{"id":5494,"date":"2014-04-02T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-04-02T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/?p=5494"},"modified":"2014-04-01T01:47:46","modified_gmt":"2014-04-01T06:47:46","slug":"bass-of-the-week-sampson-sammy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/uncategorized\/bass-of-the-week-sampson-sammy.html","title":{"rendered":"[Bass of the Week] Sampson Sammy"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week’s BotW takes on the shape and style of a Gibson Thunderbird with a P\/J pickup configuration that ended up looking great.<\/p>\n

Builder Scott Sampson writes:<\/p>\n

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I have always played my Fender Jazz Bass (MiM), but have always loved the shape and styling of the Gibson Thunderbird. I decided to model my build after a T-bird. <\/p>\n

The neck is from a Fender Bass that was lying around, and it was modified to have the T-bird style. <\/p>\n

The body is made from Maple on the face, and pine on the back to make it lighter (in hindsight, might not have been wise, as the finished guitar had some significant head-dive, which I solved with a 2lb. lead weight from a local SCUBA shop and a leather sewn pocket in my strap). <\/p>\n

The body was painted with Auto-Air colors Transparent Red Oxide and detail Golden. <\/p>\n

The finish is an automotive clear coat, which was applied, block sanded, and re-applied. <\/p>\n

The pick guard is made from Plexiglas with a vinyl cut decal in the T-bird style. I debated putting the pick guard on, but it is such a classic look. <\/p>\n

The design on the head is vinyl, which was added to tie in with the pick guard. <\/p>\n

The pickups are Lindy Fralin’s<\/a>, with the bridge pickup being 5% overwound. <\/p>\n

The bass also features an onboard, battery-less distortion circuit. Super cool effect, without a battery! And nothing at my feet when I play, which is a must for me, as it really bugs me having anything at my feet!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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A classy vintage look, all without any “relic” stuff at all. Well done, Scott!<\/p>\n

Submit your bass for bass of the week now using our easy web form<\/a>
or by emailing a story of your build along with at least 3
high-quality photos to <\/strong>featureme@bestbassgear.com<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This week’s BotW takes on the shape and style of a Gibson Thunderbird with a P\/J pickup configuration that ended up looking great. Builder Scott Sampson writes: I have always played my Fender Jazz Bass (MiM), but have always loved the shape and styling of the Gibson Thunderbird. I decided to model my build after … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":5496,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5494"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5494"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5494\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}