johnp352

Starting a simliar build here..I've been playing SCPB's for a while, and switched the stock Fender (in this case a 51 RI CIJ) to a side by side Fralin to get rid of the noise. This pickup sounds more like a standard P bass pickup, and while it gets rid of the buzz from stage lights etc, it doesn't sound the same as a single coil. After seeing what the people who play esquires do..I decided to get a seymour duncan cs, which is a stacked vertcal HB that fits in the same place. It has 4 wires, one for each coil, and I am experimenting with a "tone control" that allows you to have eithe single coil or humbucker or a blend between the two. I thought I'd toss this in here, even though you've committed to the Jones pu. I still haven't heard one set up in a proper fender bass.

some things i found out about while building this..please remember it was 2006, and a few details about these basses have come to light since- though I don't believe 1/2 of them.. The two piece maple neck is a great addition..never played one before, and it made a difference. As did the "crappy" stock fender vintage bridge..you know, the one that everyone tosses and sticks on a "high mass" boat anchor? I liked it so much I stuck one on my 'blues bass", a 60's squier with flats..and that bass sounds right too. Anyway, go with the original. The body has to be ash..and here, i hope you luck into finding a light one, because ..z bass..she is z heavyweight. To the point where when i picked it up for a pre set warmup..I felt like I knew I was going to work. And lastly the pickup..so much info on this..and so little info-mation. I have the good fortune (very good fortune) to be an endorser and player of Rick Turner basses, and through him connected to Evan at Seymour Duncan. Now Rick just happens to be the guy who designed and built John Entwistles Alembics..and he knows a lot about pickups..he didn't think the pickups on these had any serious magical qualities to them..stock 60's pickups..of course "stock" back then meant..whoever was winding may..or may not have..overwound or underwound..and the one that got foisted into the OX P may or may not be .....let's put it this way. That bass exists, somebody bought it at the Sothby auction, right? and that somebody could have the pickup measured and we'd finally put an end to speculation..but back to Evan who recommended an Antiquity 2, that's what I put in this. and with a fresh set of rotos and 2 amps, one set for "bass" and one for "treble"..there you go. Good luck with the build, and I mean it..you'll dig what you come up with. As for me, I am starting a build on another Brit Fender..a sorta Ronnie Wood with Beck '69 tele bass. and the pics in here of Doc Bass's finish are making me want to move to Hackney..btw, where IS the good Doc?

Have had one of these for my "blues bass" for a few years now. Always strung with D'Adarrio Chromes, in their lightest gauge. Takes me about 3 weeks to break them in, and these have been on the bass for 3 years. I have tried the Seymour Antiquity 1 (I like this sound..and I am an endorser), and the fender '62 RI pu's..SD wins it ..with flats, rw's are a different story. Took off the crap bridge and put on a Fender vintage with ridged saddles..THAT was a nice improvement, and I never see it mentioned.Took the finish down a bit on the back of the neck..changed the tort guard to a mint green one, which cuts the awful glare of the poly finish down a bit. overall, this is a very nice bass..comparable to my 73 precision, but with a BETTER build quality. I think most of 70's Fender basses were made by hung over hillrods..same as American cars of that age. It's great to have a bass you can toss in a gig bag and not worry about. Have recorded with it too, and once the chromes are worn in..there isn't a session of blues I would be worried taking this to.

I've found it's not so much your volume, but the rest of the people you are working with and the FOH engineer. Theoretically, a Sansamp/amp sim should be all you need, with decent sidefills..but if one of the geetar players decides he hates IEM's or the drummer needs to have simulated cannons going off ad nauseum, you'll get lost trying to monitor yourself. I still haven't found a really good IEM that compensates for this, and sidefills, outside of major well run festivals, are catch as catch can. We are in a strange transition place soundwise, 1/2 iems'sims etc and 1/2 loud amps and louder drums. It's also important to know that when you are starting out with sims, the sound you get in your bedroom studio through earbuds isn't the same thing that a FOH engineer is going to want to use, depending on the mix and room acoustics..and rightfully so too..if she is any good.

Hello from Chicago..new here..though this Slab P has been in the UK for a few years now. I built it as I wanted the JAE Marque thing..and got it. Sold to a guy who is in a Who tribute band in the UK. Ash body, two piece maple neck, specially wound PU from Seymour Duncan.