New block marker P Bass

Started by Chris P., July 30, 2011, 10:57:24 AM

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OldManC

Quote from: CAR-54 on November 01, 2013, 04:10:44 PM
Looks good like that H but the controls have always been the issue when doing that on a P...

John Wetton had just a small part of the pickguard left for the knobs and jack. I think the chick in the Go Gos had the same setup.



Michael Anthony also had one like that in the late 70's. I think it was a somewhat popular mod at the time because I remember seeing it a bit. Bad photo but you get the idea...


nofi

it was a popular mod at the time then the routing changed and that was that.
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lowend1

Gary Thain had his P-Bass set up like that as well.
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jumbodbassman

was a late 70's thing.  I remember seeing it on midnight special and thining it was cool.   did it to a shecter parts bass i had  but the srew holes always bothered me.  For a while somebody sold a modified p bass pickguard like that.   
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amptech

I think allparts have the short contol plate only for P bass, the ´banana´.

My heavily modded ´75 P´s pickguard got smaller and smaller, it ended up like Wetton´s and broke.
I ordered the banana when I got too old to have a ´punky´ bass.

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Psycho Bass Guy

Quote from: amptech on November 08, 2013, 02:56:46 AM
I think allparts have the short contol plate only for P bass, the ´banana´.

My heavily modded ´75 P´s pickguard got smaller and smaller, it ended up like Wetton´s and broke.
I ordered the banana when I got too old to have a ´punky´ bass.

What about an early 80's G&L control plate?