1987 Charvel 3B

[WRC]

I saw this well worn 87 3B at a peddlers mall in it's hard case sitting there marked $129.99 & it was calling me even though I just passed it on bye & left..
A couple of days later I came back & sprang the old girl from the clutches of certain doom & despair & took her home for some love that she hadn't had since she was the main bass for a christian rock band many years ago..
Needed a stereo output jack as the factory plastic preamp unit had gotten brittle & cracked into three pieces, I stopped & got a switchcraft one at my local guitar guru shop & went to GC & got a $21 set of RotoSound .045"-.105" flatwounds..
Started by masking the frets off & polishing them up with nevr-dull & mothers & then gave the super dry rosewood a wipedown of lemon oil & polished the body neck etc. up with some gibson guitar polish, then soldered the output jack in & heat shrink tubed all the connections & installed a fresh duracell 9 volt the preamp came alive as it factory should have..
The pickups have been changed to EMG Selects, I added some sponge under the P pickups to raise them up about 3/8" as they were really low & lacked any real thump but the J pickups have lots of treble & sounded fine..
I'm still working on the action currently & have it a bit too low with just a bit of relief & will raise it just a hair before I get it intonated perfectly..
Here's a few crappy pics of it after I was plucking the crap out of it.. My first Neck Thru Bass & I've had way too many over the last 35+ years..
1987 Charvel 3B Cobalt Blue

[CowboyFromHell]

Sweet grab and a good price to boot. Enjoy.

[WRC]

Thanks CFH..
I'll get around to the full setup this weekend & maybe this will also get me motivated to get my DK2M project finished..

[CowboyFromHell]

I'll go ahead and call dibbs on it if you ever decide to get rid of it. Drop me a message if you do.

[WRC]

amimbari told be last week he'd buy it + some & wondered why I hadn't went back to pick it up, It snowed a foot that night here BTW..
He told me the EMGs & the case were worth $130..
Now with the P pickups adjusted properly it'll now peel paint off the walls with the bass boost cranked..
I think I'll be keeping it...

[CowboyFromHell]

The offer will stand if you ever change your mind.

[amimbari]

oh wow i never knew it had emg "selects" in there...not the ones I thought, but still way-too-cheap-to-pass-up !

[walshula]

Very nice!!!

[WRC]

It's a great bass for the money & came with a hard case & I just couldn't go wrong it..
I need to put the rear cover back on but want to spray out the controls with deoxit first..
Here's a rear shot in the cubby along with the PRS CE22 & Silvertone lapsteel, also note the Jackson gigbag, It came from the peddlers mall too = $13, My DK2M will use it when the time comes to transport it around..

[WRC]

Finally got the Charvel 3B finished up today while it was raining..
Was trying to get it's action as close as possible to my Ibanez SR300 both with Flat wounds & a few last things on the PRS CE-22 as well..
The Ibanez has a thinner faster neck but the sustain of the neck thru 3B is superior & the PRS is just one Bad @$$ Guitar..