I bought a cool used bass. Really cheap. Needs new pickups tho.

[Lewguitar]

Well since Cort had a hand in making my two PRS SE Silver Skys, and PRS doesn't make any $200 basses, I thought I'd show this one off.

This bass and my PRS SE Silver Skys do share some similarities.

Could be wrong but I think both have a poplar body and maple neck. And both necks use a scarf joint to angle the peghead back and strengthen that area of the neck. That joint also wastes less wood.

This is it with the Bartolini pickups I put in yesterday. I'll save the EMG's for my white one.

https://imgur.com/xkqDtH8

https://imgur.com/enTaeRK

The Bartolinis give this bass exactly the sound I was after and that I remember my friend Kim Stone getting from the Bartolinis in his Tobias.

A deep, thick, textured growl to the tone but plenty of modern sounding highs and spank if I want it.

 

[Lewguitar]

This is sad though....

One of the most famous names on a bass guitar pickup, electronics expert, Bill Bartolini, has died aged 84

Gary Willis, Michael Manring, Lee Sklar, and many more pay tribute to Bill Bartolini

www.guitarworld.com

The Bartolini set I used is old. 80's or 90's, so maybe Bill made these himself. They sure sound great.

 

[ChickenRob]

I’m psyched to hear this. My best sounding basses have all been Barts. I have another in my builder’s queue with a set of Barts going in. I like my nordstrands, and my bisonics are worthy for what they do, but if I had to cut down to just 2 basses, one PJ with flats, one Jazz with rounds, both with Barts.

 

[Sonic Blue 55]

My buddy. Chris, has a Jazz bass he bought from Norm about 45 years ago. Looks like Jaco's.
He loves the Bartolinis and the set of Thomastik-
Infeld strings I gave him 30 years ago. Still using those strings.

 

[Jazzedout]

Enjoy!!

 

[Lewguitar]

And here's how it looks today after spending all day working on it yesterday.

Black Hipshot bridge and Gotoh tuners. Black knobs w/abalone inlay.

All done except for some black strap buttons which are on the way.


Went from this:

https://imgur.com/xkqDtH8

To this:

https://imgur.com/NoTlXgn

https://imgur.com/PTopqWD