team no pickguard here. everything else was perfect!

Not gonna lie, in the beginning i thought it was a little weird looking, but that pickguard, brought it to life for me. Great bass and upgrade 👍

Man that thing is ugly in ALL the right ways! I love a quirky instrument that’s been hacked apart and put back together with the sole purpose of working for the musician who did it. Beautiful! Love your channel. I came by way Rhett’s channel but you just have such an awesome perspective and a really real approach to how you look at music and gear. Cheers!

Pickguard for me. The bass sounds very cool.

Team pickguard and the bass sounds awesome man.

Team No Pick Guard here. I love the way the bass looks otherwise - quirky in a good way, and sounds great with the new pickup.

I love the pickguard

"Don't be too precious." We could just stop there - words to live by. I would dig hearing the comparison between your gold foil and Starfire pickups.

Both pickups is a killer tone! Big tool upgrade.

Sounds fantastic! That Hipshot bridge also makes a huge difference from my experience on my Jack Casady bass. Cheers!

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I totally need one for my old Ripper

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@@rickc2102Rock solid bridge. I highly recommend it.

Pickguard looks absolutely awesome!

Team no pickgurard here. I like the more simple, less cluttered look without it. Sounds nice and hollow!

I like that you're continuing to mod this thing. Definitely giving me some ideas for future builds!

Now THAT is a gold foil! Those recent Fender (or was it Squire?) guitars that had “gold foils” that were just made to cosmetically look like them and were not the real deal - that was a weird decision on their part because they could have had some unique tones, yet they opted to do the same old pickups with the look of a gold foil. I’m glad to see that there are pickup companies trying to bring these old pickups styles back into fashion. I think you should cram two more really unique pickups onto this bass. How epic would it be to have FOUR unique pickups on a bass?! You have plenty of real estate to do it! Go for it!

Luvvin how it looks AND how it sounds. NICE!!

Beautiful looking and sounding mod!

Great tone! Cool look!

Love the sound and look. With the pick guard.

That's quite the Frankenbass! I love the tone and looks. Could go either way on the pick guard, but it works. Thanks, Philip!

Great sound!

Looks good. Unique piece. At the end it’s about the art, visually and musically.

Always wondered what those sound like. Beautiful tone and playing!

Really cool bass. Sounds great. I think the pick guard would nice if it be tortoise shell.

Nice. They sound good together, even. You win.

Awesome 😎 love your bass collection!🤘😎

His gold foil and pb fat pickups are my favorite of his. Sounds good as always. Keep up the amazing work as always!

The pocket logo is super rad! Dig the tshirt.

Looks great… sounds amazing! 😎👌

Looks cool !! I like it. Enjoy

That goldfoil sounds SWEET!

A little patina (faux finger grime) around the edges of the pickguard and under the strings will help it look the part for the bass.

man is that nice ! sounds good too .

Very cool. I like the pick guard but maybe one the matches the wood tone of the plate. Sounds fantastic and has a great vibe. Enjoy it!

Lovin’ it!

Man, that sounds great. One of my favorite genre of bass tones. Got hip to this with Alan Hampton, Andrew Bird's bassist.

Fantastic addition to the tone! Sounds fantastic. I am team pick guard.

thx u Philip u inspire me : )

I've been thinking about getting one of these but there weren't too many great demos of it, thank you a ton for this video Phil. Definetly on team no pickguard btw.

Man, one of the sweetest, nicest and sexiest bass sounds I've heard. Absolutely love it!

The project is dope. Looks amazing Sounds even better. I am in favor of the pick guard and the thumb rest. I just added my own home made thumb rest to my project Bronco bass due to how flush the mfd pickup sits into the body. Wasn’t anywhere to rest my hand. So mine is strategically closer to the strings for utility as well as adding the classic wood thumb rest vibe.

I like the pickguard. I also loved the sound you were getting. I need to get a bridge like that for my Epiphone T-bird. I really think those Gibson-style three point bridges are a pain.

That goldfoil is super crystal clear. I got to check one of them out

Great idea adding that specific pickup! I guess you’ll be able to use this bass quite a lot more. And the tonality in a way comes closer to your Mustang now, but different. But, you’ll remain able to do the Darkstar thing too. Great! Love the pickguard. Only the easy to adjust Hipshot bridge brings it into the 20’s. 😄 Well, this is the 20’s... 😆 Great looking bass! 🖖

Great video as always, thank you!🙌🏼 I play with the idea of doing similar mods to a Höfner Club Bass, maybe with TV Jones PUs, that said team PICKGUARD but rather tortoise 😎

I dig it!

Team pick guard for sure. Very cool sound.

Now you got me thinking about a gold foil on my Mex P-Bass.

what bridge did you use for the replacement? I love the upgrades and have been wanting to update my Rumblekat for awhile, glad to have stumbled upon yer channel!

I would say no pickguard, but it's a gorgeous bass anyway... And sounds so so cool. Congrats!

