What are Funky Junk? Simply put: They are recycled "junk" / component basses that are nursed back to life and full functionality! I like to think of my self as a charitable type, I hate to see poor abused basses disused and rotting in the back of a cupboard or crusty corner of a garage or something!So I buy poor, dishevelled looking beasts, and give them a new lease of life, a new home, and hopefully find them new owners too! I spend at least a full day on each bass, getting it working again and in playable order, for some more precisely finished and higher grade Funky Junk I spend a lot longer, hence they will be priced according to labour spent. In some respects you could say I run a shelter for abused basses! Anyway, all of these pictured in my gallery already found homes, but all of them came to me dysfunctional and battered and left playing and sounding great...and in some cases looking pretty damn cool too :) I now take requests, you can order a color schematic and pickguard wood (depending on availability) and pickup configuration among other things. This for the deposit to get started on your very own customized funky-junk bass! Base price for a functional but simple jazz or P bass starts at around 70000JPY give or take, and includes standard vintage hardware or existing used hardware, a revamped pickguard, standard alnico pickups, passive control set, and a choice of solid or metallic colors with light relic or plain finish. Within a custom order we offer all kinds of options including; Parts: High end hardware in Chrome/Black/Gold or mixed (Gotoh / Hipshot) (From 12000JPY) Pickguards / wood accents Handmade exotic wood pickguards (From 12000JPY) *Laminated headstock: 12000JPY (includes woods such as flame maple, quilt maple, claro walnut, karin, etc.) Finish See thru color burst finishes: 15000JPY Heavy Relic: 10000JPY Matching head solid / metallic color (10000JPY) Circuit: Sims Super-Quad pickup installation (From 45000JPY) *Note: due to some QC inconsistencies we do not recommend these any longer. Custom DMS wood-cased alnico humbuckers: (from 25000JPY) Can couple with 3 way coil-tap switches. 3rd party pickups: Nordstrand / Delano etc (From 20000JPY) Series / parallel or Coil tap switching: 4000JPY per switch *Active circuitry: From 25000JPY* NOTE: *Some circuitry options such as 3 band preamps may not be available for certain body types. *wood stock availability can vary at time of order. We will tell you what is available at the time.
