P-Bass Club (Part 2) Precision Decisions

[J. Crawford]

IBTNT!

(In Before The New Thread!)

 

[Diogenes]

Just finished the last bit of work on my Squier Affinity P Bass. Actually only the neck is what's left of the Squier. The body is red oak, pickups overwound with newly installed ceramic magnets, a new pickguard I made out of a pvc pipe, rewired with just 1 volume knob, an old brass Dimarzio bridge I've been toting around since the early 80s and a little fret work has made this such a nice P to play.
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[EagleMoon]

Beautiful body on that bass. Did you make it yourself?

 

[WRBass]

Just finished the last bit of work on my Squier Affinity P Bass. Actually only the neck is what's left of the Squier. The body is red oak, pickups overwound with newly installed ceramic magnets, a new pickguard I made out of a pvc pipe, rewired with just 1 volume knob, an old brass Dimarzio bridge I've been toting around since the early 80s and a little fret work has made this such a nice P to play.

How did you make a black pick guard out of a PVC pipe? What size was the pipe?

 

[Diogenes]

Beautiful body on that bass. Did you make it yourself?

Thanks. Yea, it's just red oak I got from Lowe's home improvement store.
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How did you make a black pick guard out of a PVC pipe? What size was the pipe?

It's the thin walled pvc drain pipe, not anything thick like schedule 40, at 4 inches in diameter. I usually cut a 14" length, slice it down one side and put it in the oven at 250°F. When it flattens out it's like handling a thick piece of rubber or a thin car mat. Press it under a stack of books or whatever and once cool it's easily cut to shape with a scroll saw. Once cut with edges smoothed I hit it with automotive laquer or some other good quality rattle-can paint. Modern paints are very tough and wear resistant.

 

[EagleMoon]

Thanks. Yea, it's just red oak I got from Lowe's home improvement store.
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It has nicer grain than the typical swamp ash that you see. Very nice!

 

[bassmanrocke]

Red Oak? Isn't that heavy?

 

[9mmMike]

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It's the thin walled pvc drain pipe, not anything thick like schedule 40, at 4 inches in diameter. I usually cut a 14" length, slice it down one side and put it in the oven at 250°F. When it flattens out it's like handling a thick piece of rubber or a thin car mat. Press it under a stack of books or whatever and once cool it's easily cut to shape with a scroll saw. Once cut with edges smoothed I hit it with automotive laquer or some other good quality rattle-can paint. Modern paints are very tough and wear resistant.

Brilliant!

 

[dog1]

Sign me up.

 

[Diogenes]

Red Oak? Isn't that heavy?

Not any heavier than a T-40 or my ATK... well actually at 11lbs it's 6 ounces heavier than my ATK. But on the bright side, there's absolutely no neck dive!

I've always wanted a slab bodied P bass and have loved the grain of T-40s like this since the 80s:

Now I have a nice mix of both.

 

[Delton]

Here is my 2007 P-bass in midnight wine color. Would like to get one like this but with a maple neck..

Delton

 

[Bluesbob]

Here is my 2007 P-bass in midnight wine color. Would like to get one like this but with a maple neck..

Delton

Why not just go with another neck? (see my post #986)

 

[hypercarrots]

 

[User364378]

omg you are lucky, especially the black one looks kick ass!!!

 

[Staccato]

Count me in - Just picked up my first bass, a 2000 MIM P Bass

 

[Electra Player]

Wow, that looks like the same finish as mine, finally!
Mine's a 2000 MiM also, nice work.

 

[bocasfx]

This...

Reminds me of this...

 

[Boguszewivz]

SX P/J fretless

hit me with a number

Wow that thing looks amazing, im totally in love (so jealous lol). It reminds me of Tony Franklin's P-fretless, only i think his one is unlined . SX sure do make some sweet looking instruments, if rondo were allowed to ship here to Australia id have build a collection myself

 

[kcamsdog1387]

Just happened to have my camera out while I was jamming in my back yard. Here's my '89 Squier II and my '01 Affinity P-Bass.

 

[bassplyr5150]

Oh yeah, the '89! With invisible strings!