So if you don't know who Roger Waters is... go listen to some Pink Floyd :P
For the past 25+ years he has been playing a black bass that somewhere I read was confirmed as a 1971. His used to be black with white pickguard and later upgraded to a black pickguard. It came with a all-maple neck. He also uses Rotosound Jazz Bass RS77 flatwound strings.
As of today I finished my project of building this bass.
Piece by piece I acquired the parts and yesterday I took it in to have the professional setup done as well as some fretwork. It plays like no other bass I have ever played... and I mean this in a good way. No buzzes, perfect tone, and best of all its the bass I want to keep for the rest of my life.
Parts are as follows:
Mexican body with stock electronics and pickups.
WD black pickguard (one layer of black, no white stripe on outside)
Fender vintage RI P bass knobs
Fender vintage RI bass bridge
Fender vintage RI neck plate with stamped serial number for 1971
All parts PMF neck (comes prefinished)
Schaller/Fender vintage RI tuners
Fender string tree/retainer
All parts pre-cut nut
Tender loving care for the rest of my lifetime
And as for the pictures of the whole process here it goes!!!