Post your modded/parts basses!

[JIO]

I modded a Squier Bronco Bass. I really don’t like the hum so I changed the pickup and colour a bit. I used a Fender Noiseless Telecaster pickup. I am thinking I might change it to a standard noiseless Jazz bass pickup of some type.View attachment 2832627View attachment 2832628

The pu/surround is a cool look - how does a guitar pu sound for a bass? Early Dano's come to mind.

 

[jonnybass1]

The pu/surround is a cool look - how does a guitar pu sound for a bass? Early Dano's come to mind.

Actually this pickup sounds great. Lots of low mid growl. With lots of clarity. Very much like a P Bass but this seems to have a bit more low end most likely due to the short scale.

 

[bucephylus]

This is my parts bass. I’ve had the body since 1988, and it’s had at least four necks on it over the years, two of them fretless. Can’t count how many gigs it’s been on in one form or another. The most recent conversion was the addition of a battery box and Sadowsky preamp by Pat Wilkins.

For example, sitting in with the band at our middle daughter’s wedding at Greenfield Village ca. 2014, playing the head to “When I Fall In Love.” I’m typing this today, sitting in the room with our 3 year old grandson...

 

[Andyroo721]

My parts built Jazz:
Fender MIM 70s Reissue Neck
Fender MIM Arctic White Body
Emerson components
Custom Shop 60s Pickups
Tort guard and pickup cover with 70s style neck plate
Thomastik Infeld JR 344 Strings

 

[Andyroo721]

Also my modded 2000 American Deluxe Jazz V my slightly modded Adam Clayton:

Jazz V:
Nordstrand NJ5 FS Pickups (came after this photo)
Sadowsky VTC Preamp
Tort Guard
Marcus Miller V Pickup Cover

Adam Clayton:
Aguilar 60s Pickups
Tort Guard
Pickup Cover

 

[Andyroo721]

Another Jazz and Precision I built:
Jazz:
Basically the same as the white one I built but with a MIA Professional Series Sonic Grey Body
Precision:
MIA Prof. Series Neck
50s MIM Reissue Fiesta Red Body

 

[Andyroo721]

The pu/surround is a cool look - how does a guitar pu sound for a bass? Early Dano's come to mind.

I love seeing Bronco bass builds!

 

[JIO]

Sonic Grey Body
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great shade of blue-grey and works really well with tort

 

[JIO]

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Jazz basses look good with a tux