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and the included split-coil wiring leaves the door open for serious tone tinkering once you've got the build under your belt

The PB Short Scale DIY Bass Guitar Kit is the entry point bass nobody warned you you'd actually love — and the perfect crossover for guitarists pretending they don't play bass

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JB 5 String Build Your Own Bass Guitar Kit 6-26 your timelineThe JB 5 String DIY Bass Guitar Kit is exactly what it sounds like: a J bass, with five strings, in alder. Two J pickups, classic blend wiring, and that snappy, growly tone that's been holding down genres since before most of us were born. Bolt on neck with frets and dual action truss rod, predrilled and routed body, two J bass pickups, two volumes and one tone slap, finger style, plectrum, doesn't matter, the J handles all of them. The fifth string