HazBeen

I am with @Beedster (hey mate, long time).

My take, this will work just fine, but it is very dependent on what you do with what pickup. I quite like the idea of the 4 mini switches and this appears to combine a J with an 80s Precision Elite concept - which sounded really good.

J/J - will sound like Jazz with both pickups open. It does appear the bridge J is a little more forward than 60s position, so it will be a little rounder sounding

Single P - will give the P vibe

P + bridge J will give a P sound with a little more clarity - due to J placement I expect it will be very P like

P + Neck J will give a pretty woolly sound, that will not resemble en EB-0 and is not too useable I expect

The P/P setup will actually sound quite similar to the P + bridge J but with a bit more zing

Bridge P - ehm well… just don’t go there

https://www.vintageguitar.com/16076/fender-precision-bass-elite-ii/

Many years ago I had a Stingray 5, that had been stripped and then resprayed with the thinnest of coats. It totally opened up the tone, which is why I never paint my self builds (just oil). This will be so much more open sounding than a normal Ray. GLWTS!

Have built two, with Nova bridges. Lovely and light, hold tuning well. Great stuff. @Andre_Passini is a member here.

My Skyline 55-64…. My main P5… sadly no longer made as a straight P. Such a great bass.

Just wow! 🤩 

What's the scale length on this one?

I bought John’s Helix, picking it up at his house. Great guy, he gave a really good deal and was nothing but welcoming. Highly recommended!

Lovely 🤩,  next build going to be glass?

7 minutes ago, Si600 said:

Why did he want a single pickup so high up? It looks a bit odd to my eyes, but then, it's not my guitar, so tough!

He has a double humbucker Strat, but only uses the neck pickup. So he basically wanted to just have a guitar with just the single …. I obliged  

Wouldn’t be my choice, but hey ho…

Well, he finished it…. Waiting on some chrome bits, but he did a good job so my effort of building him a body was not wasted.

And next build…… another wimp machine with 6 puny strings.

Dragon’s Blood Red / Nitro finish

Ebony cap on headstock

Alder body

Mahogany neck 

Waiting on some templates and hardware, so will start in a few weeks time. Watch this space….. 

Anyway, I routed the pickup / control cavity and neck …. Now up to him to finish.

The logo is laser engraved - such a great way to get a nice logo.

So my mate has this Warmoth Strat neck, and wanted a body with just 1 neck pickup and hardtail bridge. Needs to be light, just wants an oil finish …… and importantly wants to do all the sanding and finishing himself. Those happen to be my least favourite activities…. So said sure…

I ordered some White Limba, I quite like that as a body wood. Very close to alder in tone (also relatively soft) but with nicer grain.

The entire process only took a few hours, so just posting a few pics of “my bit”, and will post once my mate has finished things.

Interesting “whatsit” build, I want to say it is ugly, but in the most beautifully ugly way….. if that even makes sense.

I will just drop this here for your viewing pleasure, decided to build a 5 string 35” scale neck-thru Flea M inspired bass, with 19mm spacing.

Walnut, Bubinga, Wenge, Maple, Ash

Harry Haeussel M5

Stingray 76 preamp clone

Gotoh GB350

Hipshot Vintage bridge

Zero fret

Oil finish

Thanks for the trade and the few hours spent talking about bass! Great way to spend a Sunday!

I doubt there are much better basses than the import Laklands for the price. I am hugely impressed. GLWTS

Agreed the BEs are ridiculously well built. I have a BE4 Exotic and just (finally) got a matching BE5. Probably the best built basses I own, and nowhere near the most expensive. 600 quid is a steal.

Just wow!

You have done so well! Congratulations.

Very nice indeed!

Better buy a Spector ….. lol…. I’ll get my coat.

Such quality work, lovely thing to see.

Totally forgot to mention, but we did quite the sizeable festival gig in summer with our Faithless Tribute ….. The Faithless.

Bass is my own Infinite Custom MS5 build with Flatwounds and EMG DC pickups. Lots of OC and Future Impact of course….

I have them on 4 of my basses, undoubtedly will be some patches of rust…. But tone is good so not bothered.