Tyson

Hi, thanks for responding but I think you misunderstood, I already did this modification to a cheap guitar and I like the bass I'm getting out of it. My problem now is the modification is in a cheap guitar and I want the guitar to sound (the regular guitar, not the p-bass pick-up) much higher quality. Should I upgrade the guitar, and how or should I take the modification out, buy higher quality guitar and install the modification in that. The guitar is made in asia out of basswood, so I"m wondering if this would hamper my efforts. If I was to upgrade the guitar should I do anything other than pick-ups?

Hi, I'm new to the forum and also new to customizing guitars. Anyways, for my first project I took a fairly cheap Squier M80 and stuck a P-bass pick-up between the two humbuckers. P-bass pick-ups actually pick-up every other string, so to get my two lower strings I had to angle it slightly side-ways. I then gave the P-bass a seperate volume control and a seperate output. I then run the bass output to an octave pedal and a bass amp. Therefore I can give more of a bassy feel to my guitar or play some simple bass alone. I can not take credit for this idea as it has been done before and I simply copied the idea. Anyways, the main question I had was whether or not I should upgrade the rest of the guitar or simply rip the modification out, go out and buy a more expensive guitar and install it in there. I really like the bass modification, but I'm no expert on what you can get out of a cheap guitar (I imagine you guys are). I like the playability of the squier but am I going to be able to get high quality tone simply by upgrading the pick-ups? If you suggest an upgrade can you point me in the right direction as to what I should upgrade? Am I going to be hampered by the fact that the neck is a bolt-on? Any advice you guys can offer would help alot. Thanks!