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Here's my modified '78 Musicmaster - with a custom pearloid pickguard and SD Quarter Pounder.

My custom '57 and my Duck Dunn twins: And although I love the look of anodized guards, I hate the feel of touching them [i](can't explain why, it just doesn't feel right).[/i] Therefore I have sprayed a clear coat over the guard of my custom '57 since its a luthier made and I can't devalue it by doing so. Pity I can't do so with my Fender made precisions, at least my good sense restricts me from doing so.

Finally paired my Duck Dunn sig. One japanese market version and one for the US market. Both are amazing IMHO.

[quote name='Rick's Fine '52' timestamp='1403893201' post='2487542'] For Chris Horton........ OK, a hastily taken shot with my iphone, after work; '53 build; '82 JV; '60 P ;'66 Slab build '61 J '52 P; '58 P; '66 Slab; '68 Tele [/quote] Rick, I am blown away and speechless ....... and envious (in a good way)! You are a great man and true preserver of the Fender legacy! P.S. Please, excuse my pathos, but it's genuine - I am speechless

Thanks, gentlemen. I'll try to make a video review and comparison with precisions and an actual Cabronita soon.

I know the title sounds a bit weird but a while back I saw a butchered 1978 Peavey T40 in a pawn shop [i](half the body had been chopped off)[/i] and decided to save it from the misery: My initial idea was to make a new body body to its original specs, but the damn thing was so heavy and since I am not a huge fan of the sound of swamp ash [i](which in my experience is usually the lightest possible option)[/i], decided to go with alder. Despite the latter my bass tech finally choose to make it from basswood and did not inform me but it turned out nice. On the other side I am no huge fan of multiple pickups so decided to leave only one in the sweet spot, which automatically reminded me of the cabronita fender bass. This brought out the '51 precision body shape, and as one thing leads to another [i](and since I am a huge fan of Dusty Hill and his crazy goldish '51p custom variations) [/i]decided to go with a gold finish. Here's the result: Of course the guys from the local paint shop claimed the above to be Shoreline Gold and in a way I don't believe it is but nevertheless I do like the final result [i](please, excuse my terrible photography skills)[/i]: Sound wise I am more than satisfied - sounds a bit like a P on steroids but with a different vibe and since all my other basses are precisions its nice to have something a bit different. And please, Peavey purists, do not crucify me, I've kept all the other parts and one day intend to make another body to original specs and return it to its original 70's glory.

From left to right - '78 mij Morris, '98 Duck Dunn signature, '84 mij Squier SQ series and a custom luthier made to my specifications '57. The first three are completely stock with original cases, case candy and hang tags. What can I say - I am one happy man!

Just bought an Ampeg PF500 from Ed. [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Ed's a real pleasure to deal with, great communication, a real gent. I do recommend dealing with him, so t[/font][/color][color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]rade with confidence! [/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Regards[/font][/color] Tsvetan

[quote name='Henrys' timestamp='1375818943' post='2166188'] [/quote] Simply gorgeous! Suppose its a Custom Shop?

Finally took some decent photos of my custom '57:

Thank You the offer, but I am based in Bulgaria and find it a lot easier shopping from Thomann, so would probably get them from there.

[quote name='sblueplanet' timestamp='1370296582' post='2098920'] Lovely job. Here's my 57 RI CIJ lefty for comparison. I added the gold anodised pickguard,chrome covers and it has a Kent Armstrong pickup. [/quote] Looks terribly nice next to the Ampeq. And sblueplanet, You got me into thinking again for a couple of ashtrays

Thanks, fellows. After playing it for a month it has started to get some minor blemishes and the glossy nitro is already starting to get buffed at certain places, so I think that I will pass on the relic job - pretty sure that next year it will be a natural closet classic and in a couple of years probably a natural light relic!

Hello, gents, My favourite precision has vintage style frets and being equipped for a long time with nickel roundwounds, the frets started showing some wear. Since it has a maple fretborad, I do not want a refret any time soon and I switched to flatwounds, but the sound of flats is not what I prefer on this particular bass (don't get me wrong, my other P has been strung with flats for many years and I simply love that combination). So I am after a roundwound sound and am considering to put some nylon coated strings, which I hope would not wear my frets. My question is whether anyone has observations on whether nylon coated strings wear frets more slowly than nickel roundwounds, and how do they compare to flats. Thank you in advance. Kind regards Tsvetan

[quote name='Lee Carter' timestamp='1366293697' post='2050636'] That sir is a beauty. [/quote] Thank You, sir.

I know there is not much of the building process shown, but apologize in advance. To start with – I have always loved precisions and have owned quite a few, but have never been entirely satisfied with them due to some little details. Finally decided that visually the 1957 is my favorite, but I have always liked alder body and other personal touches to it. So my luthier began a quest for the perfect materials and he came up with a brilliant piece of maple – no blemishes, straight lines, medium heavy and sturdy, and an old alder plank – light and resonant. After that the neck was shaped as fat as a baseball bat but with 42.8mm width at nut, 7.25 radius, steel truss rod, vintage frets, rolled fretboard edges. The body: a period correct outline - just a little bit slimmer than present precisions, two piece, 42mm thick. After that they were sprayed in thin-thin-thin nitro. I wanted a vintage tint on the neck, but not very heavily tinted, and two tone sunburst but with pale yellow (not the Fender RI reddish/orange one): The hardware includes Gotoh Ultra light vintage tuners, Fender vintage style bridge, Fender anodized guard (spayed over with lacquer because I don’t like the feel of it when natural), bone nut, vintage Fender barrel knobs, Fender thumbrest, etc. The pickup is my favorite Seymour Duncan SPB-1, vintage wiring with paper-in-oil capacitators. Strung with Fender light flatwounds. I have added the correct decal, because it just looks right this way. And this is how it looks finished: , It came out amazing – relatively light (8.75 lbs), resonant, great thumpy tone but with just enough mids, with the tightest possible neck pocket. It sounds amazing now, I can not wait to see what it will sound like in a couple of years, but only time will show and a pitty no one can speed the process. Primarily I was thinking of relicing it - just some light touches, not heavy relic, but now I am in a bit of doubt- it just looks beautiful the way it is. I guess that now my G.A.S. (this is like my 55[sup]th[/sup] bass and probably 20[sup]th[/sup] precision) is cured for a long long time. Cheers P.S. Now with better pics that are finally doing the bass justice.