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Modified your bass? Let's see the [i]before [/i]and [i]after [/i]pics.

Nothing in between ...just how it was and how it became.

I'll start the ball rolling with the well road worn 1996 American standard V that I bought recently, which I then changed the control panel, knobs and scratchplate...



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Squier Bronco before (stock picture, sorry):



Squier Bronco after (full size tuners, lipstick pickup, BWB pickguard, 4 saddle bridge, through body stringing):



Fecker Imprecision semi-before (sorry, started as the body/neck of a Squier Affinity):



Fecker Imprecision after (full size tuners, custom logo, SD QP pickup, BAII bridge, F logo neckplate):



Epiphone Les Paul Standard before:



Epiphone Les Paul Not So Standard after (EMG-HB pickups, EMG-BQC system 3-band EQ, John East knobs, "gold tooth" (quick fix saddle)):

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[quote name='silverfoxnik' post='563692' date='Aug 8 2009, 07:43 PM']Good idea for a thread..

Neepheid; those changes are fantastic! What does the Bronco sound like after all that work?[/quote]

A bit quiet (low output), but a bright, snappy tone with quite a wide variety on the tone knob - the pickup is actually a guitar one. Good slap tone. Unfortunately the through body stringing modification didn't make the strings much tighter - was hoping for a better improvement in that respect. I ended up selling it - too many basses, not enough time. I have no sentimentality when it comes to this business - I've sold my first bass, and this was the bass I used in my first ever gig. Photos is enough - cash is king, particularly with the house sized GAS the wife and I have got at the moment :)

EDIT: I just remembered, there's some sound clips here from when I sold it: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=47591&view=findpost&p=476545"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=...st&p=476545[/url]

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[quote name='Born 2B Mild' post='563623' date='Aug 8 2009, 06:24 PM']I'll start the ball rolling with the well road worn 1996 American standard V that I bought recently, which I then changed the control panel, knobs and scratchplate...[/quote]

.........and neck?

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:) yeah, the lighting does suggest a new fretboard!

All I've done with the fretboard is to give it a Dunlop clean. I'd love it to get darker, but there it is. This particular bass oozes character, and it feels like putting on an old slipper. I can't believe the funky sounds I'm getting from this pasive plank. It has grabbed my heart, and all other basses in my modest harem look upon dejected and rejected. Guess it's that 'individual instrument can have the mojo' thang, as opposed to it being worthy simply by brand and model.
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[quote name='neepheid' post='563832' date='Aug 8 2009, 10:14 PM']A bit quiet (low output), but a bright, snappy tone with quite a wide variety on the tone knob - the pickup is actually a guitar one. Good slap tone. Unfortunately the through body stringing modification didn't make the strings much tighter - was hoping for a better improvement in that respect. I ended up selling it - too many basses, not enough time. I have no sentimentality when it comes to this business - I've sold my first bass, and this was the bass I used in my first ever gig. Photos is enough - cash is king, particularly with the house sized GAS the wife and I have got at the moment :rolleyes:

EDIT: I just remembered, there's some sound clips here from when I sold it: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=47591&view=findpost&p=476545"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=...st&p=476545[/url][/quote]
:)

Cheers!

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Before (stock pic)


After



My Mods are:
� BEAD Tuning
� Fender CS '60s pickups
� Stacked Vol/Tone + Blend
� CTS Pots, and switches
� Copper Shielding + Star grounding
� Jazz knobs (large & small)
� Schaller strap locks
� Deluxe 5 bolt neck plate + Neck heel contouring
� Hipshot Ultralite Tuners
� Bone nut
� Badass II bridge

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  • 2 weeks later...

[quote name='Ou7shined' post='577682' date='Aug 22 2009, 05:13 PM']Before
[attachment=31385:_BSEkRe_...f1P____3.jpg]

After
[attachment=31386:25072009005.jpg]

Yes that's the same bass - more about it [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=50107&st=0"]here[/url].[/quote]
Much better! I like the creative mod to the headstock. Great thread of yours too. You're so good at transforming things. Listen, I've got these five loaves and five fishes...

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It used to be an early 90's Encore Precision bass, when they were 4/4 (full size), then it got made into:
BEFORE:

[url="http://img33.imageshack.us/i/01082007450.jpg/"][/url] [url="http://g.imageshack.us/img33/01082007450.jpg/1/"][/url]

[url="http://img5.imageshack.us/i/01082007452.jpg/"][/url] [url="http://g.imageshack.us/img5/01082007452.jpg/1/"][/url]

AFTER I pimped it:
[url="http://img40.imageshack.us/i/10112007560.jpg/"][/url] [url="http://g.imageshack.us/img40/10112007560.jpg/1/"][/url]

[url="http://img15.imageshack.us/i/10112007559.jpg/"][/url]


Si

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Then my Drop C Jazz.
BEFORE:
[url="http://img38.imageshack.us/i/jazzbody.jpg/"][/url]

AFTER:
[url="http://img4.imageshack.us/i/12012009167.jpg/"][/url] [url="http://g.imageshack.us/img4/12012009167.jpg/1/"][/url]
[url="http://img19.imageshack.us/i/12012009160.jpg/"][/url] [url="http://g.imageshack.us/img19/12012009160.jpg/1/"][/url]

Si

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[quote name='Sibob' post='579491' date='Aug 24 2009, 08:17 PM']Then my Drop C Jazz.
BEFORE:
[url="http://img38.imageshack.us/i/jazzbody.jpg/"][/url]

AFTER:
[url="http://img4.imageshack.us/i/12012009167.jpg/"][/url] [url="http://g.imageshack.us/img4/12012009167.jpg/1/"][/url]
[url="http://img19.imageshack.us/i/12012009160.jpg/"][/url] [url="http://g.imageshack.us/img19/12012009160.jpg/1/"][/url]

Si[/quote]


That is awesome.

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