My first Lefty Funky Junk!!!
2024 is the year I bring more LH products into the BJD fold, and I saw this poor neglected Greco JB450 and simply had to get it and give it a new lease of life.
So as usual, with my Funky Junk builds, I only spend a couple of days on them. In this case I did some cursory filling for the rear pickup rout which looked like it was done with a butter knife and a beaver.
I also filled in some of the more severe damage on the body, did basic sanding to 400 grit, primed in matt black and painted in this nice sky blue colour. Once dry I gave it two coats of car lacquer so that the finish doesn't wear from, or stick to guitar stands. Once set I then did a simple light relic treatment just highlighting some of the original scars.
The neck needed a nut and also part of the first fret had to be replaced which I did with a BJD logo embossed piece of maple. It works well and looks kinda nice.
I also fitted a three point string retainer, mostly for more modern looks to kind of match the modernity of the pickups. It works well, as well as is aesthetically pleasing.
The pickups are good quality Seymour Duncans, the front Duncan Design and the rear a Bass-lines series humbucker.
I wired it so the humbucker can switch between series and parallel for added tonal scope.
The jack output is side mounted so I could make the most of the control plate and also to add another touch of modernity to it.
The neck functions well and the truss is healthy. Some minor fret dressing was needed, but it plays nicely overall.
The pickguard was actually a right handed one that I flipped over, veneered and bevelled, works just fine and looks good. Again some light relic marks are deliberately worn into the pickguard.
Given the instrument took me a couple of full days to complete all in all and factoring in parts costs, it is priced very fairly to allow me a decent and fair rate of pay for the two days spent.
Body: Mahogany pancake construction.
Neck. 3 piece maple
Grip. Thin C
Fretboard. Rosewood
Radius. 400r (flatter than regular Jazz basses)
Nut. synthetic bone. 38mm
Scale. 34"
Pickups. Duncan Design / Duncan Basslines Humbucker.
Controls. Vol, vol, s/p sw, tone
Tuners. Original Gotoh GB1
Bridge. Original OEM vintage type.
Weight. 4.5kg
Case. Gig bag
