Rebel Bass

While we can't take credit for this idea, we think our take on it is pretty unique.  This "rebel bass" was created using a vintage Power of the Force Millennium Falcon toy and salvaged bass guitar parts.  Modifying the toy to fit the bass guitar neck was the biggest challenge.  We accomplished this by adding a support structure inside the toy's upper half to connect the bridge and neck.

Once the neck and bridge were figured out it was only a matter of fixing the electronics of the original toy so that the lighting and sound effects worked and adding our own upgraded led's that would turn on with the jack being plugged in.

While Devin wanted the sound effects to play though the amp ehrn it was connected, he just couldn't get that feature to work right along with the guitar pickups. He conceded to just having the lights turn on with the jack plugged in, running on their own 12v battery pack seperate from the toy's original electronics.   As for the guitar pickups, he chose a chrome humbucker and a salvaged bass guitar pickup.  With both pickups wired to their own volume knobs and a shared tone, the player can "select" or blend the pickups with "jazz bass" style wiring.

Some of Devin's favorite features in this build (besides the lights and sounds) are the inclusion of a POTF Han Solo figure in the cockpit, the rebel insignia added to the headstock, and the removable radar dish.

While this guitar is already sold, we have several more Star Wars themed builds in our to-do list including a B-wing, Y-wing, and more!  Be sure to follow our social media pages for up-to-date real time coverage of our builds.

Rebel Bass Mark 2

It happened to be purely coincidental that we found another POTF falcon for a decent price when somoene approached us about commissioning a star wars bass guitar as a gift for someone.  Unfortunately we did not have the parts, but lucky for us, they had a bass guitar that was perfect for the project!  We were able to cannibalize the donor rogue left handed bass for all the necessary parts and this beauty was born: