Dual P Pickup Bass - Modding a Mexi Fender
Not quite a build diary. But I guess such an irreversible mod that it may interest others.
I scored a relatively cheap 2005 Fender Mexi Precision on here with the explicit purpose of making a dual P bass. Having listened to many of these on various videos, I became infatuated with them, though not the price that many command on the secondhand market (especially the BC Rich Basses). So I decided to make my own.
Here’s a workbench photo from my local luthier, who I asked to do the routi
I love the Alien Audio basses. They sound fabulous in all the videos I have found of them. The Tim Akers band has a bassist called Gary Lunn who plays one; he sounds fab.
Of interest, the Alien Audio basses actually change the pickup locations quite a bit. I attach below a table I made of all the different basses I had and how pickup locations compare. The Alien Audio basses don’t have the middle coils in the classic location - the front pickup is moved quite a bit towards the neck, and t
