So after seeing a couple beautiful bodies in the showcase (see attachments below) I figured out exactly how I want my P-bass to look. Alder body flame or quilt (it's a tossup) top with tobacco burst finish and natural mask binding. Top routed (i know some of you will be very mad about that) with a vintage pearloid pickguard as seen on the one jazz below. I'd actually have bought that explorer if I was more convinced it'd look good with the PJ pickup layout.
The neck will be Canary with a rosewood board, slim profile, 1 11/16" nut. I think the yellow of the canary will suit the body finish very nicely.
Since I was originally thinking of building a tele bass, I thought I might stick with the tele headstock. But then I saw the new warheads and I thought they were pretty cool. But then this bass is going to be all kind of vintage classy, so I thought maybe just stick with the traditional headstock. What do you guys think? If anybody wants to whip one up in photoshop that'd be cool.
The neck will be Canary with a rosewood board, slim profile, 1 11/16" nut. I think the yellow of the canary will suit the body finish very nicely.
Since I was originally thinking of building a tele bass, I thought I might stick with the tele headstock. But then I saw the new warheads and I thought they were pretty cool. But then this bass is going to be all kind of vintage classy, so I thought maybe just stick with the traditional headstock. What do you guys think? If anybody wants to whip one up in photoshop that'd be cool.
