New bass day - Precision bass content

[danbanbass]

So after 3 months of waiting it’s arrived, I custom ordered a Precision Bass by Luca at Alnus Basses. (Insert joke about name here)

 

There wasn’t an awful lot of information about them on the web, so set about tracking down owners across social media outlets, general consensus was he made lovely basses.

 

I’ve always wanted a lime green metallic P Bass but Fender custom shop prices were out of reach for me especially when buying blind.

I contacted Luca and gave him the specs I wanted and went through step by step with him in regard to colour shades/pickguard colours etc.

 

I liked the fact he made the necks and bodies out of raw materials rather than pre made husks of the shelf, all paint/relicing and pickups were done in house and I liked the thought of a bass being built in a lovely Italian village (My family originates from Italy so this was a little piece of Italy).

 

So for the result, it’s beautifully made and very resonant!

 

The colour may not be to everyone’s tastes but I’m really happy with it, it needed a little setup to get it how I wanted it and it’s lovely.

 

Just waiting for amp to warm up before plugging it in, if the pickup isn’t my bag I have a couple laying around including a Fender PV60 and Seymour Duncan Quarterpound.

 

I will more than likely fit a badass 2 bridge to it aswell which I have spare.

 

 

 

Edited Wednesday at 11:47 by danbanbass

[BassApprentice]

Whilst the colour isn't to my liking - the rest of the work looks great. Quite a convincing relic job, although the neck has no reason to be so worn after the 7th fret! 😂😉

[Lozz196]

That’s really nice, and the colour looks great with the tort.  Looks good in the pic with the other two basses too.

[Mrbigstuff]

I like the colour a lot. Hadn’t heard of this maker before but sounds like a good experience.

[danbanbass]

37 minutes ago, BassApprentice said:

Whilst the colour isn't to my liking - the rest of the work looks great. Quite a convincing relic job, although the neck has no reason to be so worn after the 7th fret! 😂😉

That’s a fair comment, I get up around 12ft quite often….usually to adjust intonation 😂 

Edited Wednesday at 12:43 by danbanbass

[danbanbass]

16 minutes ago, Mrbigstuff said:

I like the colour a lot. Hadn’t heard of this maker before but sounds like a good experience.

 I first saw it on a run of Gibson Les Paul Custom Shops a while ago and has always sat at the back of my mind. So has been bubbling away for some time.

[Reggaebass]

Congrats on your new bass, I missed out on a red one of these a while back, the build quality looks really good, the neck wear isn’t for me but that’s just personal taste, nice one 

[danbanbass]

On 03/12/2025 at 13:35, Reggaebass said:

Congrats on your new bass, I missed out on a red one of these a while back, the build quality looks really good, the neck wear isn’t for me but that’s just personal taste, nice one 

Thanks mate, the build quality is decent and my only criticism is the action needed tweaking and nut slots deepening a bit but other than that it’s decent! 
 

Even the pickup sounds great, I’ve only played it at home mind but will give it some at Rehearsal on Monday.

[JJMotown]

Looks great. Some clay dots would had been the proverbial icing... and complimented the colours.

[Mokl]

Love the colour, looks awesome! Enjoy 😊 

[cocco]

Never heard of the builder before but I can see me doing some research, that's a great looking bass! Lime green metallic looks a lot better than it sounds.

 

How did you get on with the pickup?

[JJMotown]

4 hours ago, cocco said:

Never heard of the builder before but I can see me doing some research, that's a great looking bass! Lime green metallic looks a lot better than it sounds.

 

How did you get on with the pickup?

Look on YouTube, Luca posts a lot of his work with sound samples, lots of lovely 51' style basses.

[danbanbass]

4 hours ago, cocco said:

Never heard of the builder before but I can see me doing some research, that's a great looking bass! Lime green metallic looks a lot better than it sounds.

 

How did you get on with the pickup?

Luca does a video play though of all his basses he’s built.

 

I was looking to change out the pickup for a Emg Gzr or a quarter pounder but honestly the stock pickup is decent! Measures 10.8k with alnico 5 magnets.

[danbanbass]

On 05/12/2025 at 18:10, JJMotown said:

Looks great. Some clay dots would had been the proverbial icing... and complimented the colours.

 I totally agree, that would be lack of thought on my part 😆 

Edited 8 hours ago by danbanbass

[ezbass]

Just now, danbanbass said:

Luca does a video play though of all his basses he’s built.

 

I was looking to change out the pickup for a Emg Gzr or a quarter pounder but honestly the stock pickup is decent! Measures 10.8k with alnico 5 magnets.

I’m a big fan of changing out pickups, but at this level I don’t think any tonal change would amount to anything worth noting. I like the colour, it’s different, without being outlandish, to my eyes.

[cocco]

2 hours ago, danbanbass said:

Luca does a video play though of all his basses he’s built.

 

I was looking to change out the pickup for a Emg Gzr or a quarter pounder but honestly the stock pickup is decent! Measures 10.8k with alnico 5 magnets.

Sounds great to be fair. 

I have a bitsa P that I'm forever changing the pickup in, I really rate the GZR but it's probably not a worthwhile change over what you have already. 

[danbanbass]

22 hours ago, cocco said:

Sounds great to be fair. 

I have a bitsa P that I'm forever changing the pickup in, I really rate the GZR but it's probably not a worthwhile change over what you have already. 

 I’ve already got one of those GZR on my American vintage 2 bass and to be honest there isn’t a lot between them.