Ok so here's the situation. I have a friend who is building guitars and he asked if I would like one built. He's jonesing to build a J. Good and easy so far. But I want to go fretless (as I've never owned one) and want to know should I buy something like an SX (due to not being too terribly built) and strip it down and work from that or buy a kit bass and cross my fingers? I like the idea of getting an SX and stripping it down, but idk how much work/hassle that would be. Mainly I'd be furnishing pieces and parts to offset cost (looking at bridges and electronics and having to put myself in a perspective of cost is tough on me right now lol). Trying to keep most of my cost in paying him to do a really nice finish on the bass. Also thinking of maybe going P/J. We're in the really early stages of doing this.
I'm thinking
Passive P/J
Purple finish (haven't nailed it down to specifics on how I want this)
White PG with Maple FB, Black PG with Rosewood FB
Thinking about a Quarter Pound set of Pickups VVT or VFT
Babicz bridge (undecided what model and if really needed)
Hipshot Ultralight tuners (if other's are just trash)
I have a couple of different ideas as well
1. Defret a fretted and place some luminlay into the fret slots and use a clear epoxy on the top
2. Idk if it is possible, but maybe do a really nice Purple tinted (or opaque) epoxy, as the bass will be purple as well (it's my color of choice), which I think would aim my PG color to something unknown at this point lol
3. A variation on option 1 and instead of doing an epoxy on the entire FB, just do a little clear over the Luminlay strips.
If anyone else has any ideas or thoughts feel free to chime in
Basics:
Strings:
Neck:
Body:
Fretboard Material:
Epoxy or natural board:
Bridge:
P/u's:
I'm thinking
Passive P/J
Purple finish (haven't nailed it down to specifics on how I want this)
White PG with Maple FB, Black PG with Rosewood FB
Thinking about a Quarter Pound set of Pickups VVT or VFT
Babicz bridge (undecided what model and if really needed)
Hipshot Ultralight tuners (if other's are just trash)
I have a couple of different ideas as well
1. Defret a fretted and place some luminlay into the fret slots and use a clear epoxy on the top
2. Idk if it is possible, but maybe do a really nice Purple tinted (or opaque) epoxy, as the bass will be purple as well (it's my color of choice), which I think would aim my PG color to something unknown at this point lol
3. A variation on option 1 and instead of doing an epoxy on the entire FB, just do a little clear over the Luminlay strips.
If anyone else has any ideas or thoughts feel free to chime in
Basics:
Strings:
Neck:
Body:
Fretboard Material:
Epoxy or natural board:
Bridge:
P/u's:
