Badass black basses!

[Bulldog]

What's the story with this one?

Warmoth Mahogany dinky J body and wenge neck with ebony fretboard and ss frets. It turned out pretty good

 

[tangentmusic]

My Fakenbacker is black:

 

[georgiagoodie]

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[DWBass]

My custom parts jazz.

 

[GoLeafsGo]

I'll Play...Godin Shifter Classic in a classic black burst....with black tapes and an ashtray!

 

[ShowKing]

Here's my black Lakland. I love it.

 

[Felix1776]

I really need a better pic.

 

[kcole4001]

My only black bass:

I will be making a black back painted plexi 'guard for it when I get the time.

 

[LowEndOperative]

Here's mine.

 

[tangentmusic]

My black FrankenGeddy.
Hey - whats that green stuff?

 

[RED J]

Here's mine. I have a love/hate with black especially when it comes to pickguards. The chrome really adds some blingy definition which is what I think I like. The irony of this is I'm not generally into bling or swayed much by cosmetics, but I just like this, like an Eisenhower era Buick, I guess.

 

[FrenchBassQC]

Here is my partially black one.

 

[bucephylus]

Here is my other black bass. This is the one that goes on the gig most often. My band mates say it is badass; so, it must be so.

Did I mention that I have a thing for black Jazz Basses?

 

[devnulljp]

Black? Check
Badass (II)? Check

 

[mojomike001]

I'm usually not a big fan of black basses, but I think Big Al looks best in black.

 

[MovingPitchers]

Does this count

 

[lukatch]

 

[RED J]

I'm usually not a big fan of black basses, but I think Big Al looks best in black.

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That's nice. Again,to my eyes that big blank field of black has to be accented or "anchored or something and the big pole pieces and knobs give the silver/chrome visual.
But that's just-a me.

Fender w. pickguard needs contrast of maple neck for my eyes, pickguards are hard to call, and the black pickup covers are just too much black , IMHO. But what color or finish might they be for contrast and not look goofy Would chrome work for a cover on a P or J pickup? They work for plenty of others.

I like all of the above, but there is something about black P and J basses that seems unresolved to me. Strange fixation for me, not generally bugged by this sort of stuff.

 

[Malak the Mad]

I'll bite!

Fender Aerodyne Export Edition (my first bass!)

Fender Blacktop Jazz

The pickguard was originally black/white/black, now custom-tinted black/red/black by your's truly. Before…

…and after!

I have since updated my "Badass Black Bass" collection. I still have the Aerodyne ('cuz I'm in no rush to sell my first-ever!), but the Blacktop has seen some notable changes. I sold it's neck, along with the body of a Classic '70s RI, and put the two together.

But the most recent, and probably coolest, acquisition of mine this year came to me all the way from Japan. Once I heard Fender Japan was no more (not to mention, the weakening Yen vs. the US Dollar), I started perusing [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]. I missed out on the one I wanted, but stumbled across this lovely creature…an MIJ Fender Japan JB62 "All-Black".

 

[RED J]

Those MIJ Contemporarys are nice. I had a P in this model once. Nice bass, but the neck was a tad too plump for me.
Those yen prices are scary till the lights come on.