My P Bass Refurb

[JGbassman]

My '94 Black label. Hipshot tuners, Hipshot D tuner, EMG geezer pickups and wiring harness, pickguard off am older p, not really which year or make, dug it out from my parts bin. Gotoh 201b bridge, and chrome knobs off a 70's p bass. It's set up for a tribute band right now.

Besides that, it's completely stock!

 

[Stringler]

I had a "black label" MIM. I gutted it (had tiny little pots and super thin wire and the Strat-style knobs. Made a new wiring harness, shielded it, new $10 pick guard I got off Amazon and dropped in an old American Standard pickup I had lying around and strung it with some LaBella flats. Came out great and sold into a buddy of mine.

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Absolutely love the ashtrays, classic look.

 

[vancityjoe]

my thought: tort pickguard would finish this baby off.

nice acquisition

 

[projectapollo]

Tort it.

 

[JaseyT]

Those came with it. I was thinking the chrome small ones would look good. I haven’t ordered them yet.
Don’t like the vintage look? Lol.

I've always actually liked the Strat-type knobs on some Precisions and Jazzes. Probably because my very first Fender was a Mexican P, pretty much a twin to yours except for being red. Probably made around the same time as yours, from the looks of it. Mine is/was made in '95.

 

[MynameisMe]

My '94 Black label. Hipshot tuners, Hipshot D tuner, EMG geezer pickups and wiring harness, pickguard off am older p, not really which year or make, dug it out from my parts bin. Gotoh 201b bridge, and chrome knobs off a 70's p bass. It's set up for a tribute band right now.

Besides that, it's completely stock!

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Love the black on black!

 

[MynameisMe]

I had a "black label" MIM. I gutted it (had tiny little pots and super thin wire and the Strat-style knobs. Made a new wiring harness, shielded it, new $10 pick guard I got off Amazon and dropped in an old American Standard pickup I had lying around and strung it with some LaBella flats. Came out great and sold into a buddy of mine.

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I like the black pickguard on cream.

 

[Maxdusty]

Those are 500 K pots in the one I just refurbed. I have a set of 250K Dunlop pots I bought and didn't use I could put in there but I don't know exactly how to install and which capacitor goes on the tone knob.

I just bought one of the wiring harnesses online and only thing I had to solder to it were the pickup wires. It had CTS pots, capacitor and a switchcraft jack. I think it was around $10. I guess if yours had 500K, maybe the pots on mine might have been the original ones - which aren't ideal for a passive bass.

 

[Maxdusty]

View attachment 3307591 I took these off an Arbor bass.
I couldn't get these other classy clear knobs off the eBay bass.
So settled for metal.
Let chaos ensue!

best way I found to remove stubborn push on knobs, dental floss or shoestring. Some videos on YouTube about it, it essentially wraps under the knob, just lift and they pop off.

 

[Vinnie Boombatz]

I like the black pickguard on cream.

Was initially going for a 70's/Clash look, then decided to add some flats and covers.

 

[Vinnie Boombatz]

best way I found to remove stubborn push on knobs, dental floss or shoestring. Some videos on YouTube about it, it essentially wraps under the knob, just lift and they pop off.

A t-shirt works really well. Get the edge of the t-shirt around the underside of the knob and make sort of a pouch or sling around it and then pull up to remove it.

 

[dbsfgyd1]

View attachment 3307202 View attachment 3307203 View attachment 3307204 View attachment 3307205 View attachment 3307206 View attachment 3307208 View attachment 3307202 View attachment 3307203 View attachment 3307204 View attachment 3307205 View attachment 3307206 View attachment 3307208 I got this MIM P Bass for $ 200.00 on Craigslist. It had great action an aged lacquer neck and all original hardware. It was real dirty and had a funk about it.
It took three attempts with naptha, rubbing alcohol and Murphy's Oil Soap to get the funk off it.
It took taking all the hardware off and cleaning it several times.
I replaced the pickups with Fender Original P Bass pickups and a new pick guards. The pots were fine.
Here are the pics. Enjoy! Plays and sounds awesome!

Nice job...Are you open for business???

 

[MynameisMe]

Nice job...Are you open for business???

Perhaps I should be.

 

[wideload]

I was taken aback when I scrolled down and saw the blue pickguard. Very nice indeed. And now you have a White Walker Bass!

 

[MynameisMe]

I was taken aback when I scrolled down and saw the blue pickguard. Very nice indeed. And now you have a White Walker Bass!

Please provide a link so I can see what you're talking about.

 

[wideload]

Please provide a link so I can see what you're talking about.

Sorry! It’s a reference to Game of Thrones. A large clan of icy, blue-eyed “zombies” are about to invade after a thousand years of being trapped in the North behind a large wall. Great fun!

 

[MynameisMe]

Sorry! It’s a reference to Game of Thrones. A large clan of icy, blue-eyed “zombies” are about to invade after a thousand years of being trapped in the North behind a large wall. Great fun!

I'm pretty clueless about that so I was wrong I thought it was actual Bass.

 

[underwhelmist]

I like the mods you’ve made to this - I have the same model (same colour, same knobs, serial number isn’t far away from yours!) and you’ve got me thinking about making some mods to mine...

 

[MynameisMe]

I like the mods you’ve made to this - I have the same model (same colour, same knobs, serial number isn’t far away from yours!) and you’ve got me thinking about making some mods to mine...

I got the pickguard off of Amazon and the pickups I only have about $100 into actual mods.

 

[bassliner50]

Must have big chunky gnarly flat top chrome knobs!