Project bass! everyone gather 'round!

saw the horns off and make it oval,put in a big stingray humbucker and call it a washray

 

1) Put on a nice, big ABM bridge.
2) Drop in a Bartolini pickup and preamp. Is it a 24 fret bass?
3) Brass nut
4) If you want to spend the money, put on a set of Hipshot Ultralites.

You'll have one hell of a bass right there.

 

I know you are looking for old school but before you get too crazy with buying parts check out what a bass with a piezo bridge pickup sounds like

 

I really like all the Dimarzio pups I've tried, but I am getting intrigued with some passive Barts on my new bass (for the life of me, I thought that all Barts were active!). I think that any really beefy bridge is cool, or you could drill through the body, make it a string-through? Is it fretted?

Well, enough of my babel... try the string-through option... thats me vote!


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Defret!!

 

How is the set up onyours? I know my 102 needs some tweaking. I get lots of fret noise when beating on it, even with open strings.

 

A good nut can completely change how well the bass plays. Properly cut, the action can be super low without ANY fretbuzz all the across the neck. With brass, IMO, you also get a more consistent sound with open vs. fretted notes.

20 frets? AWESOME! As far as pickups, change whatever you have in there right now, but also ADD A DIMARZIO WOOFER PICKUP. It's the same thing that's on the Yamaha Billy Sheehan bass, if you've ever played one of those. They give you KILLER depth in your tone. This would be absolutely absolutely killer for reggae! Would require some routing and wiring, but if you do one thing to the bass, this is it. I would have these on all my basses if they had <22 frets. Good stuff.

BTW, putting ultralites on the Rumblefish is a better idea. I assumed they had them already!

 

Nice call on the pickup like Billy Sheehan's, you could also run a second output, the p goes to one, the woofer to the other... that's the way his yamahas are set up. The dimarzio is called the model one, and its a direct replacement for the Gibson EB series... you could probably get a hold of a messed up Epiphone EB, swipe the pick-up, and you are off and running!


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i would say to change the pup you already have for an EBO-style humbucker (gibson EBO)...now THAT's old school!

 

Thats what the woofer is that I suggested, only a modern version that works better. Except, he can keep the p pickup for total clarity, and stick a woofer right by the neck joint, and you got deep bass right there.

 

lol

i like the idea of the dimarzio woofer for a bridge pickup. i would change the original pup with a 1/4pounder. maybe we could get all crazy and throw in a 3RD PICKUP!!! ...... maybe 2 1/4pounders and the woofer .....

get a badass II bridge. or maybe a different one and put some ashtrays on it.

or! ..... you could try to install some homemade LED inlays!!! that would be something!

 

bump

 

The string through will increase the sustain, and may also have other benefits that I don't know... But I think it's pretty cool, so you should do it!

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i'd def. try the string thru thing. i was going to do that with my old frettless project bass. you can find those string furrelles(sp?) on carvin's page i think. i'd also go with the duncan qp's. later, ryan

 

Y'know... if you're looking for the dub/reggae thing, I would just switch the PU to a Duncan Antiquity and LEAVE it. With all due respect to the other posters, almost all of the other mods suggested here (except the EB-0 style bridge PU and defretting, bith of whch you are leaning away from) are actually going to INCREASE brightness and sustain... which I think is what you're NOT looking for, no?

 

yah...if you want more thump from a washburn, a heavey bridge would be a good idea (though the one on mine is pretty damn heavy)

oh....and POST 1000!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!