Tele Bass build by Dingobass.

[wokkaboy]

yeah ok DB interesting experiment. Looks like the bridge pup will be almost hard up against the bridge.

So are Tonys wound J pups going in this build ?

[Fretworn]

Second coat of Ocean Mucus....ooops... Sea Foam Green.

I must admit I was a bit meh about the first coat, it looked washed out but happy to see the second coat has deepened the colour.
Thinking another two coats should do the trick.

Are you going to go for the opaque finish? I'm keen to see how close to solid colour it can get.

[RNL]

Looks awesome DB, cant wait to see it finished

[dingobass]

@Woks. Bridge pup is about 10mm off the bridge.
Keeping Tony's pups for a custom build thats floating around somewhere in my brain........

@Fretty. Hoping it will go more solid after 3 coats, if not I will have to spike the mix with some more white base.

@RNL. Thanks, it has been fun.. Nearly drove myself nutzo doing the checker binding but it was worth the effort

[FrankenWashie]

Going to drop a Schaller bridge onboard.

The pickups are placed on the octaves, just another experiment to see if it has any bearing on the sound.

I wondered why they were so spaced out, intriguing experiment.

[dingobass]

Sneaky peek at finish..
Left it for 2 weeks after last coat, still not fully cured but still got a nice shine.
The funny marks are reflections off the window.

[WeirdBits]

Subtle, I like it.

[wokkaboy]

looks great DB, almost a solid colour, how many stain/intensifying coats of seafoam was that ?

[dingobass]

And here she is together..
Still need to wire up the lights, when I get the correct LED so sometime next century 😬

Plugged her in and WOWZERS, my pickup placement experiment certainly has given this beast a whole different type of nasty 😀

Crank it up on the bridge and Rammstien out or dial it back on the neck for some nice smooth blues tones.
Definitely going to replicate this build in some exotic timbers..

And no, Adam, you cannot have her.

[wokkaboy]

nice one DB looks excellent. You know you have the control plate flipped or is than intentional ?

what does the small switch do on the control plate, assume for turning the LEDs on/off ?

good luck keeping this beast out of Adams hands hahahha

Did the tele bass's run with the guitar style control plate and 3 way switch ?

EDIT is there a battery box on the back of the axe for the LED's ?