My TB-4 Bass Build

[Rabbit]

IThis bass is about to be the second most valuable guitar I own - for no other reason that the insane amount of money I've put into upgrades. I guess I should put the effort into making it good!

Upgrades certainly add up and give you incentive to put in some extra effort.Especially when the upgrades cost more than the kit each!

[lunaticds]

Upgrades certainly add up and give you incentive to put in some extra effort.Especially when the upgrades cost more than the kit each!

Certainly does.
It's weighed on my mind what I'd be looking at in a new bass if I brought off the shelf - what my expectations would be, and what I'd need to have in a bass that might make me want to pick it up over the Aerodyne. I can only achieve so much with this kit, but I'd like to hope at least with effort and quality components, I can come out with an instrument that would make me want to pick it up and play it. I've already got more guitars and basses than I know what to do with, so there needs to be that little "something special" about them.

[Andyxlh]

I found that I liked playing the guitars I put together so much I got rid of all of my other 'branded' ones, except my Jazz Special and Stingray.

[lunaticds]

I found that I liked playing the guitars I put together so much I got rid of all of my other 'branded' ones, except my Jazz Special and Stingray.

It'd be nice to be able to build that well.. sadly I suspect my capabilities at building are on par with my playing... Atrociously abysmal and desperately in need of practice

[Andyxlh]

It'd be nice to be able to build that well.. sadly I suspect my capabilities at building are on par with my playing... Atrociously abysmal and desperately in need of practice

I think I just play so badly I don’t notice the difference…

[Rabbit]

It'd be nice to be able to build that well.. sadly I suspect my capabilities at building are on par with my playing... Atrociously abysmal and desperately in need of practice

Hey, you have a book of excuses that should apply equally as well to an electric instrument as to a computer.... I believe today's excuse is "solar flares" .

[lunaticds]

Hey, you have a book of excuses that should apply equally as well to an electric instrument as to a computer.... I believe today's excuse is "solar flares" .

Yes, indeed I do, though solar flares are kept for the mentally challenged management class

[McCreed]

I found that I liked playing the guitars I put together so much I got rid of all of my other 'branded' ones, except my Jazz Special and Stingray.

Even the few "branded" guitars I still own have no branding on them anymore. They have all been modified and customised beyond recognition! I also sold all my Fenders to make way for my own builds and "custom modifieds" as I like to call them!

[Andyxlh]

Even the few "branded" guitars I still own have no branding on them anymore. They have all been modified and customised beyond recognition! I also sold all my Fenders to make way for my own builds and "custom modifieds" as I like to call them!

Sounds like a good idea to me!

[fender3x]

I found that I liked playing the guitars I put together so much I got rid of all of my other 'branded' ones, except my Jazz Special and Stingray.

This sort of snuck up on me. I found I was playing the builds more than the branded stuff. The last build was very consciously to replace my p-bass which is now 47 years old. Building one like it allowed me to retire the Fender, while also making some changes that I have wanted, but which would destroy the value of the real thing.

None of my builds are perfect, particularly in their finishes. But I have learned a ton about getting them to feel, sound and play the way I want them to. This process has made all my instruments better, whether I built them or took things I had learned here and tinkered with them.