BillyBo, my "summer" project

[Rhythm N. Bliss]

Thanks for all the pics & updates, doc! Lookin' gooood

Blood Is The New Black!

I'm also diggin' Deep Purple (the Band & the Color!!) & Turquoise these days!!

[drbassman]

Still thinking about the color.  But here's some hardware shots.  I might give her the Allen Woody pup treatment!

[Pilgrim]

Those Filtertrons look very nice with the TV Jones rings!

[drbassman]

Those Filtertrons look very nice with the TV Jones rings!

They really are made for one another.  I'll do the routing next week.

[drbassman]

I also ordered some cool tuners.

[birdie]

beaut!! Where to get those tuners, I wonders?

[drbassman]

beaut!! Where to get those tuners, I wonders?

Thanks!  The tuners are self-locking Sperzels.  Bass Parts Resource has them.

[shadowcastaz]

Still thinking about the color.  But here's some hardware shots.  I might give her the Allen Woody pup treatment!

That is lookin righteous!! What is the Allen Woody treatment?

[Highlander]

Missed that... you're having a floating bridge... now I also get all the pup traffic in that other thread...

Are you going to use the chrome controls with the G/arrow...? I'm partially tempted to get a gold one for the T'bird as I'm having a problem sourcing an amber "pointer..."

Looking seriously cool...

[Lightyear]

.............. as I'm having a problem sourcing an amber "pointer..."

Looking seriously cool...

Have you thought about picking up a cream colored chickenhead knob and aging it?  You know soak it in black coffee, expose it to highly concentrated cigarette smoke - it would become amberish

And, Doc, the pickups just make this one.  The top is just much too pretty to cover up with opaque - it screams for a trans color.

[Chris P.]

Modern Gretsches have that tuners too!

I stop following this thread! I'm getting jealous! It's too beautiful. The Billy Bo is my nr. 1 dream bass....

No, I will follow it with tears in my eyes!

[drbassman]

Still thinking about the color.  But here's some hardware shots.  I might give her the Allen Woody pup treatment!

That is lookin righteous!! What is the Allen Woody treatment?

Thanks Mike!  The Allen Woody bass, if you look closely, has the bridge pup moved closer to the neck, away from the bridge.  It gives the bass more low end tonality IMHO.

[drbassman]

Missed that... you're having a floating bridge... now I also get all the pup traffic in that other thread...

Are you going to use the chrome controls with the G/arrow...? I'm partially tempted to get a gold one for the T'bird as I'm having a problem sourcing an amber "pointer..."

Looking seriously cool...

I'm definitely using chrome as I like it better with the pearl accents.  The Gretsch are easy enough to get, but I might just go with chrome barrel knobs since I'm not trying to make this entirely like a Gretsch.

[drbassman]

Modern Gretsches have that tuners too!

I stop following this thread! I'm getting jealous! It's too beautiful. The Billy Bo is my nr. 1 dream bass....

No, I will follow it with tears in my eyes!

You're right Chris, I forgot that!  Oh well, I just thought that style tuner was perfect for this particular bass.  Sorry to make your life difficult!  I've always wanted one of these too, but the price is just plain silly that Gretsch has on these.  So, from now on, I'm just building what I can't afford!  BTW, I play my 4005 clone all the time, it's become my main bass.  So, building is a great solution to GAS!!!   

[Chris P.]

I'm veru un-technical, so I won't start anything. But if I do start something, such a Gretsch would be cool!