Custom 4-string bass guitar

Beautiful Job! My brother-in-law would be jealous (he plays bass). Question – how did you build in the electrical stuff? Panels on the back? routed and glued in? I would be nice to see you add a photo of the back if so.

-- Bob www.singularengineering.com - A sideline, not how I earn a living

The closest thing I am to a musician is when I sing in the shower. However, even I can appreciate the looks of this guitar. Nicely done.

-- Directions are just the Manufacturer's opinion on how something should be assembled. ----Mike, Waukesha, WI

Very nice work. The color is great.

-- Wayne - Plymouth MN

The lines of that look a lot like the Ibanez Soundgear series basses… Perhaps a little Warwick influence to the head stock. Very nice combination…

Are the electronics active or passive?

And finally, where’s the sound clip? Basses have a WIDE range of tonal possibilities. I’ve got 2 nearly identical basses, a 2002 Ibanez SR480, and a 1994(ish) Ibanez SR500. The 480 is completely stock with Ibanez active P/J pickup setup, and it is smooth as butter, the 500 is fitted with EMG active P/J pickups and GHS Bass Bommer strings and is crunchy, and aggressive, a real hard rockin’ axe…

If you have sound clips, post the link. I’d love to hear how that thing sounds!

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Thanks everyone for the comments.

Bobkberg: Yes, there’s a cover on the back and the pickups are wired into the cavity. I’ll post a pic soon.

dbhost: I have picked up some influences along the way. I’ve played on many different basses over the past few years and didn’t quite like everything about them. So, I’ve taken what I like and feel and put it all together. I actually had to make sure my headstock wasn’t that of a PRS. Didn’t want any copyright stuff coming my way. The electronics are EMG active 18V. Gives me the headroom I need. I’ll be upgrading the electronics soon. (currently it’s just volume, volume, tone and I’ll be adding the 3 band EQ) But, I will record a clip and post it as soon as I can before and then after the upgrade. It does sound amazing but I think I can get a little more out of it.

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Sweet Looking Bass! Great job. Welcome to Lumberjocks.

-- Dennis Zongker

Nice… I have played on a variety of basses myself. Mostly Fender, Ibanez, and Yamaha… Never played a custom other than my modified Ibanez… Those EMG pickups have some mean tone to them… What styles do you like to play?

You’ll really like the EMG EQ. My P/J rig came with the volume, P/J switch, tone and EQ… I just can’t get a mellow tone of the the thing though. I I love what I do get out of it, something along the lines of say Robert Trujillo instead of maybe Geezer Butler… And here I am aiming for Geddy Lee! Maybe I need to try a Jazz bass, or practice more!

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Great looking guitar. Keep us posted of the future of it

-- I've been blessed with a father who liked to tinker in wood, and a wife who lets me tinker in wood. Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

Wonderful guitar

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Great job! Looks fantastic.