Mighty Mite Body Closeout at Stew Mac

[FingerDub]

Because it's not something you typically see on a bass guitar circuit.
Not knocking your purchase in any way. Was just curious.

I didn't think you were. I just don't understand why having one would be a good or bad thing.

 

[PunkKitty]

Mine is finished. I ended up using a Squier Classic Vibe pickup because the pickup I was going to use died. I'm going to order a Bill Lawrence P46 for it. I strung it with Fender flat wounds. The bridge is a Wilkinson.

 

[FingerDub]

sweet!

 

[FingerDub]

Because it's not something you typically see on a bass guitar circuit.
Not knocking your purchase in any way. Was just curious.

FYI. You got me curious of course, here was his response.

"It is an inductor. It's purpose is to boost the signal to make the capacitor and resistor create a dip in the mid range similar to a q filter but more dramatic."

Apparently this is a mod worth doing according to some of my research. Should make it sound like a Stingray when I hit the mid switch.

 

[FingerDub]

I did this too. Glad you said they are a perfect fit. To get it right, it's worth the extra $30 for me. Jason is great as usual. Hopefully I'll get them soon.

I got mine today, - here are mine. They are a GREAT fit. There is a washer, a threaded insert and then a bushing that goes over the threaded part. It fit very nicely on this MM neck. You will have no troubles with this. Glad I stuck with my instincts and waited.

 

[Callused Finger]

I got mine today, - here are mine. They are a GREAT fit. There is a washer, a threaded insert and then a bushing that goes over the threaded part. It fit very nicely on this MM neck. You will have no troubles with this. Glad I stuck with my instincts and waited.

Looking good! Maybe you sorted it out but just in case, the washer goes on the front side of the head stock under the tuning machine nut. That way you aren't digging the nut into the wood when snugged up.

 

[Callused Finger]

So I jammed with the band last night and something is still missing from this bass.
Last try is replacing the Bartolini 8S pickups with a set of Bartolini SU pbass pickups. If that doesn't do it I'm selling this body and buying a Warmoth.

 

[Jones64]

Feeling for you Callused Finger. I want to encourage you not to give up the fight, as I bought two of these mighty mite bodies. On one I put a Warmoth neck on and a geezer and while not vintage it cuts and sounds big, the other I put a squire neck on and a loller and it sounds way more subdubed. I thought it would be my old school flats Jamersom sound, but not cutting it.

I know it has been said a lot on thees forums, but I think a better neck really helps the sound. I would try another neck on the bass now with the Bart and see if that sounds better. With mine with the Lollar I found that if I send it through a pedal preamp that help quite a bit.

You could also try a heavier bridge. I bought a couple of these Perfromance brass bridges on Amazon (about $30) and it really helped a squire project I have been goofing around with.

I relate with the struggle between enjoying the process and wanting a great sounding bass.

 

[Callused Finger]

Feeling for you Callused Finger. I want to encourage you not to give up the fight, as I bought two of these mighty mite bodies. On one I put a Warmoth neck on and a geezer and while not vintage it cuts and sounds big, the other I put a squire neck on and a loller and it sounds way more subdubed. I thought it would be my old school flats Jamersom sound, but not cutting it.

I know it has been said a lot on thees forums, but I think a better neck really helps the sound. I would try another neck on the bass now with the Bart and see if that sounds better. With mine with the Lollar I found that if I send it through a pedal preamp that help quite a bit.

You could also try a heavier bridge. I bought a couple of these Perfromance brass bridges on Amazon (about $30) and it really helped a squire project I have been goofing around with.

I relate with the struggle between enjoying the process and wanting a great sounding bass.

Thank you! I appreciate the encouragement and genuinely hope your basses turn out great. Putting one together into something special is like finding needles in a hay stack of ho-hum basses.

The AllParts Jazz neck is a big improvement. I did upgrade to a Gotoh 302 bridge. While it's not massive it should be an improvement over the flimsy one I was using.
My main problem is my '75 pbass. Its a true gem and nothing sounds as good as it does.
I was hoping this bass would have a sound of it's own while making its way through drums, guitar keys and in this case sitar but that doesn't seem to be the case, yet.

Ordered the Bartolini SU's. Just for science I'm going to force myself to make a sound clip with both pickups.

Btw I should mention, it seems that the mighty mite body I received had a non-level neck pocket. I can see the neck is not parallel with the body when bolted up. I shimmed it but thats certainly not helping things. I put the same neck on a squire VM body and it's nice and level.

 

[FingerDub]

I know this has been a really long time, but I never got a chance to post my build because of a website error. Thank you to the administrators for fixing it. Here is my final build.

Mighty Mite Cherry burst jazz body
Mighty Mite Precision Maple neck
Gotoh 203 bridge
Aguilar AG 4J 60s pickups
Custom jazz bass harness with push pull mid scoop and series parallel options, with treble bleed circuits for additional beef
Hipshot ultralight tuners
Neck is bolted-on with threaded inserts for extra stability and connection to body
Block inlay stickers and Fender waterslide decal
Custom neck plate

First I had a white pearloid pickguard but then I settled on black and I think it suits the bass better.

Here it is!