VWG VWB001

JB Style Build Your Own Bass Guitar Kit

Name: JB Style Build Your Own Bass Guitar Kit
Brand: VWG
SKU: VWB001
Price: 180.0 USD
Availability: InStock

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The original session bass, in DIY form. The JB Style Build Your Own Bass Guitar Kit pairs a basswood body with two J-bass pickups and the wiring layout that's been running pop, rock, soul, funk, and country recordings for sixty straight years.

Bolt-on neck with frets and dual-action truss rod, predrilled and routed body, pre-sanded, two J-pickups wired through two volumes and one tone. The J-bass blend is endlessly flexible — full and warm with the neck pickup, snappy and articulate with the bridge, somewhere magical in between. Slap, finger, plectrum: this layout handles all three without flinching.

Designed and shipped from the USA. Every kit is backed — defective parts replaced free, no return required, no haggling. Build your own bass guitar in the configuration that's responsible for more recorded bass tone than any other. Solid, simple, never wrong.

Predrilled and routed body
Neck with frets and dual-action truss rod installed
Bridge and turning hardware
Pickups, Pots, and Wiring Components
All wood parts are pre-sanded, ready for your final sanding and a finish to be applied.
Some bodies and/or necks may have binding in place

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*Usually. Carrier delays may happen, and remote locations might take a bit longer.

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Specifications

Style: Bass

Body Wood: Basswood

Neck Wood: Maple

Fretboard Wood: Rosewood

Fretboard Radius: 12 Inch

Neck Joint: Bolt-on

Number of Frets: 20

Pickups: 2 JB

Controls: 2 Volume, 1 Tone

Bridge Type: Fixed

Hardware Color: Chrome

Truss Rod: Preinstalled, Dual Action

Scale Length: 34 Inch

Nut Width: 1-5/8 Inch

Bridge Width (E to E):

Difficult Rating: 2/5

Approx. Finished Weight: 9.0 lbs

See what others have built with this kit

Decent Kit, a Few Flaws...

Overall what came with this kit was very workable. I swapped out some of the hardware with some higher quality stuff (Grover tuning machines, different bridge). I also put in some Lindy Fralin split jazz bass pickups. I will say, it is a HEAVY bass guitar, but it feels solid. The main stock part that I had trouble with was the string retainer; the pilot hole for it was about 1.5 cm too far over and was causing the G string to slip out. I had to drill a new pilot hole for it and move the string retainer. After that, everything is working great. Aside from that, I had tried to change the pick guard to something a little less... floppy, but found that the Vibeworks design, while looking very, very similar to the real deal has measurements that are slightly off, so there are basically no aftermarket options to change the pick guard out. They potentiometers are also not 3/8" stem, but rather an 8mm stem, which again, has few options without drilling out bigger holes for. So, a few nuisances that could have made life a little easier, but I was able to work it all out in the end, and am happy with the finished product.

4 stars for build quality, 6 stars for customer support

I ordered my bass kit almost a year ago. The hardware I got was of good quality, the tuners feel great and hold a tune for weeks w/out adjusting. The neck however had some misaligned holes for the tuners, and the neck was warped (which I failed to check until after the guitar was built, that’s on me). When I contacted them about any build questions and the issue regarding the neck, they always responded same day, oftentimes within the hour, and were happy to give me a new neck, I was even able to meet the guy running the show and pick up the replacement at their facility since I lived close by. The new neck I got works and looks great on my bass. Highly recommend, and if you have issues w/ your guitar, or need help w/ your build, the good people working the business will respond quickly and effectively.