I've had this project bass hidden away for a while.
(https://i.imgur.com/IwEoKiB.jpg)
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.
(https://i.imgur.com/rYFrOfn.jpg)
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:
(https://i.imgur.com/XZhmARg.jpg)
I also bought a Gibson Thunderbird pickup from EBay, and cut a new pickguard from ivory pearloid material. This brings me to here:
(https://i.imgur.com/qrDJGra.jpg)
I need to wire it all up and probably do a lot of additional setup and tweaking, but so far things look ok.
Looks good. Probably won't sound much like a TBird, but should be interesting.
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.
(https://i.imgur.com/ODlHrnZ.jpg)
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Nice looking P. I like how it turned out!
That should sound great. Always appreciated two knob simplicity.
Like my last experiment with a Gibson T-bird pickup, this one is also microphonic and susceptible to interference. The two things an epoxy-sealed humbucker should not be!
The neck-side coil appears to be the microphonic one. I had the pickup screaming on me with the bass through mild distortion.
Quote from: OldManC on May 06, 2023, 04:36:35 PM
Nice looking P. I like how it turned out!
Same here!
That's a very nice looking instrument!
Funny, with the dark pickup cover and the lighting, I had to look three times before spotting where the pickup was located.
That looks great! I've been thinking about putting a Epiphone 760 Probucker in a P build for a while now.
Quote from: godofthunder on May 11, 2023, 04:13:50 AM
That looks great! I've been thinking about putting a Epiphone 760 Probucker in a P build for a while now.
That pickup would essentially float or be minimally recessed I imagine?
That looks great, congrats!