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The official "Show your basses" thread part 19!

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For when you want to cover all the basses

Progress is slow and eBay seems to have robbed me of a pickup. It's a shame I'm going to make this ugly as sin by cramming as much crap as possible in the oversized control cavity.

It'll have 11 DPDT pickup control switches, a kill switch, a volume, a treble bleed, a tone pot, two veritones, a quarter-inch Jack, a standard 3.5 mm headphone jack, and one extra special DPDT switch that will route the string and bridge wire to either ground or positive.

It's an Ibanez gsr200 and I think I'm the third owner. When I bought it the pots were so crackly and would cut out at certain spots it was hardly playable.

Now I've completely gutted and bored it out for rev 3 customization build.

Rev 1 was a cheap active electronic set with EQ that was way too hot for comfort

Rev 2 what's the second image with the standard pickups and a couple of DPDT switches

For rev 3 it's being purpose-built to be played through a giant subwoofer.
It's getting string sizes 85 to 170 and will be tuned to the open range of 25 to 50 hertz with about 30 lb of tension on each string.
 
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Progress is slow and eBay seems to have robbed me of a pickup. It's a shame I'm going to make this ugly as sin by cramming as much crap as possible in the oversized control cavity.

It'll have 11 DPDT pickup control switches, a kill switch, a volume, a treble bleed, a tone pot, two veritones, a quarter-inch Jack, a standard 3.5 mm headphone jack, and one extra special DPDT switch that will route the string and bridge wire to either ground or positive.

It's an Ibanez gsr200 and I think I'm the third owner. When I bought it the pots were so crackly and would cut out at certain spots it was hardly playable.

Now I've completely gutted and bored it out for rev 3 customization build.

Rev 1 was a cheap active electronic set with EQ that was way too hot for comfort

Rev 2 what's the second image with the standard pickups and a couple of DPDT switches

For rev 3 it's being purpose-built to be played through a giant subwoofer.
It's getting string sizes 85 to 170 and will be tuned to the open range of 25 to 50 hertz with about 30 lb of tension on each string.

I would say, "Let us know when it's done!"

...but I get the feeling we'll all *feel* it the first time you plug in...
 
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I’ve got a few

2018 Rickenbacker 4003
Epiphone EB-3 bass I made left handed
Hofner Ignition bass
2018 player series Precision bass
2015 MIM Jazz bass

Also probably one of the best photos I’ve ever taken of my two fender headstocks
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Question on your Hofner.. Looks like you did some work on it .like teacups!.. did you paint or replace the switches to white ones and ad a fake zero fret??????????
 
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Question on your Hofner.. Looks like you did some work on it .like teacups!.. did you paint or replace the switches to white ones and ad a fake zero fret??????????

Yeah I immediately replaced the knobs on it for teacup knobs. I just painted the switches white and painted the nut white (excluding the string cutouts) and painted on what essentially looks like zero fret. I also sanded off the TRC that said "Ignition Series" and painted it black. Wanted to give the bass more of a vintage look. Considering I did that back in 2015 with basic acrylic paint, I think it's held pretty well!
 
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