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Precision Thunderbird assembly

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Alanko:
I've had this project bass hidden away for a while.




It's an aftermarket P Bass body I routed for a MM style pickup. It sounded ok, but too bright and scooped. I also didn't like the neck.



I've stripped the pickup and pickguard off the body and replaced the neck. This is a Fender Jazz Bass neck that I added a '66 style decal to:




I also bought a Gibson Thunderbird pickup from EBay, and cut a new pickguard from ivory pearloid material. This brings me to here:



I need to wire it all up and probably do a lot of additional setup and tweaking, but so far things look ok.

Dave W:
Looks good. Probably won't sound much like a TBird, but should be interesting.

Alanko:
Yup it doesn't sound like a T-bird! It has sort of chocolaty tone with attenuated highs and very smooth, compressed mids. It sounds pretty nice.

OldManC:
Nice looking P. I like how it turned out!

morrow:
That should sound great. Always appreciated two knob simplicity.

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