The recent stuff in the "Reissue" post did spark this. That plus wanting to do something quick after the Fenderbird build. I think I had a Hagstrom bass in the '60s that was vaguely strat like. Horrible neck. I remember an anodized swimming pool in the middle of the PG or maybe I'm hallucinating again. This neck is a LH 32" SX as is the bridge, body is plywood Squire Affinity. The neck pocket had to be enlarged slightly to fit the 2 1/4" heel . Could have done it with a chisel but I made a template and routed it. That was the most time consuming part of the build.
The neck needs shimming, the pups are too far away from the strings and the action's way high but the original neck had a BIG shim so no biggie. PG needs to be reshaped and a few holes filled, may reshape the headstock. Refin in Daphne Blue and done.
It sounds surprisingly good even in it's poor state of set up. has a wide variety of tones from the different pups.
I got your swimming pool right here.
Minor pocket enlargement with trimmer router.
Nice, huh? You should see the pink gigbag it came in!
5 minutes of belt sander therapy. 5 layers of nasty polyester removed.
Nuttin' but us basses here...
