LowEndLobster Builds: DIY P-Bass Build
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- Опубліковано 28 бер 2020
- Hey everyone! Today we're going to see how easy (or hard) it is to assemble your own P-bass. I haven't assembled an instrument in a long time, let's see how it goes!
Get your Status Graphite neck here! www.status-graphite.com/status...
They're actually very well priced.
Parts list:
Cherryburst ash P-bass body
Status Graphite J-bass neck -
Hipshot Ultralight tuners
Hipshot A type bridge
Bartolini P-bass Pickup
250k pots
Whoops! Forgot to resize the graphic at the end... not worth a reupload.
Great work Lobster! I have bought and traded for several basses on your reviews and honest opinion. Thinking of doing a partial DIY project and your video is encouraging that a right brained, non-mechanical person may me able to do a lot of it myself.
That thing looks and sounds way better than I initially thought it would. Love the Status head in Black.
Thanks!
Bloody brilliant, I especially like the bridge and that neck is spot on
Thanks!
Why an I exploring this just now?? We need more of these bass builds this was really entertaining and actually quite insightful....makes me wanna make a bass myself
Thanks Hetul! This was a very fun project, there is going to be a follow up for this :).
@@LowEndLobster ooooo I'm waiting for it!
Absolutely beautiful! What a cool bass!
Sounds absolutely beautiful.
Thanks David!
Well done lobster. Sounds as good as it looks. Can't ask for much more. Thank you. Have a wonderful week.
Thanks Tommy!
What a great looking bass, and one of the better sounding basses you’ve had on the channel!
Thanks Airtow! I still have this body laying around (neck is on my strat bass), I think a revisit is in order at some point soon ;)
I love this bass! Looks great and sounds really good. I've always wanted a bass with a graphite neck. Maybe one day...nice job dude!
Thanks Wally!
Good looking and sounding P. Good job !
She looks and sounds freakin great!!
Awesome videos as usual man!
I firmly believe that upgrading the neck to a graphite neck reduces all the possible dead spots that wood can have so you're always gonna have a solid flat bright sound!
I agree. These necks are STELLAR!
@@LowEndLobster I have only had the luck of playing on a headless 1989 S2 Status bass... apart from the sound being in your face, i can still remember the clarity of that neck when the bass was at zero volume...
It sounded like an acoustic guitar!
Its a damn shame they dont make these necks for 5 string Jazz basses....
Cool, man. That's a great looking instrument and I like the sound. And you've got some chops.👍🏼
The soldering can also be bypassed with an EMG plug & play pickup. 🙂
Thank you! Yep, got some EMG stuff in my pickup drawer about to make a new home in a little project bass hehe.
Nice looking Bass, I put a Modulus neck on a American Schecter P/J back in the 80's. Two things I remember about it was that it had no dead spots and it was very cold to the touch... About 1985...
That's awesome! Thanks for sharing :)
I’m not generally a fan of “burst” finishes. But, with that neck and black hardware… 😍
That bass looks killer! Great choice of body, can't go wrong with the neck. Good work!
Thank you! Great to see you on here :)
@@LowEndLobster Always checking your new videos out. Keep them coming!
That was a really cool video and the bass looks and sounds great!! I strongly prefer the bass you built over the Mexican P bass and I actually really like the P bass. The tone of the Status P is complex and really stood out with the tone backed off and it just looks killer. I have been begging off bass projects for a while but a video like this can get those juices stirring again.
Thanks Keith! The status neck has gone to another project, but I'll be making an update video on this on prepping the new neck (installing tuners/drilling neck holes, etc). You'll really like the project that the CF neck is going on, it's VERY special.
Bellissimo! Wonderful bass and very nice sound
Very nice bass. I did a similar project about 8 years ago, I bought a freshly refinished MM Stingray body on eBay, a Status Graphite neck and loaded it with EMG's and a badass bridge. It was my main bass for years until I got a Modulus Flea bass. Unfortunately the Stingray had to go to pay for the Modulus
That's awesome, bummer that you had to let it go. I love those Fleas, my friend has a couple of them and has been a huge modulus fan for as long as I can remember. One day I'll get my claws on one :)
I’ve really enjoyed watching some the older videos, they haven’t been as easy to locate!
Thank you! This was a fun one. I still have the body and neck, just not on the same instrument lol
@@LowEndLobster :)
What a beautiful bass. Love the look and tone. I want one. Not sure I have the patience to build unless I use pre built pre amp or harness . Stay safe Stu
Thank you Stu! This was an early vid but a fun one :)
Great project!
Lobster, - I like the looks and the sound. Thank U!
Thanks :)
I think that bass is great!
