Finished out nicely! Great looking bass, diggin the woody tug bar matching the board, also looks like you went with a mint guard?
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Show us your "parts basses"
- Thread starter ChickWithaRic
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My three favorite basses that I currently own are all parts basses. And that includes comparison with some far more valuable basses. All three feature MJT bodies and weigh about 8 pounds.
I was thinking mint based on the first picture, but the bottom picture is what ultimately made me say "white-black-white". But I guess @crlujan would be the utlimate authority to answer that one.
Ladies and gentlemen, the answer is…
Mint!
That’s a very pretty fretless!Somehow, this bass has become my longest-lasting instrument … after a recent bass purge, it takes the #1 slot for “length of time owned”. A true parts bass in every way, I don’t even know where some of the components in it originally came from. The neck is a late ‘60’s Teisco, most of the hardware is stuff of unknown origin I had in a parts drawer, the tuners were switched in 2010 and came from some eBay special deal, pups are from an older SX, pickguard is a recent acquisition from Stratosphere. This thing is a real mongrel, but it plays beautifully and sounds like you’d expect a good P to sound
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I’m not so sure you have a late ’60s Teisco neck there, though. AFAIK, Teisco never made exact copies of Fender headstocks. Also, the neck on your bass looks to be of much higher quality than that of any Teisco I’ve ever seen.
That neck does, however, look exactly like a Kramer Pioneer fretless I played back in the early ’90s which, I believe, was from the early ’80s. I’m not sure if Kramer made those necks or outsourced them. Just out of curiosity, does it have edge markers? Mine didn’t.
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The person I bought the neck from in the late ‘90’s is (well, was … he passed away in ‘05) a very experienced NY Philharmonic & NYC studio bassist, and he provided the info to me. I personally think that it’s a mid-‘70’s Tokai, but I wouldn’t argue it’s lineage one way or the other. Whatever it’s pedigree might be, it’s a beautiful neck and plays incredibly well. I have multiple bassists in line to buy this from me if I ever choose to sell it, but they’re going to have a pretty long wait … for an inbred hound dog of a bass the thing is kind of amazing …
From when I built it in early 2020 until I got my Mensinger Cazpar short scale fretless 5 last month, this was my number one ... It's now my second: Squier body, Warmoth roasted maple / ebony jazz neck, Hipshot ultralights with Xtender, and DiMarzio Model PJ's. It's a very nice instrument.
I would have guessed late-‘70s Charvel but we’re very much on the same page here.
If it’s anything like the neck from my old Kramer it’s a real peach! To this day I question why I sold that bass. I’m usually smarter about things like that.
my "parts " basses ...
home build - warmoth body - CIJ fender neck
'60's Jazz Bass - allparts body and neck
'62 Precision - CIJ fender body - allparts neck
home build - allparts body and neck
Telecaster Bass - Squier body - allparts neck
home build - semi-hollow body unknown maker - allparts neck
home build - warmoth body and neck
home build - warmoth body - CIJ fender neck
'60's Jazz Bass - allparts body and neck
'62 Precision - CIJ fender body - allparts neck
home build - allparts body and neck
Telecaster Bass - Squier body - allparts neck
home build - semi-hollow body unknown maker - allparts neck
home build - warmoth body and neck
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WIP... Guitar Mill body Musikraft neck
Nice collection of basses. And that single coil P Bass at the top is sweet!my "parts " basses ...
home build - warmoth body - CIJ fender neck
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'60's Jazz Bass - allparts body and neck
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'62 Precision - CIJ fender body - allparts neck
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Telecaster Bass - Squier body - allparts neck
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My latest: AVRI '62 W/Musikraft Bound & Blocked neck & Hipshot's.
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This has been a fun thread to watch,
Ill add this one too, it started as a kit bass, I suppose it was parts form the get go. I like the neck and mahogany body. The control plate, string tree and the neck plate came with the kit too, everything else is aftermarket parts, I thought the rest of ghe kit hardware was lame but i have used some of them elsewhere. Kickass bridge, Gotoh tuners (had to grind down 3 of them to make them fit together), cts pots and Ibanez knobs, bone nut... and Of course dunlop straploks.
I added the Seymour Duncan and the fender Original split coil, shaped the headstock and cut the pick guard. The body was a slab style so I sanded in the contouring too.
This was my first attempt at the build a bass workshop... it was the beginning of the rabbit hole of bass modding For me.
I really really like this bass.
Ill add this one too, it started as a kit bass, I suppose it was parts form the get go. I like the neck and mahogany body. The control plate, string tree and the neck plate came with the kit too, everything else is aftermarket parts, I thought the rest of ghe kit hardware was lame but i have used some of them elsewhere. Kickass bridge, Gotoh tuners (had to grind down 3 of them to make them fit together), cts pots and Ibanez knobs, bone nut... and Of course dunlop straploks.
I added the Seymour Duncan and the fender Original split coil, shaped the headstock and cut the pick guard. The body was a slab style so I sanded in the contouring too.
This was my first attempt at the build a bass workshop... it was the beginning of the rabbit hole of bass modding For me.
I really really like this bass.
This one has a MJT body, Fender 62 RI neck, Fender reverse tuners with Hipshot D-tuner, Fralin pickup, CTS pots, Dunlop dual design strap locks, and Genuine Fender vintage pickguard, knobs, tug bar, and bridge.
Allparts body, Warmoth Jazz neck, EMG GZR-P p/u's
Gotoh tuners
Recessed Dunlop strap locksI've had it 10 years this past December. It was a gift from my wife. That said, the only original parts are the body & the bridge . . .
My refinished Alder body in CAR. Mark Hoppus neck (awesome). 60's Classic Vibe hardware and currently wearing Fender flats...
I don't think I'd call it a parts bass per say as I built it from a $100 kit for my daughter. Shaped the headstock by tracing my 76 P. Finished the neck with Birchwood Casey Tru Oil gunstock finish and several coats of Krylon and Poly on the body and headstock. She loves it!
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