Show your insanely modified basses

[fjadams]

Here are a couple of mine.

Epiphone Flying V. Refinished in Pelham blue, TV Jones ThunderTrons, StellarTones, custom blue mirror pickguard, Hipshot bridge.

My two Squier Jag SS. Left one is refinished in Taos Turquoise, custom pickguard, white covers, StellarTone DualTone. Right one is refinished in Burgandy Mist, Alumitones, custom pickguard, Strat jack, thru body bridge, Hipshot Ultralites, StellarTones.

 

[knarleybass]

modded enough?

 

[Ric5]

 

[Ric5]

 

[fourstringbliss]

Here's mine.

It used to look like this:

and now it looks like this:

It used to be a Peavey Millennium J/J but it didn't sound right. I've had one of these before and it sounded good, but this one sounded both muffled and hissy.

It now has

• three SGD Lutherie Neo humbuckers
• passive v/b/t setup
• a varitone switch so I can fully control how the tone knob works
• a rotary switch that allows me to choose the neck/middle, neck/bridge, the middle/bridge, and all three pups
• a series/single/parallel switch that controls the middle and bridge pups, and a separate one for the neck pickup

It still has

• 1/4" thick flamed maple top
• Hipshot A bridge
• Hipshot Ultralite tuners
• Pao Ferro fretboard with maple dots
• carbon fiber rods in the neck

 

[rojo412]

modded enough?

YUUUUHP! Nice, I've thought of similar mods over the years, but you've gone to the next level.

Ric5, I've seen a lot of your creations on here... you are a madman! And I mean that in a complimentary way, props to you on your work.

4stgblss, that's utterly amazing.

 

[fourstringbliss]

4stgblss, that's utterly amazing.

Thanks! I really like it and it has effectively killed any GAS I've got. At some point I might want to get a hollowbody like an Ibanez Artcore, but I'm pretty sure I can cop that tone on this bass already.

The neck pickup is deep and bassy, the middle is growly as all get out, and the bridge pup is nice and burpy. Neck/middle are fat and deep together, neck/bridge is Jazzish, and middle/bridge is growly and cutting.

I can pretty much get every tone I need with a few knob twiddles.

 

[bassbenj]

Here's mine.

It used to be a Peavey Millennium J/J but it didn't sound right. I've had one of these before and it sounded good, but this one sounded both muffled and hissy.

It now has

• three SGD Lutherie Neo humbuckers
• passive v/b/t setup
• a varitone switch so I can fully control how the tone knob works
• a rotary switch that allows me to choose the neck/middle, neck/bridge, the middle/bridge, and all three pups
• a series/single/parallel switch that controls the middle and bridge pups, and a separate one for the neck pickup

Thats pretty advanced MODS! The three pickups made me think of my Modulus. Also three pickups (Barts) But orignally just had an on-off switch for each pickup. But after large wiring jam, I came up with the current version which looks exactly the same as it still has 3 switches. but NOW the switches have three positions where center is off but one way just puts THAT PICKUP in series while the other way puts that pickup in parallel. Hence you've got all these combinations of pickups all the way from 3 in series (HOT!) to three in parallel. And any series-parallel combo (such as bridge and sweet spot pickup in parallel in series with neck pickup) Love it. Neck, sweet spot, and bridge pickup choice or in combo plus choice of series and parallel. Complicated wiring but way cool (I posted wiring diagram a while back in electronics and pickups forum.)

And yes, modding a Modulus takes some cahones, but at least I didn't have to do any drilling or routing!

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and since "work in progress" is accepted; Here is my Tribute project as it now stands.

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