DarkStar'd 1972 Telecaster; Hear it here

[Chef]

See and hear the notorious DarkStar'd Tele on youtube:
The Fried Crawdaddies:
"What a Fool" written by pianist John D'Agostino:

written by now deceased songwriter Jerome Wheeler...
Pretty sloppy rendition by various former members of the band as part of a fundraiser for his surviving family...

 

[ibanezcollector]

1st video link doesnt work

 

[Chef]

fixed? try again....

 

[ibanezcollector]

works now..

Sounds great Chef..

 

[Chef]

I've had that bass for 25 years or so?
The stock pickup just really didn't work for me.
Which really bit it, as it's very light and resonant, got a grrrrreat neck, and I just dig that particular look.

The DarkStar has got this one firmly back in rotation.
Big, broad frequency response single coil thunder; and crazy as it sounds, has enough top end-even up there next to the fingerboard-to have creditable slap tone.

Fred Hammon rules:
http://www.basspickup.com/

 

[bwsailer79]

If i didn't know any better, I would think that you were a fan of the darkstar! Thanks for the posts...

And do you think that there were enough guitar players in that second video? I think there may have been enough room for about 5 or 6 more.

 

[vene-nemesis]

WoW thats more focused than i thought a lot more hmmm it makes me want to darkstarize a squier tele bass.

 

[Chef]

I highly recommend it.
Yessir, it's a real tight pickup; not at all the unfocused mudbucker the stock one is.

 

[vene-nemesis]

Are darkstars still 200USD per unit?

 

[Chef]

dunno, but fred does:
http://www.basspickup.com/

 

[Chef]

hear more here:

 

[Tommygunn]

God! Nice job man!

 

[J. Crawford]

Whoa Tommy, serious dead thread bump!

 

[Tommygunn]

Totally man... that's how I roll!

 

[Chef]

Man, I'd forgotten about that show...!...

 

[bassbully]

Looks and sound great. Those telecasters stick out that's for sure.

 

[markjazzbassist]

i've always wanted to find a beat to crap 70's tele bass and put a dark star in it. well actually 2 of them (one in the bridge position).

other than finding one that someone's routed, i don't know if i have the heart to have one routed for another dark star.

 

[bassteban]

Whoa Tommy, serious dead thread bump!

The term is *zombie thread*
It's only *dead* until someone summons it from beyond the grave...

 

[Chef]

''warmoth"
great idea, and someone photochopped one in the mudbucker thread.

i've always wanted to find a beat to crap 70's tele bass and put a dark star in it. well actually 2 of them (one in the bridge position).

other than finding one that someone's routed, i don't know if i have the heart to have one routed for another dark star.

 

[BuffaloBass]

Always liked their sound, but I'll be dead before the DS-5B is available. Aero is the closest to my ears. Single coil, yet very wide freq response w/o peaks. Well, maybe I'll live long enough.