Nice!!! JJ had “the hook” and now you are “the claw”!!
Thanks man! My tech calls me "Thunderclaw" lol
Been considering a similar build awesome stuff!
Thank you!
Love your Channel , plus you’re an extremely talented Dude ! 😃🎧🎸
Thank you :)
Damn, Lobster, you have ALL the videos that I search for ! The thread I just started on Talkbass "Help I need your advice for a carbon fiber P/J" is exactly like this bass !!! You da man !!! - Mike
EDIT : Mine is a Moses Graphite 35" scale (No longer in production), but I also have a jazz bass with a Status neck. I don't like that the new ones have no logo on the front. I like the Status logo !
Thanks Michael! I saw that thread, looks like a killer build! I agree on the Status logo, I wish they left em (or gave us the option!).
Interesting! As it happens I am ALSO working towards building a P-shaped bass with a graphite neck.
I am aiming towards a natural finished darker wood, like goncalo alves, maybe. But the neck is a Moses graphite fretless Jazz bass neck. And the pickups will be a DeLano Hybrid MM in the bridge position and a blade type P-bass pickup in the traditional spot.
Niiiiccccceeeeee! Send me some pics on IG if you'd like, would love to see it!
Cool!!!! Very punchy sound to be a P-Bass, but i like it. Also great looking bass!
Thanks for sharing!!!!!
Thanks Juan!
Your videos are so cool!
Thanks Macho! :)
Great video, thanks for sharing
Glad you liked it, Scott!
I was really hoping you'd play with the lobster hand. Still earned a new sub, nevertheless. Awesome job, man!
Hahah thank you!
The Thump tone is great.
Thanks Troy!
thanx for sharing, i'm currently on a p bass project however a lot more work to do with it........
Thanks for watching tob2wood!
Great FRGGIN VIDEO! LOVE THAT P BASS BODY! COOL CHANNEL!
Thank you my friend!
For the Bartolini Folks, I would go with the deep tone pup at the neck and the classic at the bridge. That's a better tone all the way around.
this body its fkn amazing!!! 😍😍😍
Cool project, I like the slap tones on 'er. I'm not a huge fan of slap tones as they are abrupt? However, she is an exception... for now!!!
Thanks Jules!
BEST.INTRO.SONG.EVAR!!!!
THANK YOU :D!
Really enjoyed this , really want a status graphite neck. Just need to find the correct body
Thank you so much! I'm very glad you enjoyed this :). The correct body was found!.. and it wasn't this one ;P. Here is where the neck currently- ua-cam.com/video/ZCdgGltfsAU/v-deo.html (go to 3:35 and beyond)
@@LowEndLobster oh my that is potentially the best looking bass ever. I love it 😍. Congratulations
A lot of people like their bass builds to feature necks that need adjustment less often. Obviously graphite is pretty much never going to need adjustment (does this one even have a truss rod?) but I wonder if roasted maple tends to be more stable as reputed-or perhaps it depends on the particular piece of roasted maple and how it is cut.
Great comment! I would think that each individual roasted maple neck probably has some variance in weight and structural stability (though the roasting process does improve that) based on wood being wood. Carbon fiber probably has much less variance from example to example in terms of density and whatnot. Honestly, I've had this neck for like 9 years and it used to be on my daily driver franken-J. I could leave that thing sitting for a couple years, pick it up again, and it would be in tune and exactly how I left it. Status makes amazing necks, and the prices have improved now that the USD and GBP aren't as far apart as they once were.
Thanks for your video sir...
Aarrrrggggh . Now I wanna build my own again . After you showed us the Squier paranormal I thought I was sorted . You're a very naughty boy lol .
Hehehe, I have a pt. 2 of this P bass coming soon... a bit of a downgrade because that neck is going into something REALLY cool.
@@LowEndLobster can't wait .
Beautiful!
Thank you Gerald!
Wish that I could find one like that on the market. Cosmetically just gorgeous!😍
I would have liked to have seen the mating of the neck to the body. With two different companies, it would be interesting to see how it went, especially with the non adjustable neck. But, pretty bass, niiice.
Thanks Brian! This neck was pre-drilled already since it was off of a previous bass. I do plan on doing another DIY P-bass soon using Fender parts and will definitely have better footage this time around :)
Great job, my friend! The bass sounds fantastic-- I love the growl. I'm planning my first bass build and cherryburst is my finish of choice. It looks like the Ibanez Mezzo hanging behind you has a cherryburst finish as well. Did you refinish it yourself or have someone else do it for you? .
Thank you Jz Cz! That's not an Ibanez Mezzo, that's the Conklin Rocco Prestia signature, super rare bass. I sold it to a good friend of mine who is a HUGE Rocco and T.O.P fan, and it's found its forever home.
