Watt's axe - one for the bitsa brigade

[wingnutkj]

As a compulsive tinkerer, I was amused to read about one of Mike Watt's basses on his website (the yellow precision, about halfway down):

[url="http://www.hootpage.com/hoot_gallery-thudstaffs.html"][b]http://www.hootpage.com/hoot_gallery-thudstaffs.html[/b][/url]
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[size=3][font=verdana,arial,geneva,sans serif][font=verdana,arial,geneva,sans serif]2011[b] fender p-bass deluxe special[/b]
this plays really good, made in mexico
neck has narrow nut like fender j-bass
I replaced original pickguard w/this black
one when I tore out the active electronics,
replaced body w/yellow warmoth alder one
and replaced the split pickup w/a [url="http://www.dallenpickups.com/product_p/csp%201088.htm"]d allen[/url] one
along w/passive controls and a gotoh bridge
my buddy [url="http://www.guitarsafari.net/"]dirk[/url] did much work on this! [/font][/font][/size][/quote]

Watt always mods the hell (and rocks the hell) out of his basses, but I like the idea that he acquired a P deluxe, replaced the body, the pickguard, the pickup, the active electronics and the bridge, but kept the neck - because it is Jazz width!

[jonsmith]

One step away from being Trigger's Broom.

[wingnutkj]

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One step away from being Trigger's Broom.
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Well, once he replaces the neck with one with graphite rods in it, and puts some Hipshot Ultralites on it...

[Beer of the Bass]

I'm most impressed with the Alembic that he chopped half the headstock off, hacked some ill-fitting pickups into and painted rattlecan green! That would get the folk on some bass forums properly frothing.

Edited March 2, 2014 by Beer of the Bass