60s Jansen Beatbass restoration thread
Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2016 5:16 pm
So I acquired an old Jansen telecaster bass neck and body of trademe.
It's got p bass pup routes which is good, as that's the sound I like in a bass.
The neck is straight and the truss works, but it has been de fretted and changed into fretless.
I've gone ahead and ordered some fret wire. This will be my first bass Refret. I've done guitars, but I'll be getting an experienced friend to help here (thanks jvpp)
The most exciting part thus far is learning something very cool about the body. My plan was to refinish in vintage whe
It's. But when I examined the look and grain of the wood very closely , it became obvious this Was not your usual pine or alder. It really looked like NZ kauri. Kauri is our foremost wood, and used to be present in abundance.
Looking up some info I learned that early on In Their production Jansen used recycled kauri from demolished buildings for their guitar bodies! So cool! So not only is this body made in the 60s , it's very likely that the wood from building that was demolished was significantly older than this. A real price of kiwi history
Happy to be corrected if I'm wrong about it being kauri, but I think that's so cool.
So I'm gonna do a natural finish, tone rider p bass pickups, black pickguard, vintage fender style bridge medium jumbo frets tel style control plate without the switch ( I've found and up drilled plate with no switch slot)
It's got p bass pup routes which is good, as that's the sound I like in a bass.
The neck is straight and the truss works, but it has been de fretted and changed into fretless.
I've gone ahead and ordered some fret wire. This will be my first bass Refret. I've done guitars, but I'll be getting an experienced friend to help here (thanks jvpp)
The most exciting part thus far is learning something very cool about the body. My plan was to refinish in vintage whe
It's. But when I examined the look and grain of the wood very closely , it became obvious this Was not your usual pine or alder. It really looked like NZ kauri. Kauri is our foremost wood, and used to be present in abundance.
Looking up some info I learned that early on In Their production Jansen used recycled kauri from demolished buildings for their guitar bodies! So cool! So not only is this body made in the 60s , it's very likely that the wood from building that was demolished was significantly older than this. A real price of kiwi history
Happy to be corrected if I'm wrong about it being kauri, but I think that's so cool.
So I'm gonna do a natural finish, tone rider p bass pickups, black pickguard, vintage fender style bridge medium jumbo frets tel style control plate without the switch ( I've found and up drilled plate with no switch slot)