That is a great looking bass. Does anyone sell separate graphite bass necks anymore?
Very nice.👌🏻
Thanks!
Excellent build! looks and sounds killer! how do you like the status graphite neck? how would you compare it to a normal wood P neck? keep these great videos coming!
Thanks Antonio! I've had this neck for a long time, it used to be on my daily driver custom J. I love it. It stays true and feels like home to me. I will actually be putting it on a new project coming very soon :).
I was surprised to see you didn't shield the electronics part. I thought it was common practice.
Nevertheless it sounds awesome. Great job!
Thanks Jack! This was SUPER early on in the channel, was looking to just do something for fun and as a way to encourage people early on in the quarantine/pandemic. I am actually planning a P bass build soon to kind of revisit this concept with some different parts (and a lot more knowledge and know-how).
The P bass pick up acts as a humbucker. No shielding needed
Sounds great! Honestly the thing that surprises me is how you can afford all of these instruments haha. Keep up the great videos!
Thanks for the words of encouragement, Luca! My main career is not a musician, so that helps a little ;P
@@LowEndLobster Ah, that makes more sense haha, you seem to have won the game ;)
@@LowEndLobster main career is hedge fund manager or cartel leader?
@@peadookie Yes ;P
@@LowEndLobster man, I'm in the wrong business. Software engineer no more, I turn my life to trafficking... in basses...
OT, I'm familiar with modulus necks. How would you say Status compares? Thinking about selling my modulus and doing a Status-necked J bass build.
Gorgeous build Lobster ❤️ surprised you never shielded the cavity though 🤔
Thank you! I'm not haha, this was a VEEERRRY early video. My Fender DIY P Bass Build is a lot more recent and IMO more well executed, check it out! I do still have this body laying around, I should revisit this
@@LowEndLobster definitely, it's a bit of a looker. I wonder how it would sound with a push/pull phase reverse? You make the best bass vids out there, keep em coming Lobster buddy ✌️❤️
That is soooo cool. I can't wait until I am old enough to afford stuff like that and take a day or so to build a bass.
Who are you calling old!? ;P *adjusts glasses* oh old enough to afford stuff like that. Ya whippersnapper!
Lol
@@LowEndLobster I definitely don't think you're old. Maybe mid 20s?
It's amazing how the lighting went down with the tone being rolled off!! Is this standard with the electronics you used? ;-)
When I say master tone, I mean MASTER tone :P
Sounds great, but I’m curious if you swap necks w/the Precision Bass and see if there is any difference in sound?
Thanks! I'll think about it, but that's a lot of work to swap them, test, and swap them back.
Cool!
Thanks Colin!
Hi!! I love your videos and even got a status graphite neck for a jazz bass build I got going because I saw you use them. Any tips on the best way to drill the graphite for the neck and tuners? I hope mine turns out as good as yours!
Hey Wyatt! I believe you can drill normally as you would drill a normal wooden gloss neck. If you are unsure if you can do it, I'd recommend using a professional though.
@@LowEndLobster Thanks! I have some experience with drilling and such because I work in construction so I feel fairly confident although it is my first time with something like this. I have found a pro close to me that might be able to help me too. But I’m glad to hear it doesn’t sound like it could be totally out of my league. I’ll see how comfortable I am once all the parts are here. Thanks again!
@@Radioshack65 I'd recommend snagging a cheap beater wooden neck to practice the alignment drilling if it's your first time. You only get one chance with the real thing. Best of luck!
@@LowEndLobster Thanks! I might give that a shot. I do really like the idea of having a practice neck. Especially since it is my first time. I saw some advice on how to get the alignment just right online (clamping the neck to the body and putting metal tubing in the body holes) but I’ll look into a real cheap beater neck.
Hi Lobster, Nice build great slap tone too! Would you mind posting a link to the guitar body?
Bought it off a dude on Talkbass, sorry! :)
@@LowEndLobsterAh ok, I misunderstood, didn't realise it was a private sale! I love the burst colours
Question, i have a player series precision bass; I love the tone but the neck its a little big for me. Can replace the neck with a Jazz bass neck? It will fit?
Heyo! Yes, you absolutely can (if it's a 4 string, 5 strings can differ a bit).
That finish is my favorite finish of all time. There's too much tobacco sunburst and not enough cherry sunburst in the bass world.
Thanks for the comment Mickey! Yeah, I really love the finish too. The original owner of the body was planning on stripping it, I stepped in and offered to buy it off him as is. Glad I did!
