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woo okay so i started this yesterday and am finishing it up today! such a fun and simple project.

so here's what the bass looked like when i got it -


the first thing i did was switch out the pots, jack, and pickup, and put it all into a musicmaster bass pickguard that I got from WD custom pickguards. the fit was a little bit weird with the regular size pots, but it ended up working out fine and looking pretty good. i got a seymour duncan cool rails pickup, coated 250k pots (it came stock with minis), and a switchcraft jack. i also shielded the entire canal with foil tape.



so the body is now put together. the pickguard didn't line up with any of the existing holes or really even cover any of them up, so i used wood filler and a jar of chrysler engine red testors paint to cover that up. i'm not thrilled with how this turned out.. it would be hard to make perfect/seamless without refinishing the body. but you can't even notice where i covered up the holes unless you're really looking for them up close.




next, i am going to tint the neck. the stock necks actually very smooth and feels really nice to me. it's not rough like some squier necks i have seen. i still went over it all with 220 grit sandpaper, and i plan to buff with steel wool at the end. i also sanded off all of the decals on the headstock. i'm using "golden oak" danish oil... we'll see how this turns out! fingers crossed

before tinting -




i am about to go put another coat on the neck, and this should all be done sometime today.

Nicely done. Look forward to seeing it finished. What pickup us that?

it's a seymour duncan cool rails pickup!

That Musicmaster guard looks really good! I dig it

so the neck is done. i did about 4-5 coats of the danish oil and it turned out to be a pretty mild color, but i'm happy with how it turned out, i wasn't really trying to yellow the thing too much. way better than the almost white maple squier neck color

this is pretty much it! found some cool black / chrome knobs and strung it up with flatwounds
it looks and sounds really amaing!!! definitely just as good if not better imo than any fender mustang bass i've played. for about $200 this bass is stupid good

That looks killer dude you did a great job. Dem knobs...

You could put a pickup closer to the bridge in the future as well for moar tones.

Looks super great!!!

Yeah that turned out awesome.

You have inspired me. I used Rit dye to turn the pickguard for my black Bronco into a sort of matte buff color and now it has a couple of stickers I like. So it's "just so." But that Musicmaster guard looks so good!! The neck tinting is nice too.

niiiice

Love it!

Looks great! I'm trying to find a black Bronco guard for mine, may have to go Musicmaster if I cannot round one up...

I found a second black one locally, if I can pick it up for cheap it will solve my "bass or bass vi" dilemma... I can have one of each!

that's awesome!!!!!!!!!!

I seriously want one now

You can't even notice where you filled the old pickgaurd holes. Looks very professional. How does it sound?

Yeah how's that cool rails?