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Comic book Bass goes steampunk


Oopsdabassist
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With apologies to Waynepunkdude for nicking his title.

I present my very 1st bass, An Indonesian Squier P/J, which over the next few weeks, with lots of input from TimAl (who's doing all the hard work) will hopefully be transformed into a steampunk/War of the Worlds themed monster!

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here she sits, stripped back and ready for Tim to go to work, there have been other threads recently on the exact process, all I know is Tim sticks on pages from a graphic novel I came across that I liked, adds a custom pickguard and headstock logo. I'll add the electrics and then......we shall see.

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[URL=http://s1107.photobucket.com/user/Mkul0/media/PJ2_zps235da344.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1107.photobucket.com/albums/h391/Mkul0/PJ2_zps235da344.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

Body sanded back and original headstock logo sanded off, headstock tinted slightly to give an aged look to the finished article.

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Having got the bass back, a bit of copper tape in the routing, next finish of the pickups and connect the knobs to the new pickguard, new set of roto nexus strings and........

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[quote name='gilmour' timestamp='1418228868' post='2628207']
I love the concept but was also finding the pick guard a little busy. (Although on a plain bass it would look all kinds of awesome). I'd go for something a little plainer.

If it's Steampunk I'd also avoid any plastic TBH, maybe copper, leather or wood?
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A leather one would look great on this bass if you can find one.

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Thanks for all the feedback guys, for now I have just swapped the plates on my 2 P's, which I think works quite well

[URL=http://s1107.photobucket.com/user/Mkul0/media/2014-12-19165942_zps1887d0f6.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1107.photobucket.com/albums/h391/Mkul0/2014-12-19165942_zps1887d0f6.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

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[quote name='Oopsdabassist' timestamp='1416386607' post='2609554']
A clock theme on the pickguard

[URL=http://s1107.photobucket.com/user/Mkul0/media/pickguard_zps80e980bb.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1107.photobucket.com/albums/h391/Mkul0/pickguard_zps80e980bb.jpg[/IMG][/URL]
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Where did you get that?! That's fantastic!

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The guard or the artwork?

TimAl of this very parish makes the guards for a very reasonable price, the pic just came of t'internet and we did a bit of photoshopping to get the right effect.

http://basschat.co.uk/topic/247112-scratch-it-original-scratchplates-pickguards-to-your-design/page__p__2610382__hl__timal__fromsearch__1#entry2610382

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