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Strat. Bass
- Thread starter paulmich2001
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Just snagged a pickup from one of those, trying to figure out what project it goes with.
Here's the aforementioned Music Man Big Al in which the pickup selection is like a Strat with a blend knob, Passive with a tone control, Active with a four band EQ and just to round out the tonal palette all buttons up gives you the bridge and middle pickups in series Active or Passive.
1 ) buy strat
2 ) block trem (optional)
3 ) replace bridge (in same place) with bass bridge
4 ) replace nut
5 ) fill tuner holes, re drill 4 to fit bass tuners, install bass tuners
6 ) replace pickups with rails (optional)
7 ) install BEAD strings, tuned EADG
8 ) Play bass
2 ) block trem (optional)
3 ) replace bridge (in same place) with bass bridge
4 ) replace nut
5 ) fill tuner holes, re drill 4 to fit bass tuners, install bass tuners
6 ) replace pickups with rails (optional)
7 ) install BEAD strings, tuned EADG
8 ) Play bass
- Jun 30, 2010
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Too late:
Oh yah, knew of these and the G&L's but what I haven't seen is a 57-on style P body w/one split P pu guitar.
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1 ) buy strat
2 ) block trem (optional)
3 ) replace bridge (in same place) with bass bridge
4 ) replace nut
5 ) fill tuner holes, re drill 4 to fit bass tuners, install bass tuners
6 ) replace pickups with rails (optional)
7 ) install BEAD strings, tuned EADG
8 ) Play bass
This ^^^^.
Modding a guitar into a bass is a fun project, and cheaper than playing golf. Unless, of course, you want to modify a Fender Custom Shop guitar...
It's still in progress, but I can't wait to show all you TB'ers my "Funkier Turkeybasster". It's basically a 25.5" 4 string shortscale bass made from a $150 Squier Telecaster using pretty much the same method as above, but obviously without having to block the tremolo cavity. I've also added a "tailpiece" further back on the body so I can use standard 30" shortscale bass strings without having to cut them.
Tips: you'll need a bass bridge that does narrow string spacing (e.g. 17 or 18 mm instead of 19 mm) and (at least for small headstocks like a telecaster headstock) you'll need to use mini Gotoh-style tuners instead of full size tuners. Rail-style pickups are probably the most expensive part of this whole project.
The P bass was actually Fender's first double cutaway instrument though, right? I've heard it said the the Strat was modeled in part on the P bass. Body style anyway...
My old Stratobass. Disassembled now and waiting for a rebuild that I can never find time for.
Or put a piezo bridge in it and some pahoehoes for a stratulele bass!1 ) buy strat
2 ) block trem (optional)
3 ) replace bridge (in same place) with bass bridge
4 ) replace nut
5 ) fill tuner holes, re drill 4 to fit bass tuners, install bass tuners
6 ) replace pickups with rails (optional)
7 ) install BEAD strings, tuned EADG
8 ) Play bass
How do you figure? A bass with 3 pickups, 5 pickup combinations, 1 vol, 2 tone is a worse design than a guitar with one split coil in the middle and 1 vol and 1 tone? Not saying the p-guitar would suck but I fail to see how it would be superior in any way, unless you're going for the whole "less is more/that's all I need
" thing...
