Andyjr1515 Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 [quote name='Chris Sharman' timestamp='1407858702' post='2524751'] I did indeed mean Jag. I was dropping my Jazz off with a hangover at the time I saw it... [/quote] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 My Ibby GWB35 started like this [IMG]http://i308.photobucket.com/albums/kk344/ezbass/Ibby.jpg[/IMG] Then became this [IMG]http://i308.photobucket.com/albums/kk344/ezbass/P1080146.jpg[/IMG] And now currently looks like this [IMG]http://i308.photobucket.com/albums/kk344/ezbass/488cb0b0c876534467fbbfbb91caa50d_zpsa8656627.jpg[/IMG] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyjr1515 Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 [quote name='ezbass' timestamp='1407859540' post='2524763'] My Ibby GWB35 started like this Then became this And now currently looks like this [/quote] Ooh wow! The final reincarnation is very nicely done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 [quote name='Andyjr1515' timestamp='1407859961' post='2524768'] Ooh wow! The final reincarnation is very nicely done. [/quote]Coming from you is indeed a great compliment; thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alittlebitrobot Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 (edited) Then: (photo from google, not my own) Now: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/246086-dr-frankensteins-westone/page__view__findpost__p__2562958"]I have a process post in the Build Diaries sub.[/url] Edited October 7, 2014 by alittlebitrobot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyjr1515 Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 [quote name='alittlebitrobot' timestamp='1412695293' post='2571090'] Then: (photo from google, not my own) Now: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/246086-dr-frankensteins-westone/page__view__findpost__p__2562958"]I have a process post in the Build Diaries sub.[/url] [/quote] Lovely job. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassmayhem Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 (edited) My old Fender Jazz '78 i got second hand in '82 started its life as jet black; the first thing I did was to get rid of the original bridge, ashtrays and pick guard. Then I "grinded off" the black plastic laquer. It had already DiMarzio pups, but I added one more in the middle. Here, the third pup is removed. Bass face included! (1985)... Around 2006, after 21 years with EMG pups... After a LOT of mileage it looked like this around 2010. Retired due to its massive weight of 8,5 kg(!!!)... Some three years ago I decided it earned a new life again, so I had a custom made body built to my specs. Chambered ash body with heavily flamed Swedish birch. Still a bass on the heavier side, but fully managable. Note the extra cutout on the back of the lower horn for full access to all frets, also a bigger tummy cut for a more mature(!) player... How modified is it? Well, it is original from neck up, with the exception of a refret and a new saddle. BassChat record...? Edited December 29, 2014 by bassmayhem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mornats Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 Here's my modified Squier VM jazz. Before: And after: Here I've upgraded the electronics with a wiring harness from KiOgon, put a pair of Entwistle JBXN pickups in and Tim from Scatch-It! (http://www.originalscratchplates.com/) supplied the scratchplate courtesy of me winning a prize draw I've also levelled, dressed and crowned the frets and popped a set of Elixir steel strings on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myke Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 That is a gorgeous scratchplate! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gafbass02 Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 my fave bass ever; my 1990 MIJ jazz in sonic blue. [URL=http://s34.photobucket.com/user/gafbass02/media/image-5.jpg.html][IMG]http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d115/gafbass02/image-5.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Its had so many different forms and mods over the years and despite the pics (mainly iphone so not great) its actually really battered, worn chipped and dinged and looks great! Its my third ever bass and the one i had a picture of stuck in my school folder when i started out as my dream bass that i aspired to own one day. As it happens a year later i found mine going cheap in a local used guitar place which burnt down shortly after!, at a time when i could just scrape together the cash if i sold my other bass, the guy was very relectant to do me a deal but i managed it and legged it home to clean off the gunk which had lowered the price by £50 to something i could afford! Funnily enough not long after i met a guy who had gone in to buy it just after me! After over 75 other basses and three necks, two preamps, three or four sets of pickups, two sets of tuners (poss three) god knows how many other tweaks and hardware changes shes still my number one, despite a lengthy flirtation with warwick! (even then she was always onstage tuned up ready to go) heres a link to a set of pics of me 'n JB as its known from over the last 18 years we've been gigging together! I even played her at my wedding! The pics over the years are in this flickr album here.................. http://www.flickr.com/photos/34605698@N04/sets/72157623937813540/ Hope you enjoy taking a peek! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweedledum Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 (edited) Before: [url="https://flic.kr/p/pUz1ht"][/url] [url="https://flic.kr/p/pUz1ht"]Harley Benton PB-50[/url] After: [url=https://flic.kr/p/qjuC8A][/url] [url=https://flic.kr/p/qjuC8A]HB PB-50 Gold[/url] Edited January 3, 2015 by Tweedledum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ped Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Great thread. There's something about modding a bass which makes it feel like 'yours' isn't there... Here's mine [url=https://flic.kr/p/dsvdxb][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/dsvdxb]Vigier Passion GK[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/people/25012267@N03/]chiscocks[/url], on Flickr Mods are: New pickups (bass was bought as an empty shell) and pickup surround, Marleaux pre-amp, GK Vbass pickup and 13 pin output. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ped Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 [quote name='bartelby' timestamp='1406450645' post='2511481'] My battered Aria Pro II SB Elite. Modifications started in the late 80s with the addition of a Hipshot D-tuner. Then came the Dimarzio Model One. Then the end of the fretboard was scalloped. Recently the original pickup died so I borrowed one from my Dean. Then I borrowed the Dean's preamp too... [/quote] Love this, it just looks like it's going to sound and feel awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimryan Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 I've got two and working on a third. So far there's this... [URL=http://s1258.photobucket.com/user/jimryan88/media/Facebook/Mobile%20Uploads/553318_10151948982745294_1868364211_n.