The "Official" Black 'n' Maple Basses Owners Club thread (Part 2)

[john turner]

as per paul's request, we are closing threads once they surpass a thousand posts, and opening new ones. this is a continuation of the thread linked below.


The "Official" Black 'n' Maple Basses Owners Club thread.

[Darkstrike]

Woot! A reason to post my B' N' M' beast again!
Reintroducing, Black Betty!

[SRT80]

this is a repost in case it got overlooked with the original thread bein' closed.

I want opinions. What do you think looks better? Black dots or Pearl blocks. I really like both, but I think the back dots give it more a vintage 50s look. What do you think?



compared to...



I was plannin' on orderin a SX PBass in a 3 tone sunburst for the body only. I could always get the SPB57 3TS and use the maple/black dots neck for this bass and turn around and sale the blocked neck. I don't know???

Any thoughts?

Thanks,
Steve

[Darkstrike]

Black dots look better, IMO.
Either way, you got a sexy axe!


Lol, the post above yours shows why I like black dots!

[dangnewt]

BAMBOC Part 2
The Beat Goes On!

[SRT80]

I just noticed Black Betty up top. I decided to call mine Bettie as well, accept spelled different. I actually had a "Bettie" decal made from best-decals. I don't know how good it's gonna look. I decided to call her Bettie Pearl (since I got the pearl knobs and block inlays). I'm just tryin' to talk myself into keepin' this neck on because it feels pretty good.

Steve

[Darkstrike]

Originally Posted by SRT80

I just noticed Black Betty up top. I decided to call mine Bettie as well, accept spelled different. I actually had a "Bettie" decal made from best-decals. I don't know how good it's gonna look. I decided to call her Bettie Pearl (since I got the pearl knobs and block inlays). I'm just tryin' to talk myself into keepin' this neck on because it feels pretty good.

Steve

Both do look good anyway, but the feel is the most important.

[7thbass]

I own a 99 am std jazz, stock. Great sounding bass.

[ROON]

Woot woot, part two. I'm pretty sure the BnM club is the only "colour based" club on TB to get this far.

Black and maple reigns supreme!!!

Continuing from the old thread;

Originally Posted by pstyle

My 2 black n' maple basses

#104 for you, pstyle. That Geddy looks great without the PG.

Originally Posted by dkb

Here's mine

And #105 for you. You guys sure do know how to make a dude GAS for a Jazz.

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Seeing as it's a new thread I feel like posting my black n maple beast. By the way, her name is Angela, named after this very nice lady, Angela Gossow. Listen to some of her vocals and you'll realise why I named something as aggressive as a Stingray after her.

[Sorefinger]

Black and maple, you say?

Here´s my fingerprint magnet:



It´s a Korean made Tribute and plays like butter. Great piece of gear, especially for the money.

[mulambo]

SRT80, with the black dots the looks even better!

[Darkstrike]

Originally Posted by ROON

Seeing as it's a new thread I feel like posting my black n maple beast. By the way, her name is Angela, named after this very nice lady, Angela Gossow. Listen to some of her vocals and you'll realise why I named something as aggressive as a Stingray after her.

Look close and you'll notice that she is Black and Maple too!

[SRT80]

Originally Posted by mulambo

SRT80, with the black dots the looks even better!

I think so too. But for now, I'm probably gonna stick with the blocks. Switching necks is too much work for me. I might later on down the road pick up a black/maple SX PBass and switch pickguards.

I thought this looked interesting also...



Steve

[kevmc28]

[JimS]

Quote:Originally Posted by dkb
Here's mine:








Great looking bass. It that a Nash?


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[DonovanBankhead]

Originally Posted by JimS

Quote:Originally Posted by dkb


Great looking bass. It that a Nash?
.

Nope. It was made for me from a luthier that I work with (SPG). This is a model I had made to resell, but I like it too much to actually sell it.

I sell them for about the same price as Nash, but they are all hand-crafted instead of just being assembled.

[JimS]

OK, I'm in. Sadowsky 4990

[Fender32]

Originally Posted by JimS

OK, I'm in. Sadowsky 4990

How many strings!????

If they had been around last year (in Metro form), I'd have probably snapped one up, instead of my 5 string version. Much to my shame, I really haven't been able to adapt to that "low B" thing and so my "Modern 5" is currently on ebay (auction ends in 45 mins ).

Anyway, I just stopped by (on one of my increasingly rare ) visits to TB, to say "Congratulations" to everyone for keeping this thread going for so long and perhaps more importantly, for keeping things so "civil" . There's been no nastiness at all, since the first page, when somebody called me "a freak" because I didn't have a white pickguard on my P Bass (wonder where he is now ).

As ever, props to our ROON for keeping the B'n'M torch burning .

[JimS]

It's not a Modern 4.

It's a Sadowsky Standard bass with the soapbars (instead of humcancelling J pups) in J bass locations. The pups are not in the 'Modern locations' and the bass does not have 24 frets.

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[ROON]

Originally Posted by Sorefinger

Here´s my fingerprint magnet:

#106!

Originally Posted by Darkstrike

Look close and you'll notice that she is Black and Maple too!

So she is!

Originally Posted by kevmc28

#107!

Originally Posted by Fender32

[size="5"]Anyway, I just stopped by (on one of my increasingly rare ) visits to TB, to say "Congratulations" to everyone for keeping this thread going for so long and perhaps more importantly, for keeping things so "civil" . There's been no nastiness at all, since the first page, when somebody called me "a freak" because I didn't have a white pickguard on my P Bass (wonder where he is now ).

As ever, props to our ROON for keeping the B'n'M torch burning .

You're welcome. And thanks to everyone for participating!