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NBD - lightweight P-bass

Flying B

Flying B

Apr 29, 2018
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I just finished building this for myself, there's a build thread over in luthiers corner if anyone wants to see how I made it.
The brief was to make a copy of my trusty mim p which I love, but it's too heavy, so to make something lighter.
Specs:
Body: European lime (heavily chambered) with walnut top
Neck: Sycamore with walnut & black veneers. Carbon fibre tow beneath truss rod for stiffening. Walnut headstock veneer.
Fretboard: pale moon ebony with luminlay glow in the dark side dots
Nut: Tusq
Tuners: Gotoh resolite
Bridge: standard fender style bent plate (hosco)
Dunlop recessed straploks
Pickups: Delano
Aluminium knobs & string tree
Finish: a/c lacquer high gloss
Weight just over 7.5lb
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Plays and feels just like a p bass should, except delightfully lighter! Thanks for looking.
 
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Flying B said:
I just finished building this for myself, there's a build thread over in luthiers corner if anyone wants to see how I made it.
The brief was to make a copy of my trusty mim p which I love, but it's too heavy, so to make something lighter.
Specs:
Body: European lime (heavily chambered) with walnut top
Neck: Sycamore with walnut & black veneers. Carbon fibre tow beneath truss rod for stiffening. Walnut headstock veneer.
Fretboard: pale moon ebony with luminlay glow in the dark side dots
Nut: Tusq
Tuners: Gotoh resolite
Bridge: standard fender style bent plate (hosco)
Dunlop recessed straploks
Pickups: Delano
Aluminium knobs & string tree
Finish: a/c lacquer high gloss
Weight just over 7.5lb
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Plays and feels just like a p bass should, except delightfully lighter! Thanks for looking.
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'Tis a thing of beauty! :thumbsup:
 
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That is really beautiful and nicely done. Did you consider going through body for the string loading? That is the only thing I would have done differently, but I still give you a "10" on this one!
 
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GR7G5TER said:
That's a beutiful bass.

@Flying B do you have the link to the build thread?
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Flying B

Thread 'Super-lightweight P bass build'

I've been mulling over my next build for a while, and figured if I start a thread then I might actually get on with it. I've built a few basses for myself now, and whilst they've all been playable, I always end up going back to my trusty mim p bass. My only issue with it is it's weight. I'm not getting any younger, and it's not getting any lighter! So I'm going to try and make a close as possible copy of it, particularly the neck which I love, but hopefully a lot lighter.
Last time I was at my timber dealer I picked up a couple of chunks of European Lime (tilia x europaea, not...
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