New stealth bass on the block! (Big pics)

Hey everybody. Well here's a project bass I've been working on. I'm really happy with the way it came out. I put it together using a lot of random parts but it came together nicely. The body is an old distressed Precision body. The Pickup is some random fender, and the bridge and tuners are totally unknown. The beauty of this bass is in the neck. It started it's life as a Jazz neck. I defretted it, replacing the frets with wood veneer, not putty. Then the whole thing recieved many coats of flat black paint and satin finish. I also came up with the headstock design which I love!

As far as the sound goes, it is exactly what I wanted. I was trying to get as close to an upright sound as possible. It has Fender Nylon Tapewound strings and a very high action which work together to give it that upright thump. I have not heard or played an Electric upright that sounded more like an upright than this bass. I'm very happy!






The bass isn't quite done yet. It will be receiving some electronics soon, as well as a chrome pickup cover. I'm also going to try some pinstriping on it to give it that old school hot rod look. Anyways, I hope you guys like it!

 

By the way, the whole bass was built for under $200.