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Thinking about Franken J'ing to Franken P'ing
Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 5:08 pm
by skullservant
So I've got a Squier P bass. And a Johnson J bass. Thinking about creating an unholy union of the two by using the Johnson's maple neck on the black Squier P bass body and routing the p'up cavity, and throwing my Electrical Guitar Company p'up in it... If this pans out tonight I'll be sure to post pictures.
Re: Thinking about Franken J'ing to Franken P'ing
Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 5:09 pm
by skullservant
I guess this is better than trying to make my own body without any tools
Main concern with neck swapping on the P- I might have to throw the Johnson bridge onto the Squier. I know for sure I'll have to make two holes in the P bass body for the EGC p'up as it is rear loading (usually being attached to an aluminum neck.
Re: Thinking about Franken J'ing to Franken P'ing
Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 5:16 pm
by Achtane
I endorse this idea.
Re: Thinking about Franken J'ing to Franken P'ing
Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 5:18 pm
by skullservant
I think it will look much cleaner than having a missing J-bass p'up route, an extra hole for that missing pickup, and I want a black on black body with maple neck. Sounds sooooo sexy
Re: Thinking about Franken J'ing to Franken P'ing
Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2012 6:32 am
by skullservant
Turns out the body of the Squier was abut a quarter inch thinner than that of the J Bass. So I put the necks back on their respective bodies
CASE CLOSED
Re: Thinking about Franken J'ing to Franken P'ing
Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2012 1:47 pm
by MEC
YOU JUST NEED A BIGGER HAMMER!
Re: Thinking about Franken J'ing to Franken P'ing
Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2012 8:02 pm
by Mudfuzz
skullservant wrote:Turns out the body of the Squier was abut a quarter inch thinner than that of the J Bass. So I put the necks back on their respective bodies
CASE CLOSED
How is this a real problem? Neck bolts too long? cut them down

Look if I can chop a bass neck into a guitar this is totally do-ible

Re: Thinking about Franken J'ing to Franken P'ing
Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2012 11:14 pm
by skullservant
I think I would have truly kept trying to swap them if I didn't realize they were the same size in the end. If one was longer than the other I would have put the longer one on the Squier with the EGC pickup!