conversion

If you have a JAN III brass for the same bass and overall nut width, but wanted to radically switch tunings (i.e. accomodate vastly different string gauges), could you do so by only switching the slotted upper portion of the JAN III with a new one having different slot widths? In other words...

Hi everyone, as some of you might have seen, I'm looking for a fretless bass. New Warwick FL basses have ebony fingerboards. I know ebony is great, both because of the sound characteristics, and it's density/durability. However, I've been thinnking of defretting a fretted bass, lately. And...

Hey all I have a Corvette Standard, 5-string Natural Oil finish Bubinga body Ovangkol neck w/Chrome hardware and the passive MEC Dynamic Connection pick ups. the wiring pocket seems plenty big enough to add active circuitry and I remember something about the C-Standard coming with active...

Ok so i have turned my schecter 5 string into a fretless, but...theres one problem. The 7th fret on the G string won't stop buzzing no matter what i do its really annoying me, can anyone help me out?

Hi guys Need some advice. In the opinion of those that know (I'm pretty much a newbie) what would be the cheapest and easiest way of converting my Streamer Std 5 string (MEC single humbucker passive pickup), into an active? Would like to not have to alter body - i.e. keep just the 2 pots...

I want to put a set of Bartolinis in my 'vette STD 4. Does anyone on this forum know the exact model numbers that will work in this bass? Also, do these pickups make a difference on their own with the MEC pre or do I need to buy a Bart pre-amp to get the most out of them? Thanks!

I have a corvette standard 4. Mostly I got it because it was a teal when i did, and I couldnt find any active vettes with a netural finish in my area. I want to do a active conversion from the standard passive MEC's. Is this a very hard proccess? I have changed out pups in a gutar before and...