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The Official Show-Your-Basses Thread [Part 4]
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Alembics:
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'87 Spoiler, '90 Elan, '83 Spoiler
'91 Fender Prodigy with Alembic guts and '84 Aria Pro II SB Black 'n' Gold:
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'87 Spoiler, '90 Elan, '83 Spoiler
'91 Fender Prodigy with Alembic guts and '84 Aria Pro II SB Black 'n' Gold:
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And sadly the one my drummer just drunkenly knocked of the stand and stomped on on his way to final impact on the mixer board. I'ts ****ed, I need to fashion a new output jack as the pickgaurd got cracked and bent horribly buy the output jack. I'ts cheap like all the others but I love them.
My two hounds. A '73ish Yamaha short scale and a Memphis lawsuit given a second life.
Ready for new guts. Fender "Original" pickups on the way. 5 piece string-through body.
Came with a brass nut, bonus!
Ready for new guts. Fender "Original" pickups on the way. 5 piece string-through body.
Came with a brass nut, bonus!
Pair of Warwick SSI 5 strings:
HOLY IT IS YOU. You start tempting me on the warwick forum with your black SS1 and come back here. Damn, I HATE YOU. YOU UNDERSTAND I HATE YOU!!!!.
j/k................maybe............
Fantastic collection ya got there Mr Farley. Here's my family with the newly added 36" scale CT No Frills (all my basses are 36" except for the 78 jazz).
from L > R
* 1978/79 Fender Jazz (all original)
* Carl Thompson No Frills 4 string
* Morch Curl 6 string
* Morch Singlecut 5 string fretless
* Acacia Custom 5 string
from L > R
* 1978/79 Fender Jazz (all original)
* Carl Thompson No Frills 4 string
* Morch Curl 6 string
* Morch Singlecut 5 string fretless
* Acacia Custom 5 string
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That is the best Elan I have ever seen!
My babies:
84 NJ Bich (my first), 96 Innovator, 99 Bernardo 5, 96 Bernardo 6
And my latest:
79ish Bich 8
From Left to Right
2007 MIM Fender Deluxe Active J-Bass V (in vintage white, which is more of a banana-creamy-yellow than a white, really. Modded for active/passive, has two separate volume controls, one for active, one for passive, has a 3-band active eq and a passive tone knob, has a mini toggle for pickup selector, the active mid knob is also a push/pull which toggles between active and passive, while it spends the overwhelming majority of it's time in passive w/both pickups on, I have become addicted, not only to being able to switch between active and passive on the fly, but being able to pre-dial-in my favorite active tone and my favorite passive tone and never have to mess with a volume/tone/eq knob during a performance, just a push/pull pot, and a mini-toggle....it's very very nice! I just need to find a knob for it that better matches the other knobs, that's kind of ugly.)
2001 MIM Fender Standard Jazz Fretless (bought NOS in 2004, it's hard to tell in the pictures, but it's Midnight Wine color with a white pearloid pickguard and rosewood fretboard. All other considerations aside, I think it's the best looking bass in my lineup.)
2007 Epiphone Thunderbird (Just cause it's in the center of the pic doesn't mean it's my favorite necessarily, Frankly, I haven't decided which one's my favorite. It's in the center just cause it made the most sense to put it there so I could have my J's on one side, and my P-styles on the other)
1983 (or 1984) Electra-Westone X700JB (Looks nothing like a P-Bass, but has an incredible P-style sound. I'd say it's 99% accurate to a Fender P-Bass. At one point, I considered getting rid of it since I got my real P-Bass cause it's redundant, but it was my first bass, got it as a gift in 1995. I can't get rid of it! To reduce the redundancy, I'm gonna put flatwounds on it)
2006 MIM Fender Deluxe P-Bass Special (Active P/J combo, modded for active/passive with the same exact mod as my j-bass and spends 99% of it's time in passive, and in P-only mode. I hardly ever use the J pickup or the active on it. So basically, for my purposes, it's a standard P-Bass, but it has those extra options just in case I wanna use them...and I occasionally do. This bass also taught me a lesson: while I far and away prefer the look and feel of a maple to a rosewood, I think, I actually prefer the sound of rosewood. This bass is a little bright, even with the passive tone turned way down. Not objectably so, it still sounds great, I just think it would sound even better if it were a little darker. That being said, I'm still glad I got this one in maple, because when you look at my bass collection as a whole, the P stands out better this way both sonically and cosmetically)
Anyway, these are my babies. With the exception of the electra-westone, they all get used very regularly, and I use the EW now and again. The reason I don't use it more, is that I play with the church worship team, and I play in a praise and worship band. That bass is so heavy metal looking that I think it can kind of draw attention away from what we're about and seem a little out of place, so since I have a P-Bass and don't -need- the sound of the EW, it doesn't get used that much. I used it a lot more before my P-Bass got modded for passive, and I imagine I'll use it a bit more once I get those flatwounds on it. Til then, it's a really cool bass that doesn't get out much.
Not pictured: Bogdon Box Bass (The Cardboard Box Upright Bass): I got it about a year ago, but I still haven't assembled it because I've been looking into ways to reasonably mod it for four strings so that it'll be a fully functional upright bass. Does anybody have any suggestions for this? Thanks!
2007 MIM Fender Deluxe Active J-Bass V (in vintage white, which is more of a banana-creamy-yellow than a white, really. Modded for active/passive, has two separate volume controls, one for active, one for passive, has a 3-band active eq and a passive tone knob, has a mini toggle for pickup selector, the active mid knob is also a push/pull which toggles between active and passive, while it spends the overwhelming majority of it's time in passive w/both pickups on, I have become addicted, not only to being able to switch between active and passive on the fly, but being able to pre-dial-in my favorite active tone and my favorite passive tone and never have to mess with a volume/tone/eq knob during a performance, just a push/pull pot, and a mini-toggle....it's very very nice! I just need to find a knob for it that better matches the other knobs, that's kind of ugly.)
