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Show us your Frankenstein's Monster!

#21
wshines1892 said:
Okay I'll play. At one point this was a Squier P bass, but what I wanted was the Stingray tone with the low end of a p bass. Did I mention that I wanted it cheap too?
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This is actually one of my better executed bad ideas! The pickguard was cut to fit the new pickup using a small hacksaw blade that just squared it off, hence the notches for the original P bass pickup :D
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And we don't have time for no stinkin' battery compartment. 13 screws for a battery isn't my idea of fun, so I just taped it to the strap!
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All the routing was done with a drill press and a chisel and hammer, I could take the pickguard off and show you the hackjob underneath but I'll spare you :cool: this is actually my main player for the band I'm in, I named him Dr. Funkenstein (hence the mustache) :bassist:
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WOW!!!!! You win hands down! You have all the correct elements for a franky; hacksaw, electrical tape, red duct tape and extra holes too!!!:D
 
#22
Diogenes said:
Is that a 'stache or a nappy dugout?
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It's one of the fake mustaches you get from the 25 cent machine. Didn't really know what to do with it after I had enjoyed it so I stuck it on there. Gets a lot of comments from the ladies, they dig a bass with a 'stache.

bassplayerbob said:
WOW!!!!! You win hands down! You have all the correct elements for a franky; hacksaw, electrical tape, red duct tape and extra holes too!!!:D
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I'm not really sure whether this was meant as a compliment, but I take it as one.
 
#24
Phalex said:
Me and my Franken-Hoppus. Carvin SB-4000 neck, custom headstock shape, on a Fender Hoppus body.
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I have a FrankenHoppus, too! I bought a pink one a few years ago while my gu*tar playing friend was taking too long to pick out a strap at GC.

The first thing I did was swap out the neck plate... I am not opposed to Blink 182, but I do not think I am enough of a fan to have his name on my bass. The next thing I did (a year or so later) was replace the neck/tuners for a '72 P-Bass neck I found on Ebay. I have a '74 I love dearly and my dream was to have a bass that felt close to it. The heavier neck and maple fingerboard made a huge impact on tone... even our singer said that it made the bass sound better (and he hates gear talk!) I then added the pickup cover because I like to rest my thumb on the pickup, but after I put the new neck on, I had to lower the pickup into the body and it was uncomfortable to do so, so now my thumb has a nice place to sit. A little while later, the one piece pickguard got broken, and I bought a stack-knob control plate to replace the broken part... since there was an extra hole, I had them add a tone pot!

The thing is a great bass... and to think I just bought it because it was pink! It still has the original pickup and bridge on it.

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Fresh Eddie said:
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Oh MAN! She is a sexy little *****! I bought mine purely by accident. I needed something that wasn't worth a house payment to play outdoors at a biker rodeo. I got it on E-bay for cheap, sight unseen. Once I got her set up, I fell in love with her big hairy huevos! So, I covered my pig in lipstick, and she's my best girl now......
 
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#29
wshines1892 said:
Okay I'll play. At one point this was a Squier P bass, but what I wanted was the Stingray tone with the low end of a p bass. Did I mention that I wanted it cheap too?
Snapshot_20101005.jpg

This is actually one of my better executed bad ideas! The pickguard was cut to fit the new pickup using a small hacksaw blade that just squared it off, hence the notches for the original P bass pickup :D

And we don't have time for no stinkin' battery compartment. 13 screws for a battery isn't my idea of fun, so I just taped it to the strap!

All the routing was done with a drill press and a chisel and hammer, I could take the pickguard off and show you the hackjob underneath but I'll spare you :cool: this is actually my main player for the band I'm in, I named him Dr. Funkenstein (hence the mustache) :bassist:
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Did you get those knobs at radio shack? I almost bought those last night. Still considering it...
 
#31
ericw said:
Did you get those knobs at radio shack? I almost bought those last night. Still considering it...
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I did actually haha. They serve their purpose. I'd recommend a dab of lok tite or something on the little screw that keeps it on though, they can get a little loose over time and pop off. I would have bought real knobs, but I had just put it together and wanted to play the gig with it. So on went those knobs and they just stayed. I like them, gives it character.
 
#33
wshines1892 said:
I would have bought real knobs, but I had just put it together and wanted to play the gig with it. So on went those knobs and they just stayed. I like them, gives it character.
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Haha thats quite a coincidence. I know exactly what you mean about the gig...

Side note... Radio shack had knobs that looked EXACTLY like the stock knobs on my TRB-5's... except they were like 2-3x the diameter. I couldn't believe it. Maybe a different location has the correct size :hyper:
 
#37
I am starting to work on one that will be a dilly of a conversation piece!

In the meantime here is my offering -

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Squier CV - Body, bridge, neckplate
Fender MIM - Classic Bound n Blocked neck, tuners and string button
-Di marzio Ultra J pups
-Fender 62 RI pick guard
-Shielded cavities
-New pots and cap (unknown as the were in there when I bought it) I think 250k CTS pots.
-GHS Brite Flats
 
#39
im working on a bass atm but heres somthing you may not like

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the yellow one i found in a skip (the fretboard was coming away from the actuall neck and the electronics were screwed..... i had a spere neck lying around)

the green one is a tele neck, strat body and epiphone humbucker (in one posison it sounds like a rickenbacker 330)
 

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