Low budget build

Well, shoot. Looks like I'm done building for a while. Gonna replace bridges on a couple of basses and modify my Harley Benton '52 with a firebird neck pickup and a rails humbucking pickup in the bridge position, along with reversing the control plate. Outside of that, I guess I'm going to get the hardwood together to build another neck thru bass. With the way prices are going up, that may take a while, lol. The last two years have been a gas with all the builds!
 
Well folks, I made the plunge today. Went to Menards and bought the wood to build another neck thru fretless bass. The neck billet will be: 3/4" maple center, 1/4" red oak on either side, and 3/4" hickory on the outside. Philippine mahogany body wings and a maple fingerboard. Going to try to avoid the mistakes I made on the last neck thru project. Haven't decided on a body shape yet, but it will most likely be an offset waist. Definitely staying with the pegbox headstock. Also, no truss rod. ( Ball bat neck). Also going to try something different finish wise. Not sure what yet, but it should be more minimalist than my last efforts. Taking my time with it hoping to improve my technique. I really want to do this for a living eventually. Stay tuned!
 
fretless said:
Well folks, I made the plunge today. Went to Menards and bought the wood to build another neck thru fretless bass. The neck billet will be: 3/4" maple center, 1/4" red oak on either side, and 3/4" hickory on the outside. Philippine mahogany body wings and a maple fingerboard. Going to try to avoid the mistakes I made on the last neck thru project. Haven't decided on a body shape yet, but it will most likely be an offset waist. Definitely staying with the pegbox headstock. Also, no truss rod. ( Ball bat neck). Also going to try something different finish wise. Not sure what yet, but it should be more minimalist than my last efforts. Taking my time with it hoping to improve my technique. I really want to do this for a living eventually. Stay tuned!
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fretless said:
I have a question for anyone who might know: how big of a hassle is it to run a passive piezo pickup on a solid body bass? Me and batteries don't get along.
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It's possible but the signal will be pretty weak. There is lots of preamp pedals for piezo PUs like Burkas Berry...
But generally it needs a preamp and a battery internal or external.
 
Amp Mad Scientist said:
It's possible but the signal will be pretty weak. There is lots of preamp pedals for piezo PUs like Burkas Berry...
But generally it needs a preamp and a battery internal or external.
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Thank you @Amp Mad Scientist! That's exactly what I needed to know. Looks like I'm sticking with a magnetic pickup. I've got a linear humbucking Jazz bass bridge pickup that's not doing anything, so the pickup question is answered. Next, placement. My instinctive impulse is somewhere between standard Jazz bass bridge pickup position and the Music Man Stingray sweet spot.
 
fretless said:
Thank you @Amp Mad Scientist! That's exactly what I needed to know. Looks like I'm sticking with a magnetic pickup. I've got a linear humbucking Jazz bass bridge pickup that's not doing anything, so the pickup question is answered. Next, placement. My instinctive impulse is somewhere between standard Jazz bass bridge pickup position and the Music Man Stingray sweet spot.
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There is bridge saddles with piezo too I think...but same problem with signal levels.
 
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