Thor Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 So I've always had a preference to playing a Jazz Bass since my late teens, but over the years I've often been tempted by (and owned one or two) a nice P Bass, despite however many I've tried, I've never really been happy with them when gigging as I've found more often than not they get lost in the mix? So I thought I'd gotten to grips with the dreaded GAS, but here's my latest, self build P Bass. Warmoth Standard P Body, Mighty Mite P neck with Fender waterslide decal, Fender tuners with extender, Badass II bridge, DiMarzio P pickups (had these laying around for a while waiting for a project), CTS pots, Switchcraft jack, Rotosound RS66LD 45 - 105, Dunlop Straplocks. This was my first self build project, I gigged it last night and it sounded way better than I thought it would, I'd expected to play maybe a handful of songs with it and then reach for my trusty Jazz, but it was an absolute gem to play and certainly didn't sound muddy - although with the tone control wound off it certainly can. I did have to fettle around with the nut - needed quite a bit of filing to get the action to a decent level, but on the whole the set up was quite straight forward and certainly worth it. Definitely re-kindled my interest in P's now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 Looking very nice indeed; good work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 [quote name='ezbass' timestamp='1403446431' post='2482722'] Looking very nice indeed; good work. [/quote] Agree, quality parts used there, no wonder it sounds good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor Posted June 22, 2014 Author Share Posted June 22, 2014 Cheers guys - I'm truly gobsmacked how good it sounds! It's definitely a keeper for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamfist Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 [quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1403453022' post='2482794'] Agree, quality parts used there, no wonder it sounds good. [/quote] +1 ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyfisher Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 Are you sure it's a self-build . . . . looks like the sales ticket is still attached to the body in that photo (seriously though, if it sounds as good as it looks it seems like a great job!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cocco Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 My first p bass looked exactly the same as this, it was a monster too. Can't beat a nice P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bh2 Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 (edited) Yes... I managed to avoid P basses for about thirty years. Now I have two! They will get you eventually. Nice job BTW. Edited June 23, 2014 by bh2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor Posted June 23, 2014 Author Share Posted June 23, 2014 Cheers for all the positive comments guys! I'm thinking I may try another project - perhaps a P/J config? Never tried one but have always fancied one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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