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Great pic. That moustache is pretty bling, S.D. Curlee indeed!Old pic -- this is from 1982, and I no longer own this instrument -- but this S.D.Curlee was already a pretty stripped-down, austere, blingless bass when stock. But the previous owner went even further, and removed all of the passive electronics, wired the pickup direct to the output jack, and then covered all the pot & switch holes with pennies!
There is zero bling in $0.03 worth of copper, trust me.
"S.D. Curly" might have been his... er, uh, "adult film star" name.
4 string single pickup two knobs no contour, mahogany wood, generic pick guard, no burst, chromed out hardware.Yes, I hear you cnltb. But anyway, thanks to all for your participation and pics so far. I like them very much!
Off the top of my head, some features that might be suspected of blinging would perhaps be:
Anything I have forgotten?
- more than 4 strings
- more than one pickup
- more than one control knob (ok, say two)
- overly contoured body
- particularly precious or even selected wood
- some types of pickguards (hard to tell... possibly only small PGs allowed)
- sunburst finish
- hardware finished other than chrome/nickel/black
Oh yeah... I would also like to see fretted basses without fret markers on the fingerboard. Who needs them anyway?
LOL, my bass is now finished, but I'm not sure it qualifies as a "blingless" bass, even if it has no pickguard, a volume knob and a pickup rotary selector.
What kind of pickups are those? I remember seeing them years ago and then never being able to find them again.
They are an older version of the Q Tuners. Website has said unavailable for about 3y now.
www.q-tuner.com
They are first generation Q-Tuners. I for mine directly from them in the Netherlands. Fabulous pickups - very unique design - the "pole pieces" change the Q of the signal (you tune in the Q = Q-Tuner), not the signal strength like normal pickups.
