nilorius Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 Tell us if You have, let's say, a Fender player jazz bass - defretted and refinished. Did You ask Your luthier to do it, or bought allready modified, may be did it Yourself? Are You satisfied with the modification. Tell more about it and somes pics would be great, too ! Mine is - Fender Jaco tribute jazz bass - fretted and refinished to black. It was hard for me to play it fretless, but the instrument was so great, it sounded superb unplugged and i didn't have any fretted bass, so i asked my luthier to fret it and he did it perfectly. Another guy who was a specialist in refinishing, made it black. I love how it sounds and looks. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulThePlug Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 (edited) Looks Familiar!.. My Aria PJ Jazz with Entwistle PBX Edited January 30 by PaulThePlug 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulThePlug Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 (edited) Ibby SR300 - P Tonerider... Ibby SR300 - Maida Vale Stacked Jazz Ibby SR400 - DiMarzio DP123 J's Edited January 30 by PaulThePlug 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maude Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 Where to start, I've got so many that I've modified in one way or another. Apparently the beginning is a very good place so this is the first bass that got some serious work. It started life as a black Line6 Variax 700. This isn't mine but this is how it looked. Changes to headstock shape, tuners, fret markers, colour, binding, f hole, pickguard shape and bridge cover. Ended up like this, Build diary here if interested but unfortunately most of the pictures went missing when Photobucket decided they wanted paying. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzyvee Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 Fine looking modification! Does it still have all the variax gubbings inside or have you changed those too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maude Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 3 minutes ago, jazzyvee said: Fine looking modification! Does it still have all the variax gubbings inside or have you changed those too? Thanks. 😊 Only cosmetic mods, all the workings are still Variax. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzyvee Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 (edited) I had my bass refinished from it's all see through purple finish to a clear finish to show the Quilted Maple top. I had a refret done, new chrome knobs and new pickups which are cream but i don't have a picture of those on this computer. I had the refinish and refret done by Toby Diggins at Jaydee Custom Guitars...... and this is the first bass i have kept flats on. They have been on for about 6 months now and i have to say i have taken a liking to how they sound on this bass. That said I doubt if my other basses will get flats. Edited January 30 by jazzyvee Adding another photo 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NHM Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 Here's my Junior Jet, heavily sanded on the back to take about 1cm off the thickness so it now weighs about a feather, and I've finished the wood with a black water-based stain that gives it a plum colouring. Fitted with a TV Jones Thunderblade and a Schaller bridge, a coil-split switch and with my custom tort plates, it looks and sounds great. I use it as a back up, but really it should be a front line bass as it plays so well; occasionally I take pity on it and give it a front line gig. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nilorius Posted January 30 Author Share Posted January 30 13 minutes ago, NHM said: Here's my Junior Jet, heavily sanded on the back to take about 1cm off the thickness so it now weighs about a feather, and I've finished the wood with a black water-based stain that gives it a plum colouring. Fitted with a TV Jones Thunderblade and a Schaller bridge, a coil-split switch and with my custom tort plates, it looks and sounds great. I use it as a back up, but really it should be a front line bass as it plays so well; occasionally I take pity on it and give it a front line gig. Wow....this is real great! 🤘 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassTractor Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 (edited) . Edited January 30 by BassTractor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OliverBlackman Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 3 hours ago, jazzyvee said: I had my bass refinished from it's all see through purple finish to a clear finish to show the Quilted Maple top. I had a refret done, new chrome knobs and new pickups which are cream but i don't have a picture of those on this computer. I had the refinish and refret done by Toby Diggins at Jaydee Custom Guitars...... and this is the first bass i have kept flats on. They have been on for about 6 months now and i have to say i have taken a liking to how they sound on this bass. That said I doubt if my other basses will get flats. Mama Mia 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul S Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 This is fairly heavily modified. An unholy marriage of an Encore short scale double cutaway body, a Hondo II H1015 32" scale neck (Yum!), set back a bit, Wilkinson bridge, Entwistle PBXN pickup, Roswell MM syle pickup, 3 way selector and jack moved to the side. It's a bit of a monster! One day, if I feel frivolous, I'll stick some black Hipshot Ultralites on the headstock. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodwind Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 1 hour ago, Paul S said: This is fairly heavily modified. An unholy marriage of an Encore short scale double cutaway body, a Hondo II H1015 32" scale neck (Yum!), set back a bit, Wilkinson bridge, Entwistle PBXN pickup, Roswell MM syle pickup, 3 way selector and jack moved to the side. It's a bit of a monster! One day, if I feel frivolous, I'll stick some black Hipshot Ultralites on the headstock. Need some videos or sound clips of this amazing bass! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul S Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 9 minutes ago, Woodwind said: Need some videos or sound clips of this amazing bass! I don't have any, sadly. I'll try to remember to record somethiing at some point. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodwind Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 Just now, Paul S said: I don't have any, sadly. I'll try to remember to record somethiing at some point. It looks so great and I can only imagine how brilliant it sounds. What sort of bands are you/have you used it in? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul S Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 A blues rock trio on the rockier side, fits in nicely. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent 00Soul Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 This Frankenbass began life as a 1997 Fender Custom Shop Jazz. What a lemon! By 2005, the neck needed replacing - the truss rod couldn't get more maxxed out - and one by one the elctronics went: individual pots and then a pickup I think. Talk about a Friday afternoon guitar! The neck replacement is a Warmoth that we put a Fender sticker on. Since the original electronics were shot too, it was turned into a P/J configuration, which I always wanted, with some re-routing and having a new pickguard made. We also replaced one of the volume controls wth a pickup selector. I believe the new pickups were Duncan vintage models. Years later the P-pickup was replaced with a Bruce Thomas model from Bass Centre. I think only the body and hardware are left from the original bass. Skilled techs did all the work. I'm hopeless at DIY. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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