ITS ALIIIIIVE!(part 1. The design)

Hello, people, and today i’m thinking of modding a cheap bass, to see whether things would go well…The bass I’m planning of modding is a squier debut Pbass. I’m gonna try and cut things of with a power saw and try to refinish it.




The three designs are here. And i’m going to try and refinish it like, Jack bruce’s Fender bass VI. Wish me luck! I’m a teen btw, So I would love some advice. P.S I know about how this could affect Balance, weight, and may cause neck dive. But, I’m still trying anyways.

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Or:

:slight_smile:

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Those deep cuts below the bridge might get you into difficulties (not insurmountable) with the grounding wire to the bridge.

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I think maybe the second design is the safest.

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Except when you go active EMG!

Good luck! Keep us posted so we can see how this experiment goes.

Neck dive has entered the chat.

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Why not buy one of these?

This is unfinished, and after you “mutilated” it, you can finish it as you please, instead of having to repair cracked and splintered lacquers!?!

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Definitely. It is far easier to create a bass “chopper” in software than it is in real life.

Hacking the body up with a saw is one thing — the easy, destructive thing. But stripping or repairing a finish that has been mutilated is laborious, messy, and a massive pain in the ass.

A kit is the more sensible solution, but not as much as leaving the bass as is, and just playing the damn thing. :joy:

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Of the three, I like the middle one the best. Looks like someone took a bite out of it. The others look a little too much like someone doesn’t know how to use power tools.

But neck dive/balance issues aside, you want to make sure you don’t make the thing unplayable with your crazy shape ideas (which I think could be a concern with the other two designs)

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Yea, I am aware…But theres one thing im scared about. QUALITY CONTROL. I would rather use the Squier, because I’m gonna use it for Gigs, Recordings, ETC.

The first one would not make the stress test. The balance will be so far off but I gotta ask, why?

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IDK…I felt bored and I though, ‘I’m a Human male! time to do some handywork!’

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I know that dude and he ain’t that funny :joy:

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You can get inexpensive kits, and individual bodies and necks on Aliexpress and ebay to play with, might be worth looking at as a way to learn what you want and can do.
I admire your ambition.

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You can refinish and make a Pino Paladino replica. It’s a lot more fun that reshaping the body and head stock. Maybe make the addition cavity room under the pickguard and go nuts with electronics or add the light under the frets.

Here are some mods ideas.

FYI the Pino custom shop runs about $6000.

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Of course he could go nuts and make that bass headless. Neck dive problem solved!

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Not really it just makes the opposite effect to the neck dive. Headless instruments are very specialized it requires a lot of trials and errors to tackle each downfall.

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Isn’t the opposite of neck dive just NO neck dive?

Can you explain that? I’m thinking about a headless mod myself.