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The official "Show your basses" thread part 19!

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These 4 I built were mine but I have sold them all.
I loved each one. I have a heartfield DR5 as my main player as well as a squier p bass. I am building a 4 string 32 inch scale j style bass that I will keep as my primary Jazz bass.
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FatOwlBass said:
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These 4 I built were mine but I have sold them all.
I loved each one. I have a heartfield DR5 as my main player as well as a squier p bass. I am building a 4 string 32 inch scale j style bass that I will keep as my primary Jazz bass.
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Very nice! What kind of hardware are you using on the Headless basses? The headpieces look different than others I've seen.
 
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MovinTarget said:
Very nice! What kind of hardware are you using on the Headless basses? The headpieces look different than others I've seen.
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The Chrome individual bridge is ABM German made and the others are Hipshot. I had one hipsgot custom powder coated in a green hammered finish. The headpiece are made by me in house. I use double allen set screws per string.
 
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Texas_Jazzman75 said:
Just finished this yesterday. A 54 style contoured P bass body customized from Rosser Guitars with a EMG MMTW humbucker and solderless wiring harness in Push Pull humbucker/single coil modes with a 83 Squier Bullet Bass Tele neck and an American Deluxe String through bridge.Finished with two layers of Tru Oil. View attachment 3765279 View attachment 3765280 View attachment 3765286
Sounds great, although I have only ever had one other single humbucker bass, A Sterling by Musicman Ray34 active bass to compare it to. Still a fan of the passive P bass but its growing on me.
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Finally one home project that is ultra cool
 
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My 2011 50's Classic Vibe P is finally complete and back in the herd. I'm more than happy with all the mod's and the Active EMG 35TW gives it so much more versatility.

Once I got it re-assembled I went manic. I didn't stop till the purple pearl pickguard was hacked out and completed.

Now on to finishing up the matching Squier 51 Strat, right after I get a good nap in, LOL.
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FatOwlBass said:
The Chrome individual bridge is ABM German made and the others are Hipshot. I had one hipsgot custom powder coated in a green hammered finish. The headpiece are made by me in house. I use double allen set screws per string.
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Nice! You wouldn't happy to have done any type of build threads that show how you make the headpieces would you? I would might interested for my own headless build...
 
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FatOwlBass said:
I will think about it. It is something I made exclusively for my brand (Fat Owl basses). But maybe I will do a youtube video.
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While bridges for headless basses are fairly complex pieces, the headpieces offered are often difficult to adapt to existing builds, the more options we have, the better.

If it is an affordable system, you may find a market as well!
 
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