Dosi Y'Anarchy

So, I may have a sunburst loaded VI body on it's way.

Price Drop!

Also, if you have a Bass VI or Gretsch Baritone, we could work out a deal. 

40 minutes ago, scrumpymike said:

Just seen this!  With Andyjr already on topic, the OP is now in contact with the world's 2-and-only - specialists in Rascal Bass customisation.  IMHO if Fender released the same bass with a more sensible name and body they would be on to a winner.  It's my go-to gig bass thanks to the great neck and amazing combination of 3 pups selectable in every permutation via 7-position switching.  Unfortunately the original body destroyed the ergonomics for me and others who played mine before Andy customised it by making a new body based on the Precision Lyte.  Next project is for Andy to build me another starting with re-shaping the original body.  What may be of interest to the OP is that there is a very helpful Rascal 'service sheet' published by Fender with sketches, wiring diagram and complete parts list.

Hmmmm, so the ergonomics are all out of whack? I'm wondering whether the same would be on a bass vi conversion. I mean, logic would dictate probably but I'm not of the technical mind!

32 minutes ago, TheGreek said:

Since were discussing hypotheticals...

Jazz neck on a strat body???

There are plenty of half finished strat bodies available on eBay - would need one without the cut outs for pups/ neck/etc - heyho small bodied Fender bass - surprised that nobody else has ever done it TBH.

Suggestions why it shouldn't/hasn't been done??

Well fender put a jazz body with a strat neck and called it the Sixty-Six!

No, i'm probably gonna get a VI again shortly and probably will keep it a VI (with some upgrades) but if I really thought i could pull off a VI to IV conversion simply and relatively cheaply, i'd eventually give it a go. 

Replacement Bronco Necks are impossible to find as they dont make replacement short scale necks apparently and dont make squier ones (bought a mustang body, needed a neck, ended up canibalising my Bronco to make a working bass - it was a cool project, ended up with a Mustang with a Telebass pickup and a Jazz Bridge pickup)

Id replace the trem plate with a 4 string one of these:

not the prettiest, but should work.

Hi everyone,

This is just a hypothetical, i'll probably never get round to it, but I thought it would be a fun idea. 

Remember the Fender Rascal Bass? Essentially it was a shortscale 4 string bass with a Bass VI body. 

It came in one colour: green. It had an awful name and it had 3 lipstick pickups (no complaints, but i just think it looked out of place personally). 

But I have to say, it has some charm for me. They're discontinued now and i cant imagine a reissue will be forthcoming any time soon and unfortunately i never got a chance to try one in person.

So here's my thought: Could you turn a Squier Bass VI into a Bass IV/Rascal?

You'd get a triple-pickup shortscale bass on/off for each pickup and you could wire the strangle switch to series/parallel 

First thoughts are you would either need to fill and re-drill the tuner holes OR would something like a bronco bass neck fit? 

You could get a decent enough pickup set to replace the jaguar pickups, maybe some rail ones to deal with any misalignment of the strings against where pole pieces) 

You could replace the trem plate with a hardtail one (a few places on Reverb offer them, a custom order shouldn't be to hard to get and this would bypass the trem and stringing options all together).

You'd need a new nut, but with the VI's having a 42mm nut, currently, that shouldnt be too hard. 

The only real issue is the bridge (assuming a replacement neck from a bronco would work). As id need something that fits in the existing hole but was made for a 4-string bass. 

Any other problems you guys could think of, how easy do you think it would be to do? 

I agree to an extent, but the Gibson DC bass is USA made, and is well under a grand, £736 to be exact. Two short scale, USA made basses with single humbuckers (both with options for changing the tone of that humbucker).

The fallout does look great and sounds great in the demo video too 

Yeah, I was so hyped for this until finding out the price, bring out a Tribute model and I'll be all over it but at that price, it totally killed my GAS 

Oh yeah, I forgot to say, feel free to make me an offer.

