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Recommended upgrades to a MIM Road Worn P
- Thread starter Pino-no-no
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Well, as it happens, a J neck is what made me happiest. 
Pickup is stock. Everything else is basic MIM parts. Pearl pickguard just for cosmetics, which I do like cause it makes it more unique. I ditched the bridge cover cause I got sick of it with string changes and setups!
Good luck on your quest!
Pickup is stock. Everything else is basic MIM parts. Pearl pickguard just for cosmetics, which I do like cause it makes it more unique. I ditched the bridge cover cause I got sick of it with string changes and setups!
Good luck on your quest!
I recently got one of these bodies here in the classifieds because I had a maple MIM P neck just lying around and I liked the color. I liked the body so much I decided to leave it stock, which I rarely do. I did throw a Hipshot Xtender on it but I do that with all my Basses.
A road worn P is dam near perfect as is.
This series comes with high quality parts stock but if your set on tinkering then light weight tuners and a heavier bridge can get rid of the neck dive that these basses have with the stock tuners and bridge. If you feel the pickup is to scooped or lacks the mids you want then a new pickup also.
Are you sure abot neck swap? This guitar is indeed near perfect, if it has no problems I'd better leave it as it is and get all the parts for a new project bass.
It's kind of a 2 part thing with the neck. The most common mod I've heard is the neck, saying that the J neck is just more comfy because it's thinner. Also, I do not like maple necks, but this was the only configuration I could find.
Upgrades for that P?
mmmm, let me think!
I like your J Bass neck idea, but once you've got a rosewood board on that (and given that red body) I'd go for a pearloid pickguard.
A high mass bridge is always popular (and I think I prefer the aesthetic, even if it doesn't make any tonal impact).
The new neck will want new tuners (obviously); get yourself a big file to roll the fret edges, and sand the back of the neck to get rid of all the gloss.
But then there are the "go big or go home" options...
add a neck humbucker*, which means adding a third knob and drilling for a side jack...
*a nice wide range neck humbucker is so much cooler than adding a jazz at the bridge (yawn) and the CuNiFe sounds better (IMHO) than the EBO mudbucker Billy Sheehan used, but looks just as cool.
mmmm, let me think!
I like your J Bass neck idea, but once you've got a rosewood board on that (and given that red body) I'd go for a pearloid pickguard.
A high mass bridge is always popular (and I think I prefer the aesthetic, even if it doesn't make any tonal impact).
The new neck will want new tuners (obviously); get yourself a big file to roll the fret edges, and sand the back of the neck to get rid of all the gloss.
But then there are the "go big or go home" options...
add a neck humbucker*, which means adding a third knob and drilling for a side jack...
*a nice wide range neck humbucker is so much cooler than adding a jazz at the bridge (yawn) and the CuNiFe sounds better (IMHO) than the EBO mudbucker Billy Sheehan used, but looks just as cool.
