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Post Your '51-55 Precision or Tele-inspired bass

#142
My first "real" bass was a 72 Tele that I bought in 84 for $200. I foolishly sold it years later. Recently picked up a US Schecter that has the Tele headstock. I actually like this better that the old Tele I had. The pickup config is better and the contoured body is nicer than the old slab body.

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#145
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Jay Tursor JTB-401
built 2009
I've picked up some Jay Tursor basses and just put them right back. This model is COMPLETELY different.

First bass I electrolytically shielded, and added a bone nut, Tusq saddles. Nice tonal improvement right there. Added the vintage pick up and bridge covers then custom cut away the p'up cover so to play where I wanted, and accommodate palm mute pick playing sweep (which sounds fantastic on this bass), black guard screws and pearl topped knobs for a nice retro look. Replaced the stock 500k capacitors with some Fender 250k - and then hot-rodded it direct from the pickup to the jack just to see. Pretty nice result. No volume or tone adjustment - just full pickup potential all the time baby!

To finish this project, I'd like to add split coils the way my bass hero Carl Radle did to his real Fender. The stock single coil will have a new cavity routered between the covers, and the split coils will go up where the single is now. Will probably have to rewire the knobs back into action for this though. 8^) This was fun, with great results - and far less dollars.

Strung with DR's flats. I call it "Thump Honey".
 
#147
55pbass said:
Here's my 1990 MIJ '51 Precision. I'm the original owner, the body is finished in black nitro, and the pickup is a Seymour Duncan 1/4 pounder. I added Hipshot tuners (with a D-tuner), a Badass II bridge bridge, Charvel knobs, and a Fender Mike Dirnt Bass pickguard. Then I played the heck out of it. The switch between the volume and tone is not wired up yet.
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I'm liking that Black and Maple look on these!
 
#158
Rugaar said:
Very cool, billiam5billion! Got a full shot? Details? Obviously some sort of custom build.

Here's my Squier CV. SD QP pup and upped electronics. D'A Chromes flats, tuned BEAD. The über-SCPB.

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How much difference did you notice on the output/tone?
I'm getting myself one pretty soon and have been thinking of swapping the stock with a SCPB-3 right away but am wondering if I should really spend the extra $70 dlls :help:
 
#159
funny, i love duncans, but i'm generally not a fan of the QP versions of seymour's pickups, but after trying his scpb-1, scpb-2, an antiquity II, and the QP, somehow the QP just works in one of these basses perfectly. it gives you a much fuller/stronger low E which i've always found to be a little lacking in both my vintage (50's & 60's) and my newer ones.
it makes it have a closer output level to a split coil p, but still retains a single coil voice.
 
#160
johnk_10 said:
funny, i love duncans, but i'm generally not a fan of the QP versions of seymour's pickups, but after trying his scpb-1, scpb-2, an antiquity II, and the QP, somehow the QP just works in one of these basses perfectly. it gives you a much fuller/stronger low E which i've always found to be a little lacking in both my vintage (50's & 60's) and my newer ones.
it makes it have a closer output level to a split coil p, but still retains a single coil voice.
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Agreed, I've been using the QP in acouple of my SCPBs for years. I've found that, while the QP can sound somewhat agressive if it's close to the strings, lowering it a bit mellows the tone nicely leaving much of the the punch intact.
 

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