Jansen Beatbass project

[MikeC]

Dench does come into play in this story

Prey tell?

Entered a long and frustrating exchange where he promised me PARTS for this rare BASS. But after a string OF about ten emails he drifted off into OBSCURITY and nothing CAME of it

He is truly a tosser.

[clubhouse]

Looking forward to your developments

I have a spare set of tuners if you’d like them (new not Jansen )

I'd go for a Jansen tuning key for OG sake This gal came with three Jansens and one Fender. I have a full set of Fender bass keys in the drawer somewhere...would swap for Jansens

[AiRdAd]

If it's any help - the pickguard looks like this

https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/marketplace ... f=QOOvDCMZ

[smallface]

If it's any help - the pickguard looks like this

https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/marketplace ... f=QOOvDCMZ

Ha ha, that's mine. Waiting for it to be sent to me

[StrummersOfThunder]

If it's any help - the pickguard looks like this

https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/marketplace ... f=QOOvDCMZ

Yeh I’m not going for original
I’m going to do p bass pickups rather than mud bucker so I’m going to have to cover the route up

[StrummersOfThunder]

If it's any help - the pickguard looks like this

https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/marketplace ... f=QOOvDCMZ

Man I’m kind of surprised how cheap that went

[smallface]

If it's any help - the pickguard looks like this

https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/marketplace ... f=QOOvDCMZ

Man I’m kind of surprised how cheap that went

Same. However it will definitely need quarantining before my wife allows it in the house

[clubhouse]

If it's any help - the pickguard looks like this

https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/marketplace ... f=QOOvDCMZ

Yeh I’m not going for original
I’m going to do p bass pickups rather than mud bucker so I’m going to have to cover the route up

The OG pickup is weird...it's a 4-pole piece plate deal (the big-ass chrome and screw thing you see on the top) suspended between two individual 6-string, single coils underneath. I figure it's Jansen cheaping out on parts (like Leo) and using SCs from the Tele copies and adapting them to make the Beat Bass 4-stringer ....maybe? Actually sounds ok...if you're not too hung up on expecting trad Fender tones.

[StrummersOfThunder]

Some decisions to be made ...

Positioing P bass pickups. From what I can tell these tend to be mid point between the saddle and the neck end. If I do a through guard mount i think they will be too high for my tastes. Also if I use the OG tele style bridge there wont be much room between the guard and the bridge end. I did think about cutting the bridge down to a mor estandard size...but this takes away one of the unique elements of the bass.

So I think im left with a pickup route the is half over hanging the guard. Ive seen examples of this.