Triple pickup medium scale made all fancy!

[scuzzy]

This was my very first build. I got a bunch of random parts off of ebay in high school/college and slapped them together. it was ok. i used a woodburner and put a bunch of celtic/gaelic designs on it, and it was unique and mine. I never really played it and thought I wanted something more polished. This was my monster in it's earlier and longest running phase.

sanded and disassembled, new neck ready for a float trip.

routed for the 3 pickups....why not.

no idea what the body was before, so no way to get a stock pickguard. it's a smaller body like a SS fender. So I had to route the neck pocket a bit and make it work for a 32" scale neck. I planned to use EMG's, so the battery route, but that P pickup went belly-up, so I went another direction. Got an excuse to buy a scroll saw, which i like.

and then the body was painted

and fast forward a bit, ordered some crazy rail jazz pickups, got it wired up with my super sweet new soldering iron

leveled frets

fast forward more...it's done! the pickups balance pretty well, and it sounds and plays as well as a solid squire. win win win win.

I like the look and it weighs 7.2lbs! each pickup has an on/off switch with master tone and volume. It'll get played.

I dig it. Hope you do too.

 

[Matt Liebenau]

I like the endless knot designs. Looks great.

 

[Ricky Rioli]

What are the best pickup combinations?

 

[scuzzy]

What are the best pickup combinations?

Neck/middle, middle/bridge, and straight P.

Just like on my big Al. All 3 is usually too compressed, but usable in the right context.

 

[Snert]

What are the J pickups?

 

[Ghastly]

Now that's a signature bass!

 

[scuzzy]

What are the J pickups?

those were a calculated risk. From Guitar Madness on eBay. I have used his guitar pickups before and was impressed with their quality and sound for the price. The pair was only $25. They seem to be of comparable design to EMG J pickups, although passive with more magnet pull. I wish he had more of them, I would certainly buy them again. Quite a bargain at $25 shipped and they lean towards a modern sound, are hotter than most J, so they blend well with the P pickup.