Doing Things Wrong

Basses (4/4)

Audiovox 736 Replica Bass
Audiovox Gibson-style Bass
Audiovox Ukulele Bass
Audiovox Fretless Bass
Audiovox Danelectro-style Bass
Audiovox Electric Upright Bass
BC Rich "Osprey" Bass
Brownsville Violin Bass
Cowbell Bass
Danelectro Silvertone 1443 Bass
Danelectro Pro-1 Bass
Fender Jazzmaster Bass 1
Fender Jazzmaster Bass 2
Fender Jazzmaster Bass 3
Fender Stratocaster Bass 1
Fender Stratocaster Bass 2
Fender Stratocaster Micro Bass 2
Fender Stratocaster Micro Bass 1
Fender Stratocaster Fretless Bass
Fender Stratocaster Bass VI
Fender Stratocaster Uke Bass
Fender Stratocaster Bass IV
Fender Telecaster Bass
SX Precision Bass
Gibson Fenderbird Bass 1
Gibson Fenderbird Bass 2
Gibson Reverse Fenderbird Bass
Kubicki Bass
Mosrite Bass
Schwinn Stingray Bass
Rickenbacker 325 Bass 1
Rickenbacker 325 Bass 2
Rickenbacker 325 Bass 3
Rickenbacker 4001 Bass 1
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Eden paddle-head guitar neck converted to bass. Strings are lower four of 5-string set, unwound to fit 25" scale.


Originally all red, refinished in black burst. Eden paddle-head guitar neck converted to bass. Strings are lower four of 5-string sets, unwound to fit 25" scale.


21" neck, adjustable bridge with piezo saddle, active electronics. EBay body. Now has metal-wound strings.


This is my attempt to recreate my very first bass, a "Montaya", as well as one of my first ventures into 'modding'. These SX's are great instruments. For 109 bucks you get an alder body with a beautiful 3-tone sunburst, a decent neck, functional bridge & tuners, and a flawless finish. What you don't get is any kind of useable pickups or strings. On this one, I installed a USA Fender pickup, my favorite d'Addario strings, and gave it a careful fret dressing and setup. I also added the tortoise pickguard, rosewood thumbrest, and ashtray for the looks only. At the time, I was going purely from memory, but I later found a picture of the original, and I got it dead right.


Solid ash body, 32" neck, active electronics ( stacked tones. )


Basses

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This beautiful instrument was built from a teak cutting board that I got for free from Home Depot for review. 32" Eden neck, active electronics. Teak is hard enough for a simple oiled finish. This one was built with a minimum of tools, mostly by hand, to show that it can be done and how.

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