Team pickguard, and that is a fantastic bass, I just love it, vibe, sound, look, the whole thing!! I have a Supro Huntington 1 with a gold foil pickup that just kill's and a Novak Bisonic on a '67 Epiphone Rivoli both with flats, so that's my kind of sound.

I like it both with our without, I'm usually very decisive about these things😄

That goldfoil reminds me of JPJ’s tone on Ramble On (LZ2), which is a really good thing. Team pickguard 👍

I have a brother, my biological Brother Frederick - that when I have an idea to do something and I don't do it, he does it - and does it great. Youre that for me on bass, Philip. I have wanted to get more out of my little "Beatle" bass that I bought and I think yours is a great idea. I need to jump in and add a "middle" to my bass - otherwise I feel I'm being limited the sounds. Following your lead, Brother - thank you for your great videos and your thoughtfulness. Promise to jump in the pit.

I think either pickguard _or_ thumb rest. Seems a little busy with both

I'm team matching the control plate material to the pickguard material.

team pickguard or not depends on a specific bass esthetics. the gold foil sounds sweet!

awesome mod.....sound is unbelievable.....pic gurd a plus

The goldfoil has a definite vibe, more vocal with a clear attack. I dig the pickguard, but I'm of two minds regarding the color. Mind 1: change the pickguard, selector knob and vol/tone plate to black, or Mind 2: leave the bass as is, because it reminds me of the inside view of a box of assorted chocolates. Now I want chocolates.

Team no pickguard, but that bass sounds so good with both pickups, amazing.

Being a large Les Paul Shape, a LP pick guard looks... Normal (to me) Chicken head blend control great function &form. I dig the bass, tones are good, although I would have placed the gold foil 2", or 3" further south, just for greater tone variation .

I think this is the coolest bass you have

Installed Curtis Novak gold foils on my Dangelico Excel bass.. what a difference

I think I'd be team pickguard if it was a different pickguard. But man, that pickup sounds amazing!

Sustain on there is unreal wow

i like either the pickguard or thumbrest but not both together

Great system. Different sounds out of the same instrument.

team no pick guard :)

I like the pickguard, but I think the piece beneath the pots and the thumb rest should match.

Add a P-bass pickup - and maybe a Novak Thunderbird in the bridge position too? ✌️😅👌

You should put on another two pickups there to finish the job

now it just needs a stingray pickup and a jazz right up on the bridge

Flats? What are they & how old? If I ever break a Sadowsky (5years),La Bella’s low tension are tempting. Normally I’m no pick guard but after I put a Bart in the Dub King, the guard covers my routing…Harley Benton HB-60 WB with a Novak has been floating around my head but would I be able to retrofit a Hipshot bridge?

I loaned Curtis the pickup from my H22 about 4-5 years ago. I never got it back...😢 I'm pretty sure your pickup is modeled after mine. Enjoy!!!

Excellent but I would've preferred, if it was me, which it isn't, a four-way selective so you could have: Middle Middle & Neck in parallel Neck Middle & Neck in series 👍

Those 2 great pickups and the Hipshot supertone is an awesome combination on that bass. The pickguard and the thumb rest? no, thank you: it's way too busy now, even ugly on my opinion. Each to their own, enjoy it.

I don't think the bass needs a pickguard. But it's cool anyway. Btw, what bridge is that?

I love modifying cheap instruments that are well put together and using higher end pickups and pots. You can get a new thing for 1/4 the price of a "good" bass and it just might inspire you!

Curtis Novak’s attention to detail when recreating pickups needs to be studied. The pickups he made for Serek for their Lincoln 3 bass (their take on the Gibson Grabber 3) sound EXACTLY like the Bill Lawrence originals.

Make a wooden pickguard to match the thumbrest and control plate!

Nix the pic but what matters is if you luv it! Sounds nice.

well now you gotta put a rick bridge pickup in there

No pickguard. That bridge is impressive

I'm team pick guard. I think once you start modding an instrument, you may as well go full mad max on it. That's just my style tho.

team no pick guard, but the goldfoil sounds amazing.

Team pickguard, but I think it needs to be black or brown. The next mod needs to be a Ricky bridge pickup.

No pickguard or a better looking one, maybe tortoise shell bound with three layers of binding?

Team Pickguard 🎉

I think I’m team pick guard but would love to see it in a tortoiseshell. Either way it’s a cool instrument with a great sound.

Pickguard but hear me out: A wood pickguard to match the control plate and a black chicken head knob to match volume and tone

No pick guard. But awesome bass 🎉

Pick guard for real

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No pickguard on no thumbrest.

Team darker pick guard ✌️

Team no pick guard The plastic should match the control panel cover

Not team thumb rest

I am team tortoise shell pickguard (3ply)

Wooden pickguard maybe?

Another Phil vid that's not about building a Fenderbird 😢

Team pick guard BUT team no thumb rest