TheGreek Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 Stop dawdling man....get to it!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor J Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 A string retainer which brings some level of consistency to the break angle of all strings over the nut. Why Fender etc. persist with the A string having a substantially lesser angle over the nut than the other strings, for whatever reason, is one of the minor mysteries of life. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horizontalste Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 More of a makeover! 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 11 minutes ago, Horizontalste said: More of a makeover! I am DIGGING that. Tell me more. How did you do it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horizontalste Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 15 minutes ago, Owen said: I am DIGGING that. Tell me more. How did you do it? I brought it from GAK I think when they were discontinued & going cheap & I wasn't sure I'd keep it but it played so good it became my main squeeze. I fancied doing something different so I had the body hydro-dipped, the neck lacquered with a satin vintage tint, I dyed the fretboard do give it a bit of an ebony look then added the Hipshot bridge & string retainer. Oh I took the pickup selector out & wired it VVT. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horizontalste Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 I'm also not a huge fan of unfinished necks, I like how they feel but when they start to look like a weathered fence it's time for lacquer. My 55-02 below looked pale & anaemic (& a bit cheap) but felt great, probably the nicest neck I've played. I'd already worn through the thin lacquer on my 55-01 & decided getting the 55-02 done to prevent wear through & make it look a bit better. I went for satin to retain the soft feel. I also had my Stingray neck lacquered by Shuker in high gloss vintage with stainless frets. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 53 minutes ago, Horizontalste said: I brought it from GAK I think when they were discontinued & going cheap & I wasn't sure I'd keep it but it played so good it became my main squeeze. I fancied doing something different so I had the body hydro-dipped, the neck lacquered with a satin vintage tint, I dyed the fretboard do give it a bit of an ebony look then added the Hipshot bridge & string retainer. Oh I took the pickup selector out & wired it VVT. Who did the hydrodipping? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horizontalste Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 These guys https://www.facebook.com/hydrodipdesigns Their website has disappeared tho so not sure if they're still trading. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Blank Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 Quote Pimp Yo' Bass No. 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maude Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 (edited) A visually subtle but sonically strong change to my BB424X. Before picture (sorry it's blurry). After picture. Edited January 13, 2023 by Maude 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maude Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 And a sonically non existent but huge visual change of my Variax. Before, After, 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Munurmunuh Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 8 hours ago, Maude said: A visually subtle but sonically strong change to my BB424X. if I had (a) that bass and (b) the wherewithal to do things like this I would hide two more volume pots inside the bass and rewire the toggle switch to make the options neck / full neck plus some bridge / full bridge plus some neck. Go on, you know you want to 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 13 hours ago, Maude said: And a sonically non existent but huge visual change of my Variax. Before, After, That's the same bass?? Would never have guessed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baloney Balderdash Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 16 hours ago, Maude said: A visually subtle but sonically strong change to my BB424X. Before picture (sorry it's blurry). After picture. Is this some sort of riddle? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maude Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 5 minutes ago, Baloney Balderdash said: Is this some sort of riddle? Reverse P pickup. 😉 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baloney Balderdash Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 (edited) On 14/01/2023 at 16:30, Maude said: Reverse P pickup. 😉 Ah, of course! Thank you! Yeah, I never understood why anyone would have their high D and G string sound even thinner, and the low E and D string to sound even more boomy in comparison. But then again it is a known fact that Leo Fender liked to be contrary and do stuff the complete opposite way of everyone else, P pickup orientation defying logic and common sense, insisting on calling vibrato tremolo and tremolo vibrato e.t.c. And having huge success doing so I guess no one dared to question it and just mindlessly proceeded copying what he did. Edited January 17, 2023 by Baloney Balderdash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fergs40 Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 I'm not sure this needs a lot of pimping...but perhaps I lack ambition! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waddo Soqable Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 1 minute ago, fergs40 said: I'm not sure this needs a lot of pimping...but perhaps I lack ambition! Pimp.? . Hmm Maybe wear one o' them leopard skin trilbys when playing it.. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trueno Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 I converted my MIM PJ Mustang into a P only. Put an EMG Geezer into the P position and a dummy J pup cover into the J position. Put in a Gotoh bridge (cosmetic only, can’t hear any difference) and rolled the fingerboard. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamIAm Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 (edited) My very first Bass Guitar (I owned a ukulele bass at the time) was a Greg Bennett Corsair MCR-1 mini bass (24.6 inch scale length). Over the course of a few weeks, I made the following mods: Changed to a 3D printed black pickguard. Changed to a black high mass bridge. Upgraded to an EMZ Geezer Butler pickup, I shielded the electrics cavity with copper tape at the same time. Swapped in better quality (and black) tuning machines. Added in a diy passive diode based fuzz and a diy rotary multi-position tone control (Similar to the Tonestyler Bass 6 but much less expensive), this required enlargement of the electronics cavity (and reshielding!). I later changed to an EMG active MMCS pup (no photo) with active EQ, which required further enlarging of the pickup cavity and a reprinted pickguard. Being small and all black (nearly) I named it 'Ponty'. I loved the sound and playability of Ponty. It was the success with these mods (which just a few months before would have seemed impossible for me) that got me into building my first bass, Twiggy. (Sadly both Ponty and Twiggy were destroyed in my flat fire) S'manth x Edited January 16, 2023 by Smanth 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waddo Soqable Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 Unbelievably tragic that after all that they were burnt, such a waste.. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamIAm Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 1 minute ago, Waddo Soqable said: Unbelievably tragic that after all that they were burnt, such a waste.. Yep. The BC community came to my rescue and I was soon grooving again ... and, undaunted, I have the materials to build another better version of Twiggy (To be called Phoenix). S'manth x 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waddo Soqable Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 Phoenix.. Perfect!... I'll be interested to see how it evolves, hopefully you'll do a build thread.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamIAm Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 7 minutes ago, Waddo Soqable said: Phoenix.. Perfect!... I'll be interested to see how it evolves, hopefully you'll do a build thread.. Check it out here. S'manth x 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baloney Balderdash Posted January 17, 2023 Share Posted January 17, 2023 On 13/01/2023 at 21:42, Horizontalste said: More of a makeover! This looks absolutely amazing! ❤️ 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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