Okay, so the EMG Geezer pick-up showed up yesterday and I was going to work on this this weekend but I got excited and finished the body last night.
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Putting together a parts P
- Thread starter mistergoats
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Some steps:
- had to put some foam behind the pick-ups to keep them from falling in. No big whoop. A bit of two-sided carpet tape and two bits of medium density foam made it a simple trick.
- drilled pilot holes for the pick-guard with a pin vise (small hand drill). That was super easy.
- the supplied pick-up ground wire was too short to reach the bridge from the volume pot, which is fine, because it's supposed to be a "replacement" set and the original ground wire is supposed to already be in the base. Cut a length of wire and joined it with the supplied connector.
- All in all, the build went smoothly. The Geezers are super easy to install with no soldering. It was kind of weird. Can't wait to get the neck on this thing.
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Not sure if you have played the Geezers yet, but I believe you will be very pleased. I have a P/J set in my Affinity. They are awesome. Great growl and mid presence.
I have not. I've read everything and listened to tone samples and I love the sound that they make. It's exactly what I'm looking for. Whether or not it sounds like that once this beast is together is a different story. I'm confident that it will sound great.
If you were going with a fender road worn neck, this is screw for screw my dream P bass down the the color. Can't wait to see how it turns out.
It's quite normal to pad out a pickups with some rubbery foamy stuff. Sure, in a perfect world all pickups would be the same depth and the routs could be standardized. But it isn't and so there's foam to fill the void.
I have a 69 Tele bass that I needed a square heeled neck for. Warmoth told me that they do not do square-heeled necks, period. I ended up buying an All-parts maple neck and could not be happier with it. It's made in the same factory as Fender necks, fit perfectly and plays great. Cost was less than $200. They also make one with a rosewood board.
Right on! I actually think I might do a maple neck/ebony board Tele bass neck. I was thinking a Warmoth. I'm a little stuck on what I want to put on there.
Okay, so here's what I've come up against now. I cut the foams to be just about 5mm less than the outside shape of the pick-ups, and because the Geezers use the "EMG solder-less connection" system, the pins sort of force each pick-up to sit on an angle. I'm going to add a half piece of thinner foam to the opposite side of where the pin-connections are to see if I can level them off.
I'll post a pic tonight.
The body I have is a rounded off "standard" neck pocket. Your bass is amazingly cool. Really dig that.
Thanks, I finished the neck, the body was restored and painted by John Kallas. You can find before/after pics on the Telecaster Bass club thread.
Okay, so I came up with a solution for offsetting the Geezer EMG pick-ups last night, and so far, it's worked to even them out. I used a bit of additional weather stripping insulation foam to balance out the opposite side where the connectors are. I think it looks weird but it works. Maybe the red medium density foam is throwing me off...
Updated the neck budget. The Canadian dollar isn't doing so hot right now and Warmoth is in US prices, and I made a couple of changes: ebony board with MoP dots instead of maple with black dots, and regular neck profile instead of slim. Pretty much the extra money is in the ebony as it's a wash between adding the MoP dots and subtracting the the slim profile (+/- $20), and it's -$10 on the satin nitro neck finish because they don't have to spray the board; leaving the ebony costing about $90 additionally.
The new neck works out to $345 +$20 shipping, and $365 USD becomes about $411 CAD. Dang. Stupid mathconomy.
The new neck works out to $345 +$20 shipping, and $365 USD becomes about $411 CAD. Dang. Stupid mathconomy.
If I'm going this far with a custom, I might as well do it right!
Sitting here with my finger on the trigger of ordering the neck. The subtotal, with shipping is $394.56. That's about $45 CAD. That's over $100 more than I budgeted. I really want to build this right. Ack.
UPDATE: Did it. Ordered the neck. 8-10 weeks on delivery. :-/
UPDATE: Did it. Ordered the neck. 8-10 weeks on delivery. :-/
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You may as well. It would suck to regret it after it was all said and done. Every time you played it you would probably think, man, I shouldve gotten that other neck!
Excellent. Looking forward to the update in 8 to 10 weeks, or hopefully sooner 
Are you having it shipped to Vancouver or a WA address?
Are you having it shipped to Vancouver or a WA address?
Excellent. Looking forward to the update in 8 to 10 weeks, or hopefully sooner
Are you having it shipped to Vancouver or a WA address?
Vancouver. I really need to get a Blaine post box. An additional $30 USD shipped up here. But hey, when it arrives at work, I'll be over the moon.
I should just road trip down there to pick it up.
