I built this knowing I wanted a 5-string so I ordered a p Bass neck and converted it to five strings. The nordstrand pickups are perfect for the 5-string conversion, they pick up all strings evenly.
O.K. I finished this one about 6 months ago......It only recently got the fretless neck.....somrtimes it takes a while for the right pieces to come together...but this body was meant to have fretless......Black Korina/ Tobacco Burst. Maple/Ebony neck....John East pre and Nordstrand pup's. It...
This is one I finished about a month ago.....swamp ash, clear red....maple/rosewood neck and seymore duncan pup's. It is a heavy one.....10lbs. not what i was going after.....too much for these old shoulders... :-\ anyway.... it's good for recording.
I just finished this and got done playing..........very Midrangy/Growly. I like it...very different from my Jazz and P-Bass. 8.6 lbs...I was hoping for lighter...but I'll take under 9lbs anyday. The neck is Ebony/Birdseye...I had it made back in '88 by Warmoth. It's been floating around...
Howdy all......just finished this. :icon_biggrin:
It came in just under 8.6lbs.
maybe with hipshot ultra light tuners and bridge i can shave off a few more oz.
Peace, John
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