All black bass

[Joe Milo]

How many folks here own all black basses? I'm talking body,pick guard,and hardware. I seem to have a morbid desire to own an all black bass. Maple fretboards are fine on it however but Ebony would just seal the deal. If you have one or more please post pics.

 

[ciudadmarron]

Not the best photo to show the total blackness but:

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[Jim Carr]

Ok, here it is. This is a wonderful instrument, #19 of those Nino Valenti has built. I received it used from Fretless5erFan strung EADGC with TI flats. I liked it so much that way, that I have kept it strung and tuned the same way—though I have put black tape wounds on it (once). Honestly, it sounds better with TI flats. The pickups are Nordy Fatstacks, and the pre is an Aguilar OBP-3. The fingerboard is ebony.

 

[Bass-Adrenaline]

Im amazed by that Valenti bass every time i see it.

 

[DeanT]

I think this one qualifies:

 

[Darkstrike]

Im amazed by that Valenti bass every time i see it.

Same here!


I knew it was coming, and was waiting eagerly!

 

[hieronymous]

I've got two:

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Rickenbacker '93 4003S/8 and '04 4003 - not totally black (both have bubinga fretboards or whatever it is they're made out of) but about as close as you can get without it being a Blackstar...

 

[knuckle_head]

I built two of them - I use phenolic for fret boards so they're jet black too. Killer look.

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[Jim Carr]

Im amazed by that Valenti bass every time i see it.

Same here!
I knew it was coming, and was waiting eagerly!

Thanks for the kind words about my baby. I am just the vessel for it. Nino has built several astonishing black basses, and I don't think they have all shown up on his archives. In any case, the "Stealth Valenti #19," as it has been called is actually a really useful instrument, though I should confess that once it scared a folk artist in the studio so much that he required me to record everything with upright from then on—really!

 

[BassesForTheWin]

a fellow TB'er has this bass (metallicafan18 i believe):

 

[bongomania]

I just recently bought this baby:

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Basslab Soul V, monocoque composite shell construction from end to end.

I also used to have an all-black custom fretless P bass by Mike Dolan, that got a lot of love whenever I showed pics of it, especially because the black ebony fingerboard had a glassy high-gloss coating.

 

[lowendfriend]

My wick 5 string Corvette $$

That is, if rosewood can count.

 

[Sam Evans]

I have one of these:

http://bass-guitars.musiciansfriend.com/product/Fender-Aerodyne-4String-Jazz-Bass?sku=511988

The picture makes it seem as though the hardware is standard chrome, but it's actually black chrome - not quite jet black, but dark metallic. I also replaced the pickups, and the pole pieces in the new ones are black as well.

 

[BioDriver]

All Black?

 

[pasta4lnch]

I thought an all black guitar would be cool. I ordered it from Carvin (and thanks to their overly advanced website ) when it came, looking at it - it was a bit too over the top for me ...

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[ryco]

well, except for the hardware:

'77 Ripper

 

[ciudadmarron]

All Black?

Ooohh i have one of those.
Every four years it goes dead and plays like rubbish.

 

[Ric5]

 

[acebase62]

Not the best photo to show the total blackness but:

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I've got one of those! I bought it new in 1985, and am glad I still have it.

 

[Iridescentone]

Sterling "Onyx"