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Cederick
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I have this old Ibanez bass and thinking of converting it into a 5-stringer!
My idea is to get a nut blank for this type of neck and cut slots tighter, and just make way for another tuner.
The problems are:
1. Bridge - are there any bridges with really tight string spacing allowing me to make this conversion without changing neck and routing the neck pocket? I don't wanna go through all that stuff for this. I got this bass for free and wanna try to keep this project as cheap as possible.
2. Pickups - now I COULD rout for 5 string pickups but that would still be incorrect pole spacing ... So, do EMG bass pickups have like, rails inside or something? Or are there any rail bass pickups? That could probably sort out the string spacing issue, but I'm not sure.
My ideal 5 string bass is a J-bass, but I did try out a Schecter (I think) 6 string bass with almost guitar like string spacing: it was weird, but cool!
So, any ideas or suggestions?
Old grey/blue metallic finish:
New white finish!
My idea is to get a nut blank for this type of neck and cut slots tighter, and just make way for another tuner.
The problems are:
1. Bridge - are there any bridges with really tight string spacing allowing me to make this conversion without changing neck and routing the neck pocket? I don't wanna go through all that stuff for this. I got this bass for free and wanna try to keep this project as cheap as possible.
2. Pickups - now I COULD rout for 5 string pickups but that would still be incorrect pole spacing ... So, do EMG bass pickups have like, rails inside or something? Or are there any rail bass pickups? That could probably sort out the string spacing issue, but I'm not sure.
My ideal 5 string bass is a J-bass, but I did try out a Schecter (I think) 6 string bass with almost guitar like string spacing: it was weird, but cool!
So, any ideas or suggestions?

Old grey/blue metallic finish:

New white finish!
