Amateur mods on professional basses

[Vinny_G]

Dave Meros of Spock's Beard loves to do this. Here is his Rickenbacker and his OLP.

 

[Ric5]

 

[Ric5]

ok its not a bass but still

 

[Ric5]

 

[Ric5]

 

[Ric5]

 

[turcmic]

Leland Sklar... a must see! He started posting videos on YouTube and it’s a pure delight

 

[David McIntire]

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Leland Sklar... a must see! He started posting videos on YouTube and it’s a pure delight

Leland Sklar a big hero of mine. His recent vids are why I hunted this WAY old pic of his scrapped Jazz. Love those videos!

 

[slowjam98]

Leland Sklar... a must see! He started posting videos on YouTube and it’s a pure delight

The Jazz in that second video (at 4:15-ish) is incredible!

 

[Allan Allan]

Some dude from a DEVO tribute band in UK. Probably has a cool nickname of Bob or spud something. But isnt that bass awesome? How the tuning keys not just fall out? Where's your precious gravity now?

This is proof the the earth is flat

 

[Misfit toys]

Wow! no bass of doom mention yet!

 

[Charlzm]

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Came here to post that.

 

[slowjam98]

Wow! no bass of doom mention yet!

Now’s your chance!

 

[Killing Floor]

Wow! no bass of doom mention yet!

I gotta suspect the Bass of Doom is a Fender Custom Shop Relic. Right?

 

[dirtychinchilla]

You’ve gotta love these thread with loads of pictures of “well known bassists and basses” with no names or any way of identifying who they are and who the basses belong to.

 

[slowjam98]

You’ve gotta love these thread with loads of pictures of “well known bassists and basses” with no names or any way of identifying who they are and who the basses belong to.

This.

 

[juancaminos]

You've no idea how terrible that bass is. I have to admit the mod is actually quite nicely done though. I believe the only guidance given to the luthier was "lop this big bit off here cause it's in the way, but don't make it look too much like I'm a flash bugger". We have a lot of handmade guitars these days, but they're all quite well done thanks to having two woodworkers and a painter in the band.

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Bonus Splattercaster shot.

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What is that against the wall next to the Blackstar amp?

 

[billiam5billion]

You’ve gotta love these thread with loads of pictures of “well known bassists and basses” with no names or any way of identifying who they are and who the basses belong to.

Yeah I’m pretty tired of reverse image searching too...

 

[billiam5billion]

Not being sarcastic either, just label your pics!

 

[DJ Bebop]

Jack Casaday's Jazz bass he used on the first three Jefferson Airplane albums. P pickup added at the base of the neck.
Jack Casady talks about his mid-sixties modified Fender Jazz basses