Got some heavy la Bella flats on there.

This is a vista series Musicmaster bass with matching headstock, an actual bass pickup (unlike the original fenders and current bronco basses) AND string through body.

There's some cosmetic damage (few chips and dings). But everything is working and playing brilliant. Competition stripe is just a sticker.

Between my 2 Mustangs and Gibson and impending bass VI, I've got enough short scale basses to deal with for now, so this and one of the Mustangs have to go.

One of these (in surf green) went for £560 on eBay in September (with collection only from bath). 

 posted in UK payment via PayPal gift friends and family please or cash on collection.

Questions or if you want more photos, just let me know.

This is just a feeler at the moment.

Basically I bought a loaded mim Mustang pj body, replaced the p-pickup and pickguard with the pickup off my pawnshop Mustang and stuck a bronco neck on it (perfect fit, however it did force it a bit which led it a slight crack by the pocket).

It's not been wired together well at all and although the selector switch has been upgraded by the previous owner, I did a bad job with the wiring and consequentially it's not always switching correctly.

I will say that I freaking love the humbucker in there. Its fat and deep without being muddy and a great compliment to the short scale.

Okay, I'll let this go for 399 collected or 439 posted UK.

I got LifeIsUnfair audio to mod one of my big muffs, it's got a tone bypass switch (for more mids and volume) a yellow led and a DC power jack.

£SOLD Inc UK postage payment via PayPal gift/ friends and family please

Black Cat Bass Octave Fuzz (Brassmaster clone): £sold 

Latent Lemon Audio Hurts (Harmonic Percolator based distortion) £SOLD 

Prices include UK postage payment via PayPal gift / friends and family please

Price Drop. Will included postage for £500 or you can collect for £460. Payment via paypay friends/Family/Gift preferred but not essential. 

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F174046256895

3 hours ago, bartelby said:

Will that be a clone of the clone of a Hiwatt preamp?

That was my thought. I love the Tech21 Leeds on both bass and guitar. 

Few more photos

If my Ibanez sells, I'll be all over this.

Thanks guys. I don't know why they discontinued them! It does P sounds, it does J sounds, the neck is lightning fast and the wood looks pretty, the nordys are awesome. To be honest, I'd not actually thought about selling it until now as I like it so much but I've got no other way of getting my hands on a Stingray, and I think that's where I want to be at the moment.

So, I'm feeling like it's time to get my first Stingray. Now that means I need to sell a bass and I can't to sell any of the others so it has to be the Ibanez.

It's one of these

Specifications
SR4 5pc Jatoba/Bubinga neck
Bubinga top/Mahogany body
Rosewood fretboard w/Abalone oval inlay
Medium frets
Accu-cast B300 bridge
Nordstrand CND P/J pickups
Ibanez Custom Electronics 3-band eq w/Eq bypass switch (passive tone control on treble pot)
Black matte hardware

I think £sold seems fair and these are discontinued now unfortunately. 

Tradewise, let me know what you've got I've currently got some GAS for a Baritone guitar or a Bass Vi. I like fender guitar amps too. I love pedals too. I would prefer to meet for a trade so please bare that in mind.

I can post for an additional £40 (will usually be a 48hr courier and I always send fully insured).

Can be collected from chesham, bucks. 

Payment via PayPal gift / friends and family preferred but not essential.

33 minutes ago, Al Krow said:

That's perhaps the most damning with faint praise comment I've come across all year. Brilliant!  

Heh. I mean it does do the octave up and the 5th up in a pedalboard friendly package. I just wasn't impressed with how it sounded, however I'd be happy to try it again

I have tried the quint machine once or twice. I thought it sounded passable if you were to put some EQ or drive after it

The Fishman Fission, as already mentioned.

But also the t-rex quint machine....Thomann were knocking t-rex stuff out pretty cheap recently.

I just checked: £78 on Thomann, thats like half the price elsewhere.