fleabag Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 (edited) Rather than Frankenbasses, which appear to be basses cobbled together ( and many quite brilliantly ) by members, and has already been a rather big thread... has anyone bought an odd ball from a Pro ? ( Guitar shop, luthier etc ? ) I'm throwing this one of mine in - Unknown 3 part Ash P body, Unknown Peavey neck, Peavey tuners, reshaped headstock , jazz width at nut , Gotoh bridge Big allen head neck to body bolts, vintage Schaller Bass Bucker neck pup ( bluddy lovely too ) Dimarzio Model P DP 122 bridge pup. Vol, Blend, Tone. Simple Edited December 31, 2017 by fleabag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingrayPete1977 Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 I know Bernie Goodfellow made a GB bass from various scraps of wood as a test bed for things and trying electronics out in etc, it was so good Mika's bass player had it painted and took it on tour on the proviso that Bernie had it back to destroy after so it never got refinished and ruined his reputation in years to come! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prowla Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 Here's one I picked up last year: Status Graphite neck. Warmoth body. Badass II bridge. Schaller tuners + Hipshot eXtender. J-Retro preamp. (Not sure what pickups are.) Straplocks. I did have a fretless version of it too, but I sold that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleabag Posted December 31, 2017 Author Share Posted December 31, 2017 Nice looking axe ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleabag Posted January 1, 2018 Author Share Posted January 1, 2018 Not many odd balls around is there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prowla Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 There are some commercial brands which assemble basses from off-the-shelf parts. Recently I nearly bought a Peter Cook Mighty Mite P-bass - he made them in the 70s/80s(?) and one I saw had a Mighty Mite logo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alyctes Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 I had a Retrovibe prototype for a Les Paul-style series of basses which never went into production. Moved on maybe four years ago (to DarkHeart, who didn't get on with it IIRC) - no pics, sadly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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