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Tricked Out Squier Club Part 2

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#862
jamestown94west said:
thats what im thinking, but the old lady will think differently. ive been after a p bass with p/j pickups, and have even been hoarding parts to mod or build one. i want to do it, but i already have plenty of basses. ARG.
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Did you REALLY just say you have plenty of basses?????

There's no such thing, my friend.
 
#864
My $40 bass deal fell thru. I'm gonna use the money to buy humbuckers for my cv 50s p instead. Any suggestions? I was looking at el cheapo pickups on eBay, I may go that route. I like the big fat humbuckers like Gibson uses, and like what fender puts in the modern player Tele bass. I don't want to sink a bunch of money into pickups tho.
 
#865
If it's to your liking, the GFS p'ups are pretty good.

http://store.guitarfetish.com/index.html

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I've got a pair of the split P Antiquities in the standard winding, but they have other versions too.
 
#866
Hello everybody.
Just to make a display of my two little babies:

1: Squier Bronco Black

Mods:
- DiMarzio DP218 SuperDistortion
- Schaller 3D4 Chrome Bridge
- New Fender Style Tuners
- Self painted stock pickguard
- Thumbrest near the bridge
- Stratocaster Style Black Knobs
- Alpha D500k Pots with 683J100V Condenser on tone pot
- Schaller Strap-Lock Chrome


2: Squier Jaguar Bass Short Scale Black

Mods:
- Seymour Duncan SPB-1
- Di Marzio Ultra J
- BadAss II Bridge
- Schaller M4SL Tuners
- Fender Jazz Original Pots
- Selfmade Custom Tortoise Pickguard
- Schaller Strap-Lock Chrome

Any comments or suggestions are more than welcome! :-)

Thanks for visiting!
 

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#878
Here's my fretless VM Jazz Bass. I bought this from a kid for $150 in near-mint condition. Poor guy said he just couldn't get it to do for him what he wanted. I took it home and found that the truss rod adjustment was *way* off, the intonation was miles off (yup, he was playing to the lines on the thing and couldn't get it in tune), and the string action was ridiculous. I felt bad for the kid. A little help from a tech or a bass friend and he might have gotten further.

Anyhoo...I tried it out as is and was underwhelmed by the Designed by Duncan pickups. I had some pickups out of a Japanese Fender '62 reissue body (that got cannibalized for another project), so I put those in and the Japanese control plate. I added the black knobs and a black pickguard that I had around. Neatly, the pickguard covered a slightly ugly sort of knot in the wood on the front. After a careful set-up, she's both pretty and really playable. [As a lark, I used Robertson head screws to put on the pick guard: a little Canadianism.]

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jmlee said:
Here's my fretless VM Jazz Bass. I bought this from a kid for $150 in near-mint condition. Poor guy said he just couldn't get it to do for him what he wanted. I took it home and found that the truss rod adjustment was *way* off, the intonation was miles off (yup, he was playing to the lines on the thing and couldn't get it in tune), and the string action was ridiculous. I felt bad for the kid. A little help from a tech or a bass friend and he might have gotten further.

Anyhoo...I tried it out as is and was underwhelmed by the Designed by Duncan pickups. I had some pickups out of a Japanese Fender '62 reissue body (that got cannibalized for another project), so I put those in and the Japanese control plate. I added the black knobs and a black pickguard that I had around. Neatly, the pickguard covered a slightly ugly sort of knot in the wood on the front. After a careful set-up, she's both pretty and really playable. [As a lark, I used Robertson head screws to put on the pick guard: a little Canadianism.]
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Nice, eh!
 
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