It looks mostly structurally sound, but I have a few concerns:
Headstock looks a little rough. Do you think its sturdy enough to last a good while, or do you think there is something I might be able to do to reinforce what is already there if you don't think its enough?
Hairline crack in neck pocket
The guitar is strung with a custom set of combined bass and guitar strings, gauges approximately 84-72-56-44-34-24.
Ha ha, yeah, I just took a second look at that headstock. On closer inspection, it does look pretty rough.
If you're really interested, have him take some more photos of the headstock. It's worth getting a better look at. You can always reinforce it with a piece of veneer or something.
psychic vampire. wrote:The important take away from this thread: Taoism and Ring Modulators go together?
…...........................… Sweet dealin's: here "Now, of course, Strega is not a Minimoog… and I am not Sun Ra" - dude from MAKENOISE #GreenRinger
I should probably stop spending money before my wife literally kills me. But this is pretty cool. Im not sure. I should probably just refinish my Jaguar
I just took a third look. I'm starting to get a bad feeling about this, skullservant.
He says "The neck is nice and straight and in excellent structural condition and good cosmetic shape. The bass tuner hole plugs are lightly visible ..."
Those plugs hole are more than "lightly visible" and while he says the neck's "in excellent structural condition", it looks like there may be a split in it.
Take a look again at the back of the neck.
psychic vampire. wrote:The important take away from this thread: Taoism and Ring Modulators go together?
…...........................… Sweet dealin's: here "Now, of course, Strega is not a Minimoog… and I am not Sun Ra" - dude from MAKENOISE #GreenRinger
Eh, I'll leave it. MAYBE ONE DAY I CAN BUILD MY OWN. I mean it really doesnt seem that hard to move a bridge down and fill some holes/put a new nut/tuners in
skullservant wrote:Eh, I'll leave it. MAYBE ONE DAY I CAN BUILD MY OWN. I mean it really doesnt seem that hard to move a bridge down and fill some holes/put a new nut/tuners in
I don't see why you'd need to fill holes anyway.. most bass peg heads are big enough to fit two guitar tuners on them somewhere...
Was thinking of throwing 2 guitar tuners on my Squier P bass and getting a new nut bridge and pickup, but I think the Squier P is 32" scale instead of 30. I guess thats why most people convert mustangs
It's probably a good call that you passed on this.
Beyond the fact that it looks like the body is from a guitar that retailed for $60 at Walmart, the string gauges seem all wrong.
0.084" tuned to a standard E on a 30" scale is going to be so floppy that it probably wouldn't intonate properly. It would probably be effected by the pickup's magnetic pull, and have ghost notes and strange warbling. And without enough tension on the string, good luck with tuning stability.
Repeat after me: Short scale basses require thicker strings than standard scale basses to tune to the same pitch.
skullservant wrote:Was thinking of throwing 2 guitar tuners on my Squier P bass and getting a new nut bridge and pickup, but I think the Squier P is 32" scale instead of 30. I guess thats why most people convert mustangs
I personally think it would be fine and a good idea as long as you can make the chords work with your hands:thumb:
One thing though... when/if you do a bass>guitar bridge conversion make sure the bridge will be tall enough... most strat style bridges aren't.
I personally think it would be fine and a good idea as long as you can make the chords work with your hands:thumb: