Squier 5 to 4 string "conversion" on Ebay :(

[bazzanderson]

Buy it for $100 - $150, then add THIS and you have a cool, cheap 5 string.

EXACTLY....you beat me to it. The mighty mite 5-string neck is a direct replacement and can be had for pretty cheap. Slap on another bridge (for find the saddle for that one) and bang....great 5 string for relatively cheap. I seem to remember people raving about the Squire Protones and I've heard one in my church (when I went to church) a LONG time ago and it had a great, punchy modern tone.

 

[The Owl]

Alcohol and power tools – always a bad mix.

Got that right!

 

[rustynuts]

I'm going to venture a guess and say that the headstock broke, it wasn't cut. If someone had taken a saw to it, the cut would be straight across, wouldn't it? The cut between the tuner and the nut doesn't align with the cut above the tuner. I wish they'd included a side shot to see how that part is finished.

I don't know, it might be interesting to try and rebuild the headstock if it stays cheap enough.

 

[Mikio]

happens in the best families....... or not.

 

[jmacke]

Its quite obvious to me, by using my 3D bass analyser program, that this is just a clever (very clever) Photoshop manipulation of the original. Rush out and buy this NOW, at $150 it's a snip.

 

[LA Kidd]

Attention: MILLSBASS5

See my post (#27) above and forgive me for struggling trying to communicate with you about your Wilkinson 4-to-5 bass bridge which I'm interested in if I can't find a replacement saddle for the B-string within a few days so I can fix my Bullet Deluxe!

...Ol' Kidd

 

[Pablo Fanque]

I know little about modding a bass, but that's gotta be the dumbest thing I've seen. Wouldn't you just replace the nut and maybe take off a tuner? Or just leave the fifth tuner on? Why cut the headstock?

 

[JazzMarius]

now, why whould u do that?

i'd pay 20$ for it and repare it. but 20$ is way overpriced
not for the qualitty but for the STUPIDITY!!!!!

why man, why?

 

[jojobean39]

You know the worst part about it? There are two bids.

Why not just take off that extra string?

 

[The Owl]

The seller should pay someone to take it.

 

[Bassman316]

:scowl:

That's..... wrong.

 

[mndean]

Well, it went for $152.50 US. Someone must have had a use for it, though I can't fathom what. Maybe they already have a neck for it. And a bridge.

 

[Deleted member 5551]

NO!!

I liked the Pro-Tones. I've played 2-both really similar to that one [except not butchered]. They were great basses. I never had the money for them when i saw them.

 

[JohnnyPustular]

Wish I had seen it sooner-- I have a neck I've been trying to find a use for (or sell). Rats.

 

[ThaLowEndTheory]

Well, it went for $152.50 US. Someone must have had a use for it, though I can't fathom what. Maybe they already have a neck for it. And a bridge.

That's exactly what I had in mind, I have a neck and gold saddles. Considering the quality of Pro tones, $150 was a fair enough price for me. I have the 4 string already and I love it. I found it at a pawn shop for $90 and consider that a steal. I've just been waiting on a deal for one of the five strings. This one had a decently matched 2 piece body, and that's not always the case with these. Somebody else was willing to pay more this time. Oh well, the search continues.