gotten one of these back in the early ‘90s when I had just gotten started. A cousin and a friend both had them, and I remember loving the necks even though I generally prefer Precision dimensions. When my cousin recently got himself another, I finally had to have one of my own.
It came to me in good shape and ready to handle my standard tuning, general purpose bass needs—but the cheap white plastic pickguard and even cheaper plastic knobs (replacements?) had to go.
I custom ordered a mirror pickguard (70 USD
After I came upon some sweet old Peavey knobs (9 USD each), though, I knew I had to give them a try:
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Emboldened by the instant improvement, I summoned my courage and went about making the guard fit. I will need to drill some new screw holes if I fully commit. What do you think? Should I get drilling?
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That’s pretty slick!
Maybe try putting just the screw heads into those holes with some silicone or epoxy or something if the guard isn’t lifting as a result. Otherwise, I’d just screw new holes.
I have already taken the plunge and drilled as necessary to get all the screws in. I have no regrets, and it sounds like the stock white pickguard will get new life on another TalkBass person's Fury very soon. So, that worked out well. Now, if I could just sell my black-on-white Fury with neck issues ...
Here's my ricer:
She started life as a bone-stock Fender Mexi Jazz, but I definitely had bigger plans in mind for her. Within a month of buying her, she had a new white pearl PG, DiMarzio Ultra Jazz pickups, an AllParts high-mass bridge, and a hole in her side for a new jack location, giving me an extra knob in the control plate for VVTT controls. I've since replaced the AllParts bridge with a Hipshot (the AllParts was never perfect, and had started to pull up at the tailpiece) and added an XTender tuner on the E.
I'm casually considering a Sadowsky preamp control plate as a better use of the four-knob config (independent tone isn't as useful as it sounded in my head, just one of those lessons you lean as you tinker), which would likely require routing a battery box, but there might be room to just stuff the 9V in up by the neck pickup. The control plate's only 3 screws, it's not that big a deal to open up for a battery swap unlike a P or certain other designs. She also needs a fret leveling and possibly at least a partial refret to level the neck surface; she has the typical Fender hump at the neck-body joint that raises the upper frets, so to really get her action down to what my Yammie and Sire are capable of, that needs to be addressed. She remains my funky four (my other two are fivers) and a capable backup and recording instrument.
She started life as a bone-stock Fender Mexi Jazz, but I definitely had bigger plans in mind for her. Within a month of buying her, she had a new white pearl PG, DiMarzio Ultra Jazz pickups, an AllParts high-mass bridge, and a hole in her side for a new jack location, giving me an extra knob in the control plate for VVTT controls. I've since replaced the AllParts bridge with a Hipshot (the AllParts was never perfect, and had started to pull up at the tailpiece) and added an XTender tuner on the E.
I'm casually considering a Sadowsky preamp control plate as a better use of the four-knob config (independent tone isn't as useful as it sounded in my head, just one of those lessons you lean as you tinker), which would likely require routing a battery box, but there might be room to just stuff the 9V in up by the neck pickup. The control plate's only 3 screws, it's not that big a deal to open up for a battery swap unlike a P or certain other designs. She also needs a fret leveling and possibly at least a partial refret to level the neck surface; she has the typical Fender hump at the neck-body joint that raises the upper frets, so to really get her action down to what my Yammie and Sire are capable of, that needs to be addressed. She remains my funky four (my other two are fivers) and a capable backup and recording instrument.
Say hello to Veronica. Veronica is a Dimavery PB500 in Surf Green that I bought NIB off eBay for €133.95 in March 2019. Other than GHS ML-3045 Bass Boomers (45-100), a shim in the neck pocket, and a thumbrest (I used a pickguard screwhole - no extra holes drilled), she's stock. I've gigged her twice, neither was a satisfying experience.
Definitely an El Cheapo, I'm not happy with her sound, nor the way the E string splays on the headstock. She is pleasing to the eye, however. I'll probably sell her in not too distant future.
Definitely an El Cheapo, I'm not happy with her sound, nor the way the E string splays on the headstock. She is pleasing to the eye, however. I'll probably sell her in not too distant future.
After the £275 TV Jones Cabronita build I was glad to bring this one in under £200.
Baseball blocked/binding neck, T-bird pickup, slab body with binding. 2 saddle through body. Matt finish.
A relatively quick and simple build, first time doing binding. Reverse headstock has caught me on the wrong foot a few times
Baseball blocked/binding neck, T-bird pickup, slab body with binding. 2 saddle through body. Matt finish.
A relatively quick and simple build, first time doing binding. Reverse headstock has caught me on the wrong foot a few times
I am very happy with the GZRs. They are warm and have a nice growl. The tone knob gives you a pretty wide range to play with. And they were super easy to install. When I first plugged in my wife came in and said that she really could hear a difference.
That said, I needed a working pup and this is where I landed. I am not planning on replacing other pups like on the fender in my avatar. Although as I type I am getting ideas
I picked up this SX for $100, solid ash body wtih a bound and blocked neck. Got it home and liked the feel and playability, worthy of some hot rodding.
Mods: Dimarzio Ultra Jazz pups with pre-wired control plate.
D'Addario Chrome Flats
Replaced white pickguard with blue tort.
Lovin' this one.
Mods: Dimarzio Ultra Jazz pups with pre-wired control plate.
D'Addario Chrome Flats
Replaced white pickguard with blue tort.
Lovin' this one.
Sa-weet!
I think you and I could agree the world needs more dark, trans-blue J-basses, ja?
I’m generally lukewarm on blue finishes and tort/pearloid. It seems, however, that I love blue tort (or pearloid) on translucent blue! Bonus points for the blue silks
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Ibanez GSR200 in blue.
I bought it on CL from a guy who bought it new for his 14 year old son who wanted to learn to play bass. He said his kid fiddled with it for less than a week and gave up. I inspected it thoroughly and found no nicks, scratches, or blemishes anywhere, so it was essentially in as - new condition.
Brand new, they're $200.
I paid $80.
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The active pickups were unacceptably noisy so I replaced them with the EMG Geezer signature set. I spent $180 for the pickups.
I suspect the kid gave up on the bass because it was so horribly set up. The strings were about ¼" above the board at the 12th fret and the intonation was way off. Between the bad set up and noisy pickups it was unplayable.
With a proper setup and good pickups, it's actually a gig worthy bass.
My total cost - $260
I bought it on CL from a guy who bought it new for his 14 year old son who wanted to learn to play bass. He said his kid fiddled with it for less than a week and gave up. I inspected it thoroughly and found no nicks, scratches, or blemishes anywhere, so it was essentially in as - new condition.
Brand new, they're $200.
I paid $80.
Stock photo:
The active pickups were unacceptably noisy so I replaced them with the EMG Geezer signature set. I spent $180 for the pickups.
I suspect the kid gave up on the bass because it was so horribly set up. The strings were about ¼" above the board at the 12th fret and the intonation was way off. Between the bad set up and noisy pickups it was unplayable.
With a proper setup and good pickups, it's actually a gig worthy bass.
My total cost - $260
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