VWG VWB004

R Style PJ 5 String Build Your Own Bass Guitar Kit

Name: R Style PJ 5 String Build Your Own Bass Guitar Kit
Brand: VWG
SKU: VWB004
Price: 205.0 USD
Availability: InStock

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Five strings means one extra excuse to play harder. The R Style PJ 5 String DIY Bass Guitar Kit pairs a P-bass at the bridge with a J-bass at the neck, all bolted onto an alder body that knows what it's doing. Low-B included, free of charge.

Predrilled, routed, and pre-sanded — those being three words for "all the parts that suck are already done." Two volumes, two tones, classic alder thump, and a 34-inch scale that gives the low B somewhere to actually live.

Designed and shipped from the USA. Every kit comes with the full wiring, hardware, neck (frets and dual-action truss rod installed), and bridge. Backed by Vibeworks: if any piece shows up defective, we ship a free replacement. No return needed, no apology necessary, no questions asked. Build your own bass guitar and stop borrowing your friend's.

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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Specifications

Style: Bass

Body Wood: Alder

Neck Wood: Maple

Fretboard Wood: Rosewood

Fretboard Radius: 12 Inch

Neck Joint: Bolt On

Number of Frets: 20

Pickups: 1 JB, 1 PB

Controls: 2 Volume, 2 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: 3/5

Approx. Finished Weight: 9.0 lbs

See what others have built with this kit

5 Stars for an exceptional 5 String bass kit, a really fun build and a great playing bass guitar.

This R-style 5-String PJ is absolutely a great kit. Don't be intimidated, it's just a big PJ build. The neck is slightly offset towards the top horn so it feels like a Rick. I used Tru-Oil to finish it and the alder body turned out great. The headstock is a full blade, and I used sandpaper around a large coffee can and a spray paint can to give it a really cool shape.

This neck was straight and flat right out of the box. Standard 34-inch scale and 24 frets, plays well all the way up and down the neck. I put a slight shim in order to increase the neck angle and put a little more height on the bridge saddles, just my preference. That's the advantage of starting with a quality kit; you can make changes like that without risk of messing it all up.

The Interactive Building Guide on the Vibeworks website is a perfect step-by step method. First I used the supplied components and 2 pickup 2V 2T wiring, just like on the support page here. Then I picked up a 3-way switch and changed it to a 2-pickup 2V 1T 3-way switch, also on the support page.

A bass is one of the easiest kits to build and set up. This one has a lot more character than a straight P- or J-style kit, but it's still pretty easy. Headstock is pre-drilled for the tuning keys, so that's easy as well. It is big, over 49-inches long and a slightly oversized body, but it fits nicely in a Gator GBE-BASS gig bag.

This isn't just a kit you build and then hang up on the wall to look at. It has a comfortable neck, is pretty well balanced, and sounds good with just the stock components, which you could upgrade if you wanted. This is a bass I know I will be playing - and bragging about while I'm at it.

I'd say anybody that wants to build a 5-string bass that doesn't just look like all the rest of them should give this a shot.