Very cool, but come on Jimmy, you can’t tell us you “routed out under the pickguard as much as possible without it collapsing“ and not give us a visual— ya gotta let us see under the guard!
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NBD: Lighten Up, Francis!
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Sounds like a recipe for stinky britches. Isaac did a song named that for South Park.
Chambered plywood bodies could become a thing.
FWIW, Of the various “guitars of ill repute” I played in my sordid guitar “career,”* my two favorites have had plywood bodies. For years I played a Stinger Tele-shaped guitar with a coil-tappable bridge humbucker, T-style neck pickup, Sperzel tuners and a Kahler trem. It was a great-sounding rock axe until I tried routing the neck pickup hole to fit a Rick single coil in there. Mistaaaaake. Stability out the window.
Still have a single-HB hardtail Squier Bullet “Strat,” total cheapo but sounds and feels great. Stays in tune. Not much to go wrong.
I have concluded that plywood is found on low-end instruments but is no guarantee of actual real-world crappiness.
*three local gigging bands over a ten-year period in my 20s and early 30s.
FWIW, Of the various “guitars of ill repute” I played in my sordid guitar “career,”* my two favorites have had plywood bodies. For years I played a Stinger Tele-shaped guitar with a coil-tappable bridge humbucker, T-style neck pickup, Sperzel tuners and a Kahler trem. It was a great-sounding rock axe until I tried routing the neck pickup hole to fit a Rick single coil in there. Mistaaaaake. Stability out the window.
Still have a single-HB hardtail Squier Bullet “Strat,” total cheapo but sounds and feels great. Stays in tune. Not much to go wrong.
I have concluded that plywood is found on low-end instruments but is no guarantee of actual real-world crappiness.
*three local gigging bands over a ten-year period in my 20s and early 30s.
Yes, add me to the list of those that want to see "under the hood". I am also curious about dead spot migration.
I should have a Danelectro Hodad coming next week. I think its plywood and weighs ~7 lbs. They reportedly sound great.
Jimmy, when you said you were gonna paint it black (maybe in another post?) I was going to say don't, even though black is my favorite color on a bass, but then told my self it's not my business.. I agree w/ your wife that it looks great with that color.
My lightest p bass is 8.1 lbs, but it still has the stock squier tuners. Rock!
My lightest p bass is 8.1 lbs, but it still has the stock squier tuners. Rock!
Nothing like a little creativity meeting inspiration! Nice job Jimmy.
If you like blue, you should travel to Scotland to buy your basses. There, you can take your Pict.
Plywood top and back on (probably) a pine frame.
Mainly I mean the sides, although there may be a block beneath the bridge and rail bracing beneath the top.
Looks Cool! Fill the holes on the headstock and paint it to match the body. Then gig it. I guarantee people will ask what it is and where you got it.
@JimmyM , very cool.
Since you have your router all warmed up and set to go, maybe consider a route on the back of the headstock to bring it all back into balance.
About half the overall depth of the wood, running a straight line along the tuners, and then following the headstock shape, something like a 1/2" in from the edge to finish.
Could start a new trend!
exactly, during my PJ build I went thru countless pick guard ideas. Couldn't make up my mind so my wife narrowed it down to two or three of which I picked the dark gray tort.
It's funny how our SOs impact what we do or why we do things.
Congrats, I love it when a good mod comes together! I seem to always end up with black basses ( at least the last couple ). I like black a lot but really wanted a different color but I buy based on sound and the last three were all black l, I seriously wanted a burst jazz but the of all the ones I played this one black one just had the best tone. Anyway the basses were MIJ geddy ( sold it ),MIA P bass ( sold it ), and my 2 current basses which are an MIA Fender Jazz and a Sterling SB14 ( way underrated bass ). Enjoy the as there is nothing like a bass under 8 pounds !
