Recent content by scooterguy

It's a not too distant cousin to the Ibanez JTKB200 (same pickups and materials, same general era) that's currently my main. The construction and playability is spectacular, and those pickups are a great combination of smooth and growly. The neck is relatively thin but comfortably wider than...

I'm glad you mentioned the bb435. I wanted so much to love this. It was a pleasure to play, had fantastic quality, and I rewired it to accommodate my preferences, but it just never hit the groove for me. I tried multiple times to work it into the top spot for me, but i couldn't justify holding...

Yeah, I remember reading your whole post on that one and it inspired one of my past builds. I've also had a Lyle, a Kasuga (admittedly 70s, but still amazing and I'm never parting with it), and some other matsumoku gems. The band that followed us on stage last night featured a gorgeous Teisco...

Adding a couple new vintage imports to the lineup. A Strad-o-lin and a Teisco Apollo. The Teisco has a cantankerous neck (even after I flattened out the humps in the fingerboard and gave it new frets, only to do that whole process again) and the truss rod has some mild anxiety leading to a...

I call pretty much all of my basses "fun". Except for my p-bass and my short scale with t-bird pickups -- those are, respectively, cool and unusual. There's something I consider truly "fun" about sliding down a 34" neck to a low F.

A new shorty entered the lineup today! There's a seller on eBay I've purchased from a couple times, using reclaimed wood, and they created this Musiclander style body. Message me if you want details on them. I had these DiMarzio pickups lying around, needing a home, and since the body was...

From last night...

That's a homebrew creation with an AE neck. The controls are a pickup selector switch and a stacked tone/volume, and it plays beautifully. I was inspired by this 70s Guild: The rest are: - Squier Paranormal Rascal (the only stock thing in the photo, aside from the extender tuning machine...

I just happened to have all my shorties at home for the next couple days so I thought I'd do a family portrait.

About a year ago, I came across a listing for a Viking II husk, and I couldn't pass it up at that price. However, the only thing it came with was the truss rod cover. I wanted this to be a gigging bass and not something I stressed out over details of getting everything original, so I sourced...

Another shorty comes off the workbench today!

That's stunning. I included a couple more shots that are more flattering without the afternoon glare, as it's perched next to another rescue of a Heit bass. It was one of those super duper short scales with a wonky neck, so it became a 30 inch instead. The Telestar had an ugly round hole for...

This one just came off my workbench. I made a bass vi (sort of) from a Teisco Telestar body that had been chewed on by time and grime. Doing things to it with power tools did not weigh heavily on my conscience. It is such a blast to play and the tremolo has me feeling like i just unlocked some...

Found some still shots from a video of my early playing 32 years ago. Not my first gig, but not too long after it... Wish I still had that bass!

I am trying to stop being the king of Resting Bass Face.