karlthebassist

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='267892' date='Aug 22 2008, 02:50 PM']Subscribed! Who gave you the pickup advice? You're missing a beautiful thing by not putting a P pup in there... Tony Franklin would be insulted. [/quote] haha. advice came from a local player. doctor_of_the_bass infact. he know his basses lol. anyway, putting a p bass pickup in a p bass seems a bit overdone

Here are some pics of a fretless P bass that im building. ive been on it for a while as ive had little time to do anything to it, but im back into it now so it sould some along soon! Body is ash, neck walnut, fretboard is wenge. pickups are going to be j style (you'll see a plugged up p hole in the body - i was advised to stay away from p pickup on a fretless. side dots only, no lines. dots are brass, hardware is all black, gotho bridge, vintage style hipshot tuners (all matte black) scratchplate is actually walnut too. but not pic yet as ive left it hanging on the wall above my workbench at work no idea about pickups - must fit j bass because im going to be using some fenders that i have kicking around at the moment. i want it passive - any suggestions fro something that may work well with fretless? [attachment=12523:Image030.jpg] [attachment=12524:Image032.jpg] [attachment=12525:Image035.jpg] [attachment=12526:Image036.jpg] [attachment=12527:Image037.jpg]

Hi. Just joined the forum yesterday and its very cool! Sould have joined years ago. Lets see... Live in Peterborough and play bass. My main band is a 10-piece soul/r&b band - the Cactus Club which is fun, but barely gig at all because people are always away or something. The perils of large bands. I also play acoustic with a lad and we do pubs and open mic things. All covers sadly - but that seems to be all I can find. This is all you're interested in anyway - GEAR [b]Mark Bass CMD 103 H [/b]amp. Its lovely - but sadly has to go for transport reasons, will stick with Mark Bass though because they are awesome, just need something smaller. [b]Fender MIM P-Bass[/b] with Basslines active pickup and Badass II bridge. I shall soon be fitting the J pickup to it also and a battery door - but haven't had the time yet [b]Fretless Squire MB4[/b] my first bass, but I still play it from time to time. Has one working pickup - a Fender J [b]Aria Pro II CTB 4 String[/b] P/J with odd active circuit. Its rubbish really but fun. Needs some TLC - again, when I have time [b]5-String Peavey throughneck[/b] Had this for ages, don't know what its called. Has bubinga wings and sounds pretty smooth [b]Ibanez EWB20WNE Acoustic Bass[/b] This IS lovely [b]Yamaha BB 5000A 5-string[/b] in fact, doctor_of_the_bass (aka Nick) will recognise this one... Various effects and stuff. I don't really use them at the moment because I have no interesting band to use them in! As for music - Jazz, funk, blues, rock, electronic, electronica, soul, r&b - lots of things.