Jazz....P/MM Fretless

[datsgor]

O.K.  I finished this one about 6 months ago......It only recently got the fretless neck.....somrtimes it takes a while for the right pieces to come together...but this body was meant to have fretless......Black Korina/ Tobacco Burst.  Maple/Ebony neck....John East pre and Nordstrand pup's.  It Mwwaaaaas with the best of 'em.



Sorry.....the pictures have been lost.

 

[RLW]

Man, some of the instruments posted in the last few days are making me feel like a real amateur. This one is fantastic.

 

[kboman]

Wow. I'm not a burst kind of guy, but that korina sure is pretty... to say nothing of the fingerboard!

And +1 to what RLW said, there's some serious Custom Shop quality builds showing up currently. Can't wait to do one myself!

 

[Shmoopie]

stop it, stop posting these awesome basses damit.

 

[NonsenseTele]

Have you drilled the MM rout in this place or Warmoth have made it for you???
Dreaming with a P Bass with a MM in the actual P Bass p.u. place

 

[ByteFrenzy]

How do you have the controls set up? 3x stacked pots and two switches?

 

[datsgor]

The routes were done by Warmoth.....The MM is in the "sweet" spot and the P-Bass is moved 1 coil forward (so the bottom coil is where the top coil should be on a normal P-Bass and the top coil is in front of that.)  Makes for a very smooth deep P-bass sound.  I would dig a MM in the P-bass spot...I have thought of it many times. I think it would sound great.


The controls..starting from the pup's.  V/Pup balance.    Treble/Bass.    Mid/Mid Sweep.  The swithces are  Active/Passive and pup selection in passive mode.

Peace. John

 

[ognolman]

Schweet!

JBD

 

[Micahbell]

Good call - my Warmoth is a single coil p/mm config, and I love it to death.

I would dig a MM in the P-bass spot...I have thought of it many times. I think it would sound great.

Jay Turser made a bass that had two MM pickups in it, so one was where the P would be (I think) and it sounded really good!
Well...I mean, it sounded like a Jay Turser, but it gives you an idea of what a good MM in that position would sound like. And it is cool.

 

[SlingBass]

If that sounds as good as it looks (and I trust it does) - you have a killer bass  :icon_thumright: