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Here's a link to my modified Godin Acoustibass 'Cabronita'. http://basschat.co.uk/topic/256082-godin-acoustibass-cabronita/page__fromsearch__1

No, but I turned down a band a few weeks ago because they played too many Thin Lizzy songs (I hate Thin Lizzy).

Just got this back from Simon at GUS Guitars. I think he's done a wonderful job. I've now got a bass that weighs only 6 pounds. Has piezo and magnetic pickups and looks (IMO) wonderful. Here's what Simon had to do with the electrics to make everything work: 'The mods to the electronics included installing a volume control for the magnetic pickup which incorporates a push/pull switch. In the down position the output to the 9 pin stereo jack is mono with a blend of magnetic and piezo pickups; pulled up it splits the signals which can be sent to separate amps via a Y cable. To allow the magnetic pickup signal to be blended with the Piezo pickup signal it was necessary to convert it to low impedance using a little EMG preamp, which was wired up to match the piezo output for volume. Both circuits share a common battery, which was installed in a flip-top box on the rear of the bass. With the new electronics and controls housed in the original cavity the installation has been kept quite discreet and the look of the bass as tidy and original as possible'. And here's some pictures: 1. Modded circuit board (taken before magnetic preamp install) 2. Thumb rail with additional pins for stability. 3,4,5 Completed bass

[quote name='warwickhunt' timestamp='1424283554' post='2694754'] I have the very same bass... wouldn't be brave enough to do that! What was the deciding factor for pup placement and did you know what was under the top in that location before you started routing (what is it that gives it that 'resonator' sound)? [/quote] Pickup placement - I left it up to Simon at GUS to find the 'sweetspot'. As it's basically a Precision I don't think it was too hard for him to work that bit out. If you take off the control plate you can see there is a centre block so he's just cutting into that (but thats another reason I went for the Fender Fideli'tron pickup. I didn't want anything too wide like a P or J pickup that would go into the acoustic hollow of the bass and from what I could see of the Gretsch and TV Jones pickups they had a bit of a dogear for screw placement which also made them wider. The Fender version was the narrowest pickup I could find.

Having just got my hands on a Godin Acoustibass I decided that what it needed was Fender Cabronita'ising to add to the LR Baggs piezo pickup system (basically to change it into a sort of Fender Japan A/E precision, of which I've had two. They were great but the Godin is a much better quality instrument IMO. First things first was to get a Fender Fideli'tron bridge pickup from the USA. Once the pickup arrived it was off to Simon Farmer at GUS Guitars for him to start the work. The photos are following this: 1 Machining custom perspex template for pickup 2 Routing pickup hole 3 Pickup hole 4 Test fitting pickup 5&6 Rout for Pickup volume pot 7 Drilling control plate for pot 8 Test fitting pot and knob 9 Machining Ebony thumb rail to fit around pickup Simon is sending off to Canada to get a special Graphtech jack which will allow me to have either piezo, magnetic, together into one amp or separate into different amps (with a stereo 'Y' lead). Because the volume pot is going where the piezo battery went, he'll be routing out a hole in the back of the bass for a flip opening battery compartment. I'm not bothering with a tone pot as I can dial in different tones for the piezo system instead.

Just completed a trade with Mark. Great guy, good communication, such an easy exchange. Will happily deal with again any time.

In my last band we sacked our keyboard player. He just played exactly the same chords as the guitarist but at a higher volume (so everything turned to mush). The last straw was at a rehearsal when he spent the whole 3 hours playing with his laptop (on the floor under the keyboard) with one hand and the other hand on the keyboard. He managed to produce a lot of noises, many of them similar to white noise, but nothing that resembled what he was supposed to be playing. He got his marching orders the next day.

Out: USA Fender Precision USA Fender Hotrod Precision USA Fender Highway One Jazz MIJ Fender PJ Precision MIM Fender PJ Precision MIK Fender PJ Precision MIM Fender Mike Dirnt Precision MIK Epiphone Zenith MIK Parker Fly PB51 MIK Ibanez Artcore AFB2000 MIJ Aria SB1200 MIJ Ibanez Roadstar 2 RB850 (x2) MIUK GUS G3 Passive MIUK GUS G3 Retro Active MIUK GUS G1 Piezo Vibrato (x2) Cheap Double Bass TC Electronics BG500-115 In: MI Indonesia Cort Artisan A4 MI Canada Godin Acoustibass TC Electronics BG250-115 What I've learnt is that expensive stuff doesn't make me a better player (but does break the bank), and at the end of the day, if it feels right and sounds good who cares what name it says on the headstock.

Just done a trade with Dan. Great communication. Will happily deal with again anytime

Just sold Rob my cherished GUS G3. Easy to deal with. Great communication. Will happily deal with again

That's just made me decide to pack it all in. There I was quite happy playing root, 5th, 7th and now I see this knowing I'll never have the time (or ability) to get anywhere near it

[quote name='Hamster' timestamp='1179517885' post='1780'] I've searched around this forum and our previous home and have come up with the following luthiers. They have all at some time been [size=2][b]personally recommended by forum members[/b][/size] who have had work carried out by them. As this is a living document, if you have any amendments / additions then post the details on the thread and I'll add it to this first post. 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