Could you write a tab for the lick you did at the end there? Really lovin it 👍
I'll try :), what's the timestamp. Check out the discord channel, one of my good friends has been doing tons of transcriptions for folks. I'm not much of a tabbing guy honestly.
I want the same thing. Link to get this, or I’ll buy it
Good job with your channel! I discovered it searching for the Ibanez headless and I stayed for the rest :)
Sorry to bother you but i was wanting to create for a long time a bass with one of this stunning Status necks.
I liked this body but I'm not capable of catching the brand. Can you write it?
Thank you so much! I'm glad you stuck around :). No bother, please do not hesitate to comment or ask questions. I always do my best to respond. The body is just a cherryburst generic P-body. I purchased it off a TalkBass forum member who wanted to refinish it for $100+shipping. I don't think there's a specific brand to the body. Any body will do!
@@LowEndLobster oh OK my bad, I though you said a brand when you talked about the body :D I need to keep improving my English hahaha
@@Jitobass You're doing a great job with your English thus far, keep it up man!
Do you have a link where I can purchase a bass body like yours in the video
Sadly no, I snagged this one second hand on talkbass. There are loads of p bass bodies out there though
Lowendlobster, any chance you could do a comparison with the status graphite neck on your sunburst precision as the sunburst one sounds warmer and thicker? The carbon neck sounds somewhat thinner.
Great question ZH! I currently have this neck on another bass, but I do plan on snagging another at some point and will definitely compare to another neck. I like the idea! Thank you :)
@@LowEndLobster ah sweet. What bass is it on? A video with the same neck on a different bass would be great to hear the difference in tone for a given neck.
Also, do you feel the neck is thinner sounding than the wood?
Great job kid! What value capacitor did you use? I see you’re digging that helping hands rig...or helping claws as it may be.🦞
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01H7X90DU/
I used one of these.
LowEndLobster Thats great! When you roll back the tone knob, if it gets too dark too quick and you want a more slow, tapered response switch to a 022 cap. Nice job all around!
@@thirdfloorguitarsfrizzi966 Thanks Dom! Thanks for all the pointers and help. You da man!
LowEndLobster ALWAYS!
(Working my way through all the videos...)
Q1: is there foam or something on the bottom of the pickups to push them up?
Q2: tapewounds, right? If so, not really a fair comparison with the MIM Fender P-bass.
Honestly, I forget. I have the body right buried under a pile of bass stuff (this project is returning, don't worry haha). Strings on this were black beauties, as opposed to the original strings on the MIM (the ones that I bought it with, trying to emulate the "noob" bassist buying a bass online and not knowing to change the strings).
Nice !!! Do you paint it yourself ?
I did not, got the body as is from a guy on TB.
What were the strings on each bass? That probably contributed a fair amount to the difference in sound too.
The DIY P has DR Black Beauties and the MIM P has the strings it came with when I got it a month or so ago. Not sure if I should change em of not. Trying to emulate the "average" bass with the MIM.
That bass sounds and looks great. Where did you get that body again?
Talkbass off another user
@@LowEndLobster I really appreciate your content. I came to your page by way of, Bully Tha Kid.
@@jamessmith-zk4co Thanks man! Bully is the man :). I've really enjoyed collaborating with him, he's an awesome dude.
Are the Barts accidentally wired in parallel?
CC - Interpret body source as Kok Bass. I think you are saying Talkbass. Which mean you purchased from a individual via forum. Is that correct?
Thank you,
Yes, this is correct. He wanted to strip and refinish it, and I said I'd buy it from him instead. It was a very good price. I have found another place that offers very cheap parts here in the US and will be putting together a bass soon.
I am so curious about this. How does it compare with you higher end P basses? Does it really run with the big dogs? I was thinking about buying a nice P bass or actually handpicking all the parts for the bass of my dreams? Also how does the graphite neck sound vs wood?
Hey JaYu! This was a great bass, but I like my latest parts bass build more :)
@@LowEndLobster Nice! Love that roasted maple neck man!!
how hard is it to install tuners on that neck. really interested in getting one
TBH, I got this neck like 10 years ago and had a local luthier do it for me. I do believe you can drill straight into them though without issue to install the tuners, nothing special is needed. I would confirm that with Status however, but I do believe they mention that in their documentation.
Let's route for a Jazz at the rear and I would have went with EMG pups front and rear.
Is it louder acoustically than the Mex Fender? How was the fret levelling/dressing on the Status neck?
Great questions Jonathan! Fretwork on the status is top notch. I've had the neck for nearly a decade now and it's been on several instruments of mine :). Neck isn't on this bass anymore, it's on my D. Taylor Strat Bass :)
@@LowEndLobster It looks brand new! I’m really tempted, about the last thing I haven’t changed on my Mexican Precision now is the neck, and it’s a bit temperamental with humidity changes so the graphite would definitely fix that.
