Custom Stratocaster(ish) 30 Scale Bass Guitar 2026 - Natural

I put this bass together using a modified hardtail Strat body and a Bronco neck, also modified.

This has been a working bass, and has a few scuffs, scratches, and small dings, but is in overall excellent condition.

Neck: Maple with maple fretboard, modified the shape where it joins the body, and plugged and re-drilled holes for attachment screws. Replaced the original nut with a black bone one. Fender string tree, Guyker open-frame tuning machines.

Body: 3-piece alder, neck pocket modified to accommodate the bass neck.

High-output dual rail alnico 5 mini humbucker pickups: neck measures 7K resistance on my multimeter, middle measures 10K, bridge measures 13K.

CTS 250K pots

Stratocaster-type output jack

Faux-wood adhesive vinyl on pickguard

Fender high-mass bass bridge

Free-Way 10-Way Blade Pickup Selector Switch 5B5-01, which operates like a 5-Way Strat switch, except that the blade has both an up and a down position, allowing for 10, rather than the normal 5 pickup combinations; they are as follows:

Switch in the Down position, it works like a Strat 5-way switch:

1. Neck

2. Neck and Middle in parallel

3. Middle

4. Middle and Bridge in parallel

5. Bridge

Switch in the Up position:

1. Neck and Middle in series

2. Neck and Bridge in parallel

3. Neck and Bridge in series

4. All three pickups in parallel

5. All three pickups in series

It's a very comfortable bass to play, and looks, plays, feels, and sounds great.