{"id":9716,"date":"2016-09-13T10:24:09","date_gmt":"2016-09-13T15:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/?p=9716"},"modified":"2017-05-12T14:01:56","modified_gmt":"2017-05-12T19:01:56","slug":"bass-of-the-week-jp-custom-0713","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/bass-of-the-week\/bass-of-the-week-jp-custom-0713.html","title":{"rendered":"[Bass of the Week] JP Custom 0713"},"content":{"rendered":"

See the business listing for this bass builder here<\/a><\/p>\n

The feature bass for this week is an exotic lefty from South Africa!<\/p>\n

Builder James Pickering writes:<\/p>\n

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I am naturally right-handed, but I learnt to play guitar from my brother who is left-handed.  I have, as a result, had to make my own basses since left-handed guitars are quite hard to come by in South Africa.<\/p>\n

I began this project when I bought a second-hand 5-string Ibanez about a year ago.  The idea was to use the parts from it and simply make a new body.  However, as I stripped it down, I realised that the electronics were very poor quality and would need to be replaced.  I settled on a Seymour Duncan STC-3a preamp<\/a>.  I also replaced the bridge with single string bridges and made a brass nut (chrome plated) to make grounding the strings that much easier.  At this point, I figured that if I was going to spend so much on the electronics and other parts, I should make some effort on the body.<\/p>\n

I bought some Cocobolo from Nicaragua, Santos Rosewood and curly Olive Ash veneer from the UK.  The body is a combination of the Cocobolo, Olive Ash, Walnut and Maple, with the headstock finished in the Santos Rosewood.  I attempted a French polish finish using Blond shellac, and though it is far from perfect, I am quite happy with the result.<\/p>\n

I wanted to make a very versatile instrument and so I added several features to the standard preamp.  I started by putting in two batteries and a switch to allow me to select between 9v (in parallel) and 18v (in series), as well as a passive bypass.  I then wired in a passive tone pot after the preamp so that it could be used whether in active or passive mode. <\/p>\n

There is some tweaking necessary to get the sound just right, but I hope to get a local luthier to set it up properly for me.  I have ordered abalone side dots and will add those in the next few weeks.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Well done!<\/p>\n

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