Greetings from California

Hi there! I'm Adam from beautiful Orange County, California. I've been bugging Adam the past few days and pulled the trigger on a custom kit that I will try to bend into a Mark Hoppus-esqe Jazz Bass. It looks like I'm going to need to make a custom pickguard, so that looks like it will be an adventure.

This will be my first kit build, but I have experience with refinishing guitars and building/modifying tube amplifiers.

If this kit goes smoothly, I will be investing in one of the MK-2 kits. I have always wanted a Johnny Ramone guitar!

Welcome Adam - make sure you start a build diary so we can watch you progress. I love the fact you're already planning your second build before you start your first - many of us here can relate to that!!

I'm actually working on a few guitars right now until my kit arrives in May! I have an old Japanese Mustang clone body I bought a long time ago (older than both of my kids) that I am prepping for paint. It's been really rainy recently, so it's on hold until it warms up a bit. I picked up a Squier Vintage Modified neck for $50, and I have to say, it's a really nice neck that needed just a touch of fret work. I'm painting it with a blue Ed Roth Rattle Bomb that I picked up locally. A friend also gave me a custom Warmoth Jazzmaster body that I'm going to finish for him as well. I haven't decided on a color for the bass yet, but I think I'm going to go through Guitar Re-Ranch for the paint.

And you don't want to know how many amp projects I have going right now. My newest one is a single-channel Marshall 18watt-type amp with 6CM6 output tubes (basically a 9-pin version of a 6V6) Those tubes are a hidden gem in that circuit.

Welcome Adam! I will watch your bass build with interest. What modifications did you request? Also - good call on the Johnny Ramone guitar. I dont know how anyone here on the forum could be without one.

cheers,
Gav.

welcome to the forum Adam. You have an interesting background with the amp mods and guitar re-finishing and tweaking.
Sure your Blink 182 bass will turn out tops. Look forward to the build diary when it arrives !

Welcome Adam, good luck with the buiild.

Welcome Adam.

Welcome Adam, sounds like a great project

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I'm going to try to make a Mark Hoppus signature bass. Alder J Bass body with a P bass pickup route. I've always liked the J Bass style body, but never liked the pickups (I always seem to hit the bridge one when I'm strumming like a maniac). I'm also going to try to make a "big CBS" style headstock.

I'm going to need to get a pickguard made, and I may try to do it myself. I picked up a router from a garage sale for $10, and I'm looking through Craigslist for an old bathroom vanity so I can make a router table. The only issue I think I'm going to run into is cutting out the pickup hole with the square corners. I'm pretty sure I'll figure it out.

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Originally Posted by wokkaboy

welcome to the forum Adam. You have an interesting background with the amp mods and guitar re-finishing and tweaking.
Sure your Blink 182 bass will turn out tops. Look forward to the build diary when it arrives !

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I will for sure be documenting everything. I'm pretty sure I'm gonna catch a bug and want to buy more kits than I have time to build! Just like amps. I used to pick up old organ amps off ebay and convert them to guitar. Still have a bunch that I need to convert, but I want to make my JCM800 2204 clone first.