pdw Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 (edited) I have always been fond of the sound of the original single coil Precision from the 50s and the Fender Telecaster basses from 60s and 70s, so I thought it would be cool to have a bass with both a scpb-pickup and a wide range humbucker. A few months ago, I was bored and drew this little mockup : Some months later, I stumbled upon a cheap maple lefty Precision neck and decided to start looking for the other needed parts and actually build this beauty. Because I thought it would be a shame to waste valuable parts fort my first build, I try to keep it as cheap as possible This is what I have so far : I got almost all parts from the extremely nice people at the Dutch bass players forum. I expect the last batch of parts to arrive in my mailbox any day now and then I can start the woodworking : filling up the bridge pickup cavity, routing of a cavity for the humbucker and converting the headstock into Tele style. After that, it will be a challenge to get the electronics working, but when I succeed I can start thinking about the finishing of the bass : find a nice colour for the body, refinish the neck with a tinted glossy lacquer, make a custom pickguard, etc. I will keep you people posted of my progress ! Edited August 30, 2012 by pdw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umcoo Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 That's going to look great - excellent idea! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 That's stunning, great idea, I did a similar set up on a Yamaha BB300, it was a struggle to get the output if the pickups matched. But the initial image (photoshop?) looks really cool; like a lost prototype almost! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdw Posted August 30, 2012 Author Share Posted August 30, 2012 (edited) [quote name='AndyTravis' timestamp='1346270143' post='1787353'] That's stunning, great idea, I did a similar set up on a Yamaha BB300, it was a struggle to get the output if the pickups matched. [/quote] Nice ! Do you have any pictures ? What problems did you have with the mismatched output and how did you solve them ? [quote name='AndyTravis' timestamp='1346270143' post='1787353'] (photoshop?) [/quote] Nope, [url="http://www.gimp.org/"]Gimp[/url]. Does anything Photoshop can, but much cheaper Edited August 30, 2012 by pdw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/143317-yamaha-bb300-cheapest-build-thread-ever/page__st__20__p__1718061__hl__bb300__fromsearch__1#entry1718061"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/143317-yamaha-bb300-cheapest-build-thread-ever/page__st__20__p__1718061__hl__bb300__fromsearch__1#entry1718061[/url] It was great fun. Eventually I walked out of the band I was with and flogged it to a mate who was joining a bad, so I never really got round to resolving the output issues. Shame really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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