essex bass

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Better pictures of my Geddy 5 clone

I've shielded it with copper foil,potted the pickups,added a Switchcraft jack,swapped the neck for this Maple board one and added two string tees for better downforce past the nut.

Planet Boulder's

Just got my SX today and the shielding paint is now drying.

Assuming Brices count(?), here's my Douglas fretless:

Mods:
- Hipshot tuners & string tree
- all black hardware, including control plate, bridge, tuners, string tree, knobs and neck plate
- Bartolini pickups
- Dunlop straplocks
- shielded cavity and pickguard

damagebassist87

Here's my in-progress Essex project. I've changed the bridge and tuners to black hardware and I'm still waiting for my black control plate to come in. I might end up switching the pickups but as of right now they get the job done.

Hambone

Here's a replica Steve Harris sig model that I built for a TB'er. The only thing stock is the wood and blue paint. Exceptional blue paint I might add! This thing was built for a metal player. Here's the rundown...

The bass began as a PB62 in blue with a rosewood neck. We swapped out the old neck for a maple but the maple neck had some fret issues. I did a complete fret job and gave the ends a hemispherical shape. The name came from the client but I designed the decal. We downloaded the font from abstractfonts.com. The nut is black phenolic. I did not go for real Schaller tuners as I believe them to be an inferior product so I used Gotoh's of the same configuration. All stainless steel screws. I used steel inserts and 10-20 stainless steel screws to bolt the neck on. The neck has been refinished with a high solids acrylic polyurethane. Seymour Duncan Quarter Pounder pup with new black neoprene foam pads. Full shielding. CTS pots with handmade custom knobs to match the black Fender pickguard. The budget and availability precluded a purple pg like the original. I mounted the BAII with threaded inserts into the body for the first time and it's proven to be viable. The Schaller strapbuttons were installed using the same method of an insert and stainless steel screws. I had to modify the screws because, as you all know, they have a small diameter top to fit the button. Here are some pics - hope you like: