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Post by TitaniumRX on Mar 19, 2015 12:31:05 GMT
Thanks Blablas,your opinion is very precius for me.Sorry for the highjack of your thread. The very next days i gonna visit some local profecional carpender with CNC machines/routers who actualy have made some custom guitars for the fun and for himself.He says that he can make some real good jobs with wood instruments.If the cost is low and he is capable of doing something like that i give him a try. Thanks you all.
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Post by blablas on Mar 20, 2015 11:19:01 GMT
Sorry for the highjack of your thread. No problem.
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Post by blablas on Mar 20, 2015 11:19:30 GMT
The promised detail shots. Exchanged the black pickguard screws for chrome ones for a nicer visual contrast. The triplets together will follow at a later time.
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Post by blablas on Mar 20, 2015 12:15:43 GMT
A few additional remarks on this MMB-Shorty.
First the positives: Straight from the box this one was set up very nicely, intonation was spot-on, nice straight neck and level frets. The strings were a bit too high at the bridge, but that's a personal preference and easily solved.
The negatives: Lots of sharp fret ends and the tuners were mounted rather wonky, I don't like the sound the stock pickup produces (no problem for this bass, it was intended to be rebuild from the start), the standard strings are absolute utter crap, they were on all three Shorty's I bought, it would be better if Thomann just sold this bass without strings!! That's really how bad they are.
I also shimmed the neck to get the strings a little bit higher-up from the body at the bridge end, once again this a personal preference, the height adjusted alright without the shim.
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Post by TitaniumRX on Mar 20, 2015 13:07:08 GMT
it would be better if Thomann just sold this bass without strings!! That's really how bad they are. This is so trouth
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Post by blablas on Mar 20, 2015 16:57:58 GMT
The triplets together. Official portrait:
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Post by annoyingtwit on Mar 20, 2015 17:56:40 GMT
Very nice indeed.
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Post by TitaniumRX on Mar 20, 2015 21:06:22 GMT
The MM version is the most wanted!!! Nice.
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Post by JAC on Mar 21, 2015 3:27:17 GMT
The triplets together. Official portrait: Will you stop taking photos of basses in the mirror!
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Post by blablas on Mar 21, 2015 12:33:45 GMT
Will you stop taking photos of basses in the mirror! That's how I experience the rest of the world.
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Post by blablas on Apr 4, 2015 14:26:59 GMT
I'm going to rebuild another P-Shorty in the near future, decided where I want to go with it.... 51-P-Shorty! Pickup will be a Haeussel P-Bass OldStyle humbucker, the pickguard will probably be tort, everything else as much stock as possible. The pickup will get a switch for series/single/parallel mode. The controls will just be passive volume and tone. But first I need to finish my full custom build 12 string.... Now there is a extra motivation to hurry and finish it. More details once the pickup and bass are ordered and the rebuild starts.
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Post by JAC on Apr 6, 2015 13:11:10 GMT
Looking forward to the next shorty blablas! Have you thought about ordering a container full from the factory, you may get a larger discount
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Post by annoyingtwit on Apr 9, 2015 9:24:37 GMT
How about a PB-shorty to baritone guitar conversion? As this guy did with his HB Beatbass.
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Post by blablas on Apr 9, 2015 11:11:05 GMT
How about a PB-shorty to baritone guitar conversion? Too many string in too little space.
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Post by blablas on Apr 29, 2015 20:59:39 GMT
The modifying itch is here again! I just can't get used to the one that only has the P pickup, I really miss the bite a bridge pickup gives me. Time to start on a PJ, or to be more specific - I am going to add a J pickup (dual coil with a parallel/series switch) to my PB-Shorty.... Which will turn it into a PJB-Shorty. I've already got the pickup, a couple of small but essential parts are on order for this modification, once these are in I'll be doing some updates here. - Edit - This realization also means I need to rethink the plan I had for the 51-P conversion. For the time being this one will be on hold.
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