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1258.photobucket.com/albums/ii527/jimryan88/Facebook/Mobile%20Uploads/553318_10151948982745294_1868364211_n.jpg[/IMG][/URL] And this... [URL=http://s1258.photobucket.com/user/jimryan88/media/image_zps44d7706e.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1258.photobucket.com/albums/ii527/jimryan88/image_zps44d7706e.jpg[/IMG][/URL] And they've become... [URL=http://s1258.photobucket.com/user/jimryan88/media/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zps0k98nc1x.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1258.photobucket.com/albums/ii527/jimryan88/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zps0k98nc1x.jpg[/IMG][/URL] They've both had Seymour Duncan QP pickups at the neck and a Seymour Duncan MM ceramic at the bridge. Both have hipshot ultralites and extenders fitted along with schaller straplocks. The White P has a hipshot bridge and status neck, whilst the orange jazz has a Seymour Duncan Blackout pre and a custom scratchplate from the bass doc. I'm also currently working on this... [URL=http://s1258.photobucket.com/user/jimryan88/media/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zpsf3525545.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1258.photobucket.com/albums/ii527/jimryan88/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zpsf3525545.jpg[/IMG][/URL] And so far I've done this to it... [URL=http://s1258.photobucket.com/user/jimryan88/media/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zpsb19c83e4.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1258.photobucket.com/albums/ii527/jimryan88/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zpsb19c83e4.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mornats Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 !!! So blue! And sparkly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 I used to be a bit of a tinkerer, but I've calmed down a lot. The only one which survives from that era is the Epiphone Les Paul (not so) Standard: Physical changes - pickup selector switch installed in the rightful place. These basses didn't come with them, even though they had the internal routing for it. Doesn't look like a Les Paul without it, so I did it myself. Taking a drill press to a carved top instrument was a bit of a scary moment, but it turned out OK in the end. Cover on the back is a little tight and difficult to remove, I made the rebate a little too snug. Internal changes - guts ripped out entirely and replaced with 2x EMG-HB pickups (split P rails in a guitar humbucker sized package), 2x volume plus selector switch fed to an EMG-BQC 3 band EQ. Controls - vol, vol, bass/treble stack, mids/mid sweep stack. Somehow managed to squeeze a battery in there too More recently, I changed the neck pickup on my Gibson Midtown Standard to a DiMarzio Model One. Not trivial - the Model One doesn't fit in the hole left by Gibson's "I look like a mudbucker but I'm really a TB+ in disguise" so I had to enlarge the route a bit. Just did it by hand with the chisel - only needed a couple of mm each side. Found a spare push/push pot, so I have series/parallel selectable on the volume pot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinynorman Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 I only ever attempted a couple of serious projects, the most nearly successful of which started with a Ripper wreck bought from Ash. Someone had sprayed black paint over the whole body, including the pickups and the original single ply pickguard. They then added a 3-ply pickguard on top of the original. A lot of stripping and sanding, including removing flaking laquer from the neck, got me to this. and finally this, which I was quite pleased with, as my skills for this job came mostly from reading Basschat, and I don't really have any of the right facilities or equipment. The only thing that still irritates me a little is the pickguard, which has the volume and tone controls in the wrong place. The interesting bit, if you're into Rippers, is the body is the old shape and should be maple, but is actually alder, which has the advantage of being about 2lbs lighter. Officially alder came in with the new slimmer body shape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6feet7 Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Here's a link to my modified Godin Acoustibass 'Cabronita'. http://basschat.co.uk/topic/256082-godin-acoustibass-cabronita/page__fromsearch__1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deksawyer Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 Here's a G&L neck on an NRD Basses P body. The neck pocket had to be cut away slightly at the heel and I had to glue some veneer on the sides of the pocket to take up the slack. Tight as now. I also had to enlarge the holes to fit the machineheads as well as move the bridge forward a bit to make the scale length correct, which was why I used a Badass II I had so the extra metal behind the screw holes on it covered up the pre-drilled holes on the body. Pickup is a SD Quarter Pounder, with some 250k CTS pots and a 0.033 cap. All in all it's turned out pretty well. I need to take it all apart and give it some coats of Tru Oil. cheers D. [attachment=187676:WP_20150328_13_10_53_Rich.jpg] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blablas Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 Her are a few more of mine. All three started out as being identical. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Cloud Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 [quote name='bassmayhem' timestamp='1419863695' post='2643289'] My old Fender Jazz '78 i got second hand in '82 started its life as jet black; the first thing I did was to get rid of the original bridge, ashtrays and pick guard. Then I "grinded off" the black plastic laquer. It had already DiMarzio pups, but I added one more in the middle. Here, the third pup is removed. Bass face included! (1985)... Around 2006, after 21 years with EMG pups. Retired due to its massive weight of 8,5 kg(!!!)... [/quote] 8.5kg!!!! Are you having a giraffe????? Holy moley! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alittlebitrobot Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 [quote name='Jimryan' timestamp='1425238009' post='2705469'] [url="http://s1258.photobucket.com/user/jimryan88/media/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zps0k98nc1x.jpg.html"][/url] [/quote] I can't let those Zelda symbols go unpraised. Nice one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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