{"id":3080,"date":"2013-02-06T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-02-06T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/?p=3080"},"modified":"2017-03-30T10:42:33","modified_gmt":"2017-03-30T15:42:33","slug":"bass-of-the-week-its-not-easy-being-green","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/bass-of-the-week\/bass-of-the-week-its-not-easy-being-green.html","title":{"rendered":"Bass of the Week: It’s Not Easy Being Green"},"content":{"rendered":"

See Matt’s business listing here<\/a><\/p>\n

This week’s BotW is a green machine from Matt, which he calls the “Mutant Bass”.<\/p>\n

His story on this bass is:<\/p>\n

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I\u2019ve had this idea for a bass for a while and I finally brought that idea to life. Here\u2019s a bit of the story behind this bass that took me about 7 months to build and modify. I haven\u2019t done the numbers, but I want to say that I spent approximately $250-$300 over the course of 5 months, some stuff needed I already had, and that cost includes parts, paint, and some tools (router, polisher, etc\u2026) that I needed.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Green is, admittedly, a tough color to pull off. But Matt made it work. Instead of a plain-jane Squier P Bass, now it’s a green-bodied player converted to fretless, refin neck, an added pickup to the bridge – and an added octave string.<\/p>\n

The entire Facebook photo album set on this build is here<\/a>, but here are a few highlights:<\/p>\n

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…and this is what it used<\/em> to look like<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

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Matt’s Mutant conversion was definitely an improvement. Well done, Matt!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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