How much for the neck and body?
How is it that anytime I look up something you have a video on it?!
This is the way. ;P
Sounds good to me! i'm curious...someone say's that those neck doesn't vibrate...is it true?
Everything vibrates!
@@LowEndLobster thanks
Where did you buy the body from? Do you have a link?
Bought it from some guy on talkbass
Wait, you claw doesn't double as a wire stripper/snips?!?!?
LMAO!
Would you kindly live a link to the website that you bought the bass body kit
The body was purchased second hand from a Talkbass user. However, you can find bodes on Reverb, Ebay, and elsewhere.
Ty very much
Look like a very nice person. I got a trouble on my onboard preamp. ( Seymour Duncan) The bass knob is not working. Do not know if its the preamp or pot that is wrong
Might change for a tone capsule
I'd contact Seymour Duncan to see if they'll replace the unit
@@LowEndLobster t-y so nice
Hi lobster, I can hear the wooden neck has a warmer thicker sound, but would you say having a graphite neck on your bass results in a thinner sound?
I don't mind a glassier and crisper synthetic tone, but I don't want to lose the thickness and overall bass and low end frequencies. When people say graphite necks lack warmth, do they also mean the low end thick sounding frequencies?
Hey ZH, good question. I actually had this neck on my daily driver bass for about 8 years. It was a J-bass with Delano pickups and a J retro preamp. Absolutely no down side to having the carbon fiber neck tonally or otherwise IMO.
@@LowEndLobster thanks for the response. And is it a j or p neck in this vid?
@@XM-ks1yp j neck from status graphite uk :)
@@LowEndLobster looks thick and at the nut as well. How does it compare to your Mexican player p neck? Is it wide for a jazz?
Off to Ebay now
Find anything good ;P?
@@LowEndLobster plenty of P bass bodies with no finish , and loads of jazz necks from China ( any good ?) . I'll keep scanning . Defo gonna get a Status neck .
All in black
How much more black could it be? And the answer is none... none more black.
Full body black mate... 😍😍😍
@@parmeniazo It's funny you mention that, we're going to be trying some very interesting DIY finishes really soon using some body blanks. We're actually going to be collabing with a company that you wouldn't expect (they don't have anything to do with bass or music, but their products are glorious). More on that soon :)
Any links to the bass or neck available??
I'll update the description with a link to the neck. The body was bought off a TB forum member. Any decent P body would work here.
Where did you buy the body? You said Top Bass? Couldn’t find it.
Hey Ralph! I got the body used on Talkbass. I have some good news though, this Sunday I have a similar but more in depth video coming out where we build a P bass using all Fender replacement parts! I'll have links to all the parts and go through the whole process of putting the bass together. Hope you'll enjoy it :)
where you buy that bass sir
It's all from parts I had. I did a more recent P bass build using all Fender parts as well!
LowEnd hey bro could you tag the link to the website where you buy this bass body?
I got it used from a dude on talkbass
@@LowEndLobster thanks pal. Keep grooving
How's the carbon fiber neck compared to wood?
I love them. They feel great and never ever budge. I had this neck on my daily driver jazz for around 8-9 years, and I could leave it sitting for months or years and it would still stay in tune
How's the tone and feel compare? Never seen these before but now I want one! They should give you a discount code haha
A link for that Status bass neck and the Body.
Body was bought off a dude on Talkbass. Neck... statusgraphite.com, their website is weird and it's tough to get the URL for specific pages. They're great folks at Status though. 8-12 week turnaround time, great communication, and tons of options!
would have loved to see this on a black body, but the black strings make up for it
Thanks! There will be more builds coming including one that can be "none more black" ;P
That looks like the body of my p bass!
It does!
The Barts sound way better than the MIM imho.
Yeah I dig these barts too. The MIM is extra special because it has the strings that came on it (that I refuse to change lol)
YOU GOT TO PLAY BASS IN MARCHING BAND?? MAN MY TEACHER WANTED ME TO PLAY SYNTH, IM JELLY
Yup! I didn't march though ;P
How much did this cost
If you were to get this stuff new, probably around a grand or so with half of the cost in the neck. I got the body off of a dude on talkbass for like 100 bucks though, and already had the neck handy. This was more for fun than a feasible parts build for cheap. That being said, I'm planning a p bass build soon!
Cool thanks
Top left at beginning of video 👀
We are not alone! :P
Should have put red tape wounds on.
My EMG P/J set sounds better than my Bartolini P/J set. Hands down.