Turning a Harley benton PB-Shorty into a JB-Shorty.
A couple of week ago I bought a fun little (lefty) Harley Benton PB-Shorty.
I liked this little bass a lot (after having put in a Seymour Duncan Quarter Pounder), 30 inch scale while all other dimension are similar to a Precission Bass.
It got me thinking of wanting one with Jazz Bass pickups, given that this is not available I decided to convert one myself, this is my little rebuild diary.
Orderer another to do this conversion.
After it arrived I found out that this second one was
Aligned the tuners (and removed the stickers).
Before:
after:
No filling and drilling, there was just enough space to move the tuners around in a aligned position after loosening the screws.
Routed the cavities for the pickups in the body.
