$30 P Bass copy

[idsnowdog]

I bought a P bass copy off CL for very little money. I already have a number of basses. Short of turning it into a fretless how else should I sodomize this thing and turn it into an interesting frankenbass?

 

[uOpt]

Pics?

 

[Blille]

Fretless!!!

 

[alex1fly]

Here are some things I've done as successful bass experiments.


-Get an interesting pickup like the QP or Dimarzio Split P.

-Try some unconventional strings. Tapes, flats, stainless steel, something you haven't tried before.

-Tune it to your desired tension rather than your desired pitch.

-Go BEAD on it. Or ADGC.

-Make it a piccolo bass.

-Make it a 2 string bass.


Won't share my unsuccessful bass experiments, lol

 

[Securb]

-Make it a 2 string bass.

For the win!

 

[eclecticsynergy]

Or make it an eight string, with four pairs of very light strings.

 

[Erlend_G]

Please, don't destroy the bass just because it was cheap ... "if it aint broke, don't fix it!!"

I'd put on some nice strings, a good pickup, maybe upgrade the obvious.



rock on!!

-E

 

[solspirit]

Scalloped?

 

[solspirit]

Weird electronics?

 

[Erlend_G]

Scalloped?

yeah, if you put the neck underwater by the bay; it would def. be scallops on it after a year or so!

 

[DCikes88]

^^so that's where Yngwie gets his omega-3s...

 

[idsnowdog]

Please, don't destroy the bass just because it was cheap ... "if it aint broke, don't fix it!!"

I'd put on some nice strings, a good pickup, maybe upgrade the obvious.



rock on!!

-E

I said sodomize not slap and tickle. I am thinking enlarge the route to house a full sized humbucker. That would be big enough for a mudbucker or a quad rail.

 

[Erlend_G]

^^ I'd recommend routing it for atleast TWO huge pickups, one right by the neck (mudbucker style) ... that's my personal fav. bass pickup & placement!

 

[hamerfan]

I‘d say add a whammy bar for a cool solo!

 

[Blille]

Weird electronics?

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[Artie]

Worst case scenario . . . hang it on the wall. Decent wall-art costs WAY more.

 

[chadd]

I bought a P bass copy off CL for very little money. I already have a number of basses. Short of turning it into a fretless how else should I sodomize this thing and turn it into an interesting frankenbass?

Definitely new paint. I prefer something with sparkle, your mileage may vary

 

[Aceman]

Go fretless, tune it in 5ths, and learn Bach Cello suites

 

[Aceman]

Billie Sheehan tribute?

 

[formula73]

Mudbuckers. 3.