What's wrong with Gibson style basses is that...

...they don't have Fender pickups.

I recently threw away the mini humbucker and mudbucker on my Epiphone rivoli II, routed mid poisition for a P pickup and fitted it. I filled in the old Gibson holes with poly filler, and refinished the top.

The bass now plays well, sound glorious and looks evil!!!

A recommended mod!

 

OK, I'll do my best when I get home.

 

Here are some lousy pics...best I can do in low light with a cheap webcam. I'll take some proper ones sometime.

But you can see the quality of the refinishing work.

 

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You mean like the Jack Casady?

 

You must remember this is an Epiphone, and that epi are notorious for lousy pickups.....

 

Mike,

I realise I have unintentionally misled the board. I had the work done. I didn't do it myself! The routing and refinishing were done by Kenan Turgut, the excellent Ankara guitar and bass repairer and builder. I did, however, personally throw away the epi pickups. Sloppy phrasing. I apologise.

Kenan says that there may be some subsidence in time if the poly shrinks, but I have seen his work over the past decade and it rarely happens.

 

You'll notice that I have used metal sleeves to extend the E and A strings to avoid this problem.