2001 MIM Fender Standard Jazz Fretless (bought NOS in 2004, it's hard to tell in the pictures, but it's Midnight Wine color with a white pearloid pickguard and rosewood fretboard. All other considerations aside, I think it's the best looking bass in my lineup.)
2007 Epiphone Thunderbird (Just cause it's in the center of the pic doesn't mean it's my favorite necessarily, Frankly, I haven't decided which one's my favorite. It's in the center just cause it made the most sense to put it there so I could have my J's on one side, and my P-styles on the other)
1983 (or 1984) Electra-Westone X700JB (Looks nothing like a P-Bass, but has an incredible P-style sound. I'd say it's 99% accurate to a Fender P-Bass. At one point, I considered getting rid of it since I got my real P-Bass cause it's redundant, but it was my first bass, got it as a gift in 1995. I can't get rid of it! To reduce the redundancy, I'm gonna put flatwounds on it)
2006 MIM Fender Deluxe P-Bass Special (Active P/J combo, modded for active/passive with the same exact mod as my j-bass and spends 99% of it's time in passive, and in P-only mode. I hardly ever use the J pickup or the active on it. So basically, for my purposes, it's a standard P-Bass, but it has those extra options just in case I wanna use them...and I occasionally do. This bass also taught me a lesson: while I far and away prefer the look and feel of a maple to a rosewood, I think, I actually prefer the sound of rosewood. This bass is a little bright, even with the passive tone turned way down. Not objectably so, it still sounds great, I just think it would sound even better if it were a little darker. That being said, I'm still glad I got this one in maple, because when you look at my bass collection as a whole, the P stands out better this way both sonically and cosmetically)
Anyway, these are my babies. With the exception of the electra-westone, they all get used very regularly, and I use the EW now and again. The reason I don't use it more, is that I play with the church worship team, and I play in a praise and worship band. That bass is so heavy metal looking that I think it can kind of draw attention away from what we're about and seem a little out of place, so since I have a P-Bass and don't -need- the sound of the EW, it doesn't get used that much. I used it a lot more before my P-Bass got modded for passive, and I imagine I'll use it a bit more once I get those flatwounds on it. Til then, it's a really cool bass that doesn't get out much.
Not pictured: Bogdon Box Bass (The Cardboard Box Upright Bass): I got it about a year ago, but I still haven't assembled it because I've been looking into ways to reasonably mod it for four strings so that it'll be a fully functional upright bass. Does anybody have any suggestions for this? Thanks!
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Those are some really cool basses, guys!
Mikey: Wow! Look at all the knobs and switches on that 8-string bass! It looks like a science experiment! Or else it belongs on the bridge of the enterprise! That's really cool! What do they all do? And also, I've seen basses with a P-style pickup in the bridge position before, but never had a chance to hear them. What does a P-style sound like in the bridge?
Below is the OLP MM32 (OLP version of the MM Stingray HH5)and a Rickenbacker 4003 Fireglo. They are both stock Musiciansfriend photos. These are the only two other basses I plan to get before I shut the door on buying electric basses (I may or may not get a Soundgear 6 string. I am debating whether or not I need one, and am leaning towards not needing one.) The OLP I hope to have by February (and I plan to promptly mod it for active/passive in a fashion as similar as possible to my modded fenders. I may or may not also add another three way switch so that I can toggle between both coils, or just one or the other), and the Ric, well, that's probably gonna be another 4-6 years. My wife is planning on buying it for me as a graduation present from Bible College, but since I'm finishing up community college now, part time, and am only going to be able to go to Bible college part time, it's gonna take that long, at least! But hey, it gives me something to look forward to!
It's been estimated that the 5 most commonly used basses in recorded music (factoring in all genres) are in no particular order, P-Bass J-Bass, Stingray, Ric and T-Bird. It is my goal to have all of these, or reasonable facsimilies (such as officially licensed, or in-house budget version, which all of my basses are.) Once I have these last two, then I will have accomplished my goal.
Mikey: Wow! Look at all the knobs and switches on that 8-string bass! It looks like a science experiment! Or else it belongs on the bridge of the enterprise! That's really cool! What do they all do? And also, I've seen basses with a P-style pickup in the bridge position before, but never had a chance to hear them. What does a P-style sound like in the bridge?
Below is the OLP MM32 (OLP version of the MM Stingray HH5)and a Rickenbacker 4003 Fireglo. They are both stock Musiciansfriend photos. These are the only two other basses I plan to get before I shut the door on buying electric basses (I may or may not get a Soundgear 6 string. I am debating whether or not I need one, and am leaning towards not needing one.) The OLP I hope to have by February (and I plan to promptly mod it for active/passive in a fashion as similar as possible to my modded fenders. I may or may not also add another three way switch so that I can toggle between both coils, or just one or the other), and the Ric, well, that's probably gonna be another 4-6 years. My wife is planning on buying it for me as a graduation present from Bible College, but since I'm finishing up community college now, part time, and am only going to be able to go to Bible college part time, it's gonna take that long, at least! But hey, it gives me something to look forward to!
It's been estimated that the 5 most commonly used basses in recorded music (factoring in all genres) are in no particular order, P-Bass J-Bass, Stingray, Ric and T-Bird. It is my goal to have all of these, or reasonable facsimilies (such as officially licensed, or in-house budget version, which all of my basses are.) Once I have these last two, then I will have accomplished my goal.
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