{"id":5554,"date":"2014-04-16T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-04-16T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/?p=5554"},"modified":"2014-04-16T05:11:56","modified_gmt":"2014-04-16T10:11:56","slug":"bass-of-the-week-modified-schecter-stiletto-studio-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/bass-of-the-week\/bass-of-the-week-modified-schecter-stiletto-studio-6.html","title":{"rendered":"[Bass of the Week] Modified Schecter Stiletto Studio-6"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week’s BotW isn’t a ground-up build but rather just modding. Sheldon, owner of a Schecter Stiletto Studio-6, wanted to do something different with his bass. Way different. So he along with 4 other people did some modding to the instrument.<\/p>\n

Sheldon writes:<\/p>\n

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I always wanted a super versatile bass and thought it would be cool to add features you would see on a guitar and put them on a bass, so this is what I’ve done and had done: <\/p>\n

1. I replaced the E-C stock machine heads with gold plated Gotoh machine heads and the low B with a Gotoh\/Hipshot gold plated extender bass machine head so I can dope it down to and A anytime. <\/p>\n

2. Todd replaced the plastic truss rod cover with a gold looking brass cover which has his logo on it and he also replaced the plastic nut with a brass nut for a more trebly tone. <\/p>\n

3. All the frets have been replaced with gold frets by Ed Fierro. <\/p>\n

4. Frets 3, 5, 7, 9 and 12 are scalloped on the bass side and frets 7, 9, 12 and 15-24 are scalloped on the treble side. <\/p>\n

5. Jim Reed custom made me a set of Jazz pick ups and a soap bar style P bass pickups. They sound awesome! Super strong magnets. <\/p>\n

6. Josh Hernandez wired the pickups separate form each other so the bass has two outputs. The Jazz set has its own controls and a kill switch and P bass pickup has its own controls and a kill switch. The bass is Stereo. <\/p>\n

7. I replaced the bridge with a Kahler 2416R-W6 6 String Bass Tremolo system With Rearward Saddles. All the hardware is gold, including the strap buttons and strap locks. It sounds like a fat Rickenbacker on both sides. I also use a full line of stereo effects and Moog Taurus pedals. I love it! Model Name Stiletto Studio-6 Item Number 2730 Guitar Colors Honey Satin (HSN) Dexterity Right Handed Country of Origin South Korea Construction Neck-Thru w\/Ultra Access Body Material Mahogany Top Material Bubinga Top Contour Flat Top Neck Material Maple\/Walnut Multi-ply w\/ Carbon Fiber Reinforcement Rods Fretboard Material Rosewood <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Not everyone is a luthier, so sometimes modding is the best option for some bass owners. Sheldon is happy with his modded Stiletto, and it can now do things it couldn’t do before.<\/p>\n

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This week’s BotW isn’t a ground-up build but rather just modding. Sheldon, owner of a Schecter Stiletto Studio-6, wanted to do something different with his bass. Way different. So he along with 4 other people did some modding to the instrument. Sheldon writes: I always wanted a super versatile bass and thought it would be … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":5557,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[19],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5554"}],"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=5554"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5554\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}