NBD!!

[billiam5billion]

Well, UPS finally made it to my house at around 6:30, and this is what they brought-

As you can see, I started taking pics after I had already drilled for the PG and straplocks.
Here's the gear I had to drop in-
Gotoh 201 bridge
Rio Grande Vintage P pickups
MIM Fender Jazz neck-

And here's the finished product!

I got the chickenhead knobs on ebay for 3 bucks and the body was in stock at Warmoth for 165. I always wanted a P bass with a Jazz neck and now I've got one of a kind. More pics-

 

[audiomitch]

Looks like there's no clear coat. Did you oil it?

 

[Scott McC]

Nice. Love the 72 telebass pg on there. Very cool.

 

[billiam5billion]

I'm doing Tru oil starting today. The electronics aren't actually soldered at this point, I just wanted to check the fit on everything.

 

[bh2]

Wow... super!
Pickguard looks nice but I'd have gone for a 3ply.

It'll look superb with a bit of oil... will it get darker?

 

[RickeyC]

Looks good! I like it

 

[billiam5billion]

Yeah, it'll get darker but hopefully not by much. By the way, I've swapped necks on production Fender bodies that didn't fit as well as this Warmoth. No sanding, no wiggle room, just perfect.

Oh, and I skipped the three-ply 'guard to give it more of a powertool look, as basic as possible. I might've gone too far with the chickenheads.

 

[JMac- Wiskerface Designs]

Nice! That'd be the 72 P, if I am correct? Very cool! I have been very interested in that body style for some time.
I am really dig'n the look You're going for with it. Should be sweet when You get it all finished and put together.

 

[Spas]

I love the PG. I've been thinking of something like this myself, meaning a P with jazz neck.

 

[billiam5billion]

Yeah, it's the '72 style. No work til noon today so I applied the first coat of Tru-oil-
Bare wood for comparison-

First coat-

Really makes that grain pop!

 

[pasta4lnch]

nice!

 

[billiam5billion]

By the way, Gojo gets tru oil off your fingers, no sweat!

 

[cassius987]

Where do you get a pickguard like that? I've been wanting to do a project bass much like this one.

 

[christw]

Are those knobs chrome? That is so cool!

 

[billiam5billion]

The knobs are chrome plated, I'm pretty sure they're plastic underneath, but they have some real weight to them so the sleeve that goes on the post and the set screw are sturdy metal.

The pickguard is Warmoth too. I don't think it'll fit a standard P body though, since the website says they're made specifically for the Warmoth 72 bodies.

 

[Sifl]

The grain on that is super rad!

 

[Darkstrike]

Awesome!

 

[loinmute]

Yeah, it'll get darker but hopefully not by much. By the way, I've swapped necks on production Fender bodies that didn't fit as well as this Warmoth. No sanding, no wiggle room, just perfect.

Oh, and I skipped the three-ply 'guard to give it more of a powertool look, as basic as possible. I might've gone too far with the chickenheads.

That is a nice fit. It is hard (at least in ime) to get one that fits perfct.

 

[ghostdog93]

Very nice. I really like the looks of the '72 P, and wonder why you don't see more of them around.

The chickenheads are perfect IMO.

 

[RS]

Looks great.