hey guys;
this thread is a follow up to a couple of threads i did recently about completing work and mods on my son's red bass. I have now finished and i submit it for your approval. what we have done is to add a precision pickup right below the neck, so the bass now has 3 pickups--ala Jack Casady.
the bass started life as an ebay purchase (of the body), whereby i got a sunburst Fender Jazz body, with pickup's, off ebay and installed my son's geddy lee neck on it. see pic below:
I modded it by painting it bright red, the headstock and knobs bright red and installed a "Fender" plaque on the body just for laughs. see the pic:
I have now completed the mods to the bass. I took it to Brian at THE LOW END bass shop in Murfreesboro, Tennessee and had him install a precision pickup right below the neck.
voila!
this is almost the mod that Jack Casady had on his Jazz bass back in '67 or so before it got stolen. see pic below, which is a portion of a picture of Jack Casady playing the bass we are talking about.
this mod varies a little from Jack Casady's in that i did not change the output location, it is in the same place it always was. further, on Jack's, the precision pickup is right up against the neck, whereas on ours, it is about half an inch lower.
for controls, Brian put a stacked knob on it so we now have three completely separate volume controls, with infinite adjust-ability. there is only one tone knob and that is in the same location as on any Jazz. I hoped he would add a tone knob for the precision pickup, but that was the least of my desires. what i really wanted and what i got were three totally separate volume controls.
obviously Jack's was not that gaudy red & black color scheme, but I am very happy with Brian's work, and I submit it for your approval.
ps- before you ask, the total price was right at 175.00 for all the work. I supplied the '62 Fender Precision pickup. Brian is the Man!
this thread is a follow up to a couple of threads i did recently about completing work and mods on my son's red bass. I have now finished and i submit it for your approval. what we have done is to add a precision pickup right below the neck, so the bass now has 3 pickups--ala Jack Casady.
the bass started life as an ebay purchase (of the body), whereby i got a sunburst Fender Jazz body, with pickup's, off ebay and installed my son's geddy lee neck on it. see pic below:
I modded it by painting it bright red, the headstock and knobs bright red and installed a "Fender" plaque on the body just for laughs. see the pic:
I have now completed the mods to the bass. I took it to Brian at THE LOW END bass shop in Murfreesboro, Tennessee and had him install a precision pickup right below the neck.
voila!
this is almost the mod that Jack Casady had on his Jazz bass back in '67 or so before it got stolen. see pic below, which is a portion of a picture of Jack Casady playing the bass we are talking about.
this mod varies a little from Jack Casady's in that i did not change the output location, it is in the same place it always was. further, on Jack's, the precision pickup is right up against the neck, whereas on ours, it is about half an inch lower.
for controls, Brian put a stacked knob on it so we now have three completely separate volume controls, with infinite adjust-ability. there is only one tone knob and that is in the same location as on any Jazz. I hoped he would add a tone knob for the precision pickup, but that was the least of my desires. what i really wanted and what i got were three totally separate volume controls.
obviously Jack's was not that gaudy red & black color scheme, but I am very happy with Brian's work, and I submit it for your approval.
ps- before you ask, the total price was right at 175.00 for all the work. I supplied the '62 Fender Precision pickup. Brian is the Man!
