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Show us your Frankenstein's Monster!
- Thread starter billiam5billion
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I am starting to work on one that will be a dilly of a conversation piece!
In the meantime here is my offering -
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
That's too sweet to be a monster! Good job!
Yeah, some of these don't really qualify. Maybe if that Squier CV had a T-bird neck, like a reverse fenderbird, or a humbucker routed into a neck cavity, but as it is, it's just a nice modded J.
Well, I have a halfway stripped Squier Jag body, a turser neck and no electronics...I am also looking at modifying the neck and neck pocket...so that one will be a doosey!
well thank you, i built it a few years ago. It's only a bit "monsterous" because the neck is a squire and the body is homemade. other than that its setup nice, plays good, but id like to build another one
Scariest thing there is the used Q-tip on the floor next to the dirty socks. Nice bass, though.
The sticker has since made a new home on the rear window of my car to make room for a battery box.
Pretty much finished my latest Frankenbass.
Mahogany over (ash?) body, Mighty-Mite neck, asymetrically-contoured and then stained walnut. Three pickups: a Gibson Mudbucker, BBE P-bass pickup, and some fat-single pole jazz pickup in the rear. Five way selector switch. I cut the pickguard so I could get into the wiring without having to remove the enitre thing.
Those holes? I dunno... whoever made the body thought it would be a good idea to drill lightening holes all throughout the wood before laminating the top on. Didn't know that until I added the forearm contur..."Surprise!" So, I just went with it, tried to make it look like it "belonged" there.
This one covers lotsa sonic territory for a 100% passive bass, that's for sure. It's not light, but it feels great.
Mahogany over (ash?) body, Mighty-Mite neck, asymetrically-contoured and then stained walnut. Three pickups: a Gibson Mudbucker, BBE P-bass pickup, and some fat-single pole jazz pickup in the rear. Five way selector switch. I cut the pickguard so I could get into the wiring without having to remove the enitre thing.
Those holes? I dunno... whoever made the body thought it would be a good idea to drill lightening holes all throughout the wood before laminating the top on. Didn't know that until I added the forearm contur..."Surprise!" So, I just went with it, tried to make it look like it "belonged" there.
This one covers lotsa sonic territory for a 100% passive bass, that's for sure. It's not light, but it feels great.
I believe it is a "Starz Guitars" (sp?) brass deal from the 80's. They made a lotta heavy brass parts and pieces like this.
jazzyitalian
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Nice work guys. I'll have to try putting together a bass with a mish-mash of parts from different makers myself sometime.
That bridge is cool as heck! Very San Dimas Charvel vibe with that bridge.
Pretty much finished my latest Frankenbass.
Mahogany over (ash?) body, Mighty-Mite neck, asymetrically-contoured and then stained walnut. Three pickups: a Gibson Mudbucker, BBE P-bass pickup, and some fat-single pole jazz pickup in the rear. Five way selector switch. I cut the pickguard so I could get into the wiring without having to remove the enitre thing.
Those holes? I dunno... whoever made the body thought it would be a good idea to drill lightening holes all throughout the wood before laminating the top on. Didn't know that until I added the forearm contur..."Surprise!" So, I just went with it, tried to make it look like it "belonged" there.
This one covers lotsa sonic territory for a 100% passive bass, that's for sure. It's not light, but it feels great.
here's a couple Frankenstein basses:
a 1988 Charvel 2b body with a 1987 Kramer maple f/b neck on it.
and here's another, the before..standard passive 1988 lefty Charvel p/j
the after p/HB/preamp/Kahler.
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a 1988 Charvel 2b body with a 1987 Kramer maple f/b neck on it.
and here's another, the before..standard passive 1988 lefty Charvel p/j
the after p/HB/preamp/Kahler.
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Finally got around to taking a quick pic of my main Frankenbass. I recently added a Model One at the neck and a dual coil MM style pickup I made right next to the split p. I added a three-way switch:
1) MM pickup alone in parallel humbucking mode. Sounds a lot like my ATK with the preamp set flat... or my passive OLP.
2) Split p... I overwound the coils and replaced the original ceramic magnets with slightly larger more powerful ones. These pickups have a naturally overdriven p bass growl.
3)Model One in series humbucking mode with one coil of the MM added for a little sparkle to the M1's wooliness.
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1) MM pickup alone in parallel humbucking mode. Sounds a lot like my ATK with the preamp set flat... or my passive OLP.
2) Split p... I overwound the coils and replaced the original ceramic magnets with slightly larger more powerful ones. These pickups have a naturally overdriven p bass growl.
3)Model One in series humbucking mode with one coil of the MM added for a little sparkle to the M1's wooliness.
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Love it!
There seems to be more than a few of us guys adding a "kitchen sink" full of pickups to a basic P platform!
Is this called "Sheehanning" a bass?
There seems to be more than a few of us guys adding a "kitchen sink" full of pickups to a basic P platform!
Is this called "Sheehanning" a bass?
Diogenes, whenever I see a pickup mounted so close to the neck, I have a hard time imagining it useful for anything other than boomy, dark dub tones. By itself, is the Model One pickup 100% bassier & darker than the split P pickup in your bass?
The Model One in that position and soloed is dark and wooly... like listening to a band with a thick wool sweater wrapped around your head.
I'm at work now where YouTube is a blocked site otherwise I'd add a link here but if you search for 'Cake The Distance' and listen to Shon's Telebass tone... that's what it sounds like.
Although I added one of the MM coils in parallel to the M1, I'm still surprised at how useful it is with my band. It's definitely a very meaty and round tone that lays a good foundation to my band's overall sound yet the coil from the MM adds enough to keep the M1 from just sounding muddy. It just works well and differently from the split-p in the context of my band.
In contrast the split-p is definitely a different sounding animal gotta love that good hollow grind/growl which seems to work well in a lot of situations.
