Essex Bass Competition!

[gkbass13]

i agree. that white jazz with dimarzios is hot hot hot!

 

[bassbrock]

Here is my three year old SX BG-205 Ash.

Stock except for wooden pot knobs and replacement Dimarzio 250k pots; two of the stock pots crapped out on me about three weeks ago. The tone pot quit first, but it was working in 'wide open' mode for the longest. It has a set of Curt Mangan round nickels on it - http://www.curtmangan.com/

I also shielded it with copper foil tape and grounded the bridge to kill some noise.

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[pty-rock]

WOW! very nice! I myself would prefer black pickup covers, but that looks nice! I love the Olympic White body. I wish they still had those!

How'd it go with the neck switch? I want to put my 5 string '75C neck on my LPB '62 5er jazz body, but it looks like I'll have to do a bit of modifications, such as redrilling the neck bolts and some minor sanding.

Didn't actually do the mods myself! I bought it as is from a fellow TB'er (jmb7183). He said that he had the holes filled and re-drilled and I can't tell the difference! he did a great job and it's a killer bass. On par with my 61RI Jazz I built myself. I guess the Audere pre has a lot to do with that!

 

[u-djinn]

i think this one looks pretty darn badass...

keep em coming guys. loving this thread.

 

[idoru]

I just realized: I have an SX bass, a Trace Elliott amp, a Hartke cab and a Behringer effects processor. Is this the most hated combination on Talkbass?

Boooooo! Get orf the stage ya bum!

 

[Scott in Dallas]

so far, i'm thinking this is #1:

+1. Very nice.

Boooooo! Get orf the stage ya bum!

I definitely won't be playing at any Gear Snob conventions.

 

[Helstar]

mine has teh orange neck I will snap some pics to let yo see it, but here is a pic of it with my daughter playing it, it is a 4+1 5 string jazz fretless, I have a new mighty mite bridge that I am going to put on it, just oredered some news trings for it, and I am going to switch out teh the plastic nut for graphite, but for now it will stay this way until probally summer, the bridge may go on next month I already have it

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I will get more photos tongiht

 

[iamthebassman]

SX P/J: Replaced pickguard, thumbrest, bridge cover.

SX J fretless: Replaced pickguard

SX J: Stock

All my SXs:

Most of my lefties(a couple not shown):

 

[zachbass02]

I just realized: I have an SX bass, a Trace Elliott amp, a Hartke cab and a Behringer effects processor. Is this the most hated combination on Talkbass?

Nah....except for the SX and Behringer, for my small gigs I play a Trace Elliot AH350SMX head into a Hartke Transporter 210....Man, some of that Hartke stuff sounds great...super growly and agressive....I can't get the some kind of tone out of my Ampeg...nice combo and great looking SX (love the blocks)

 

[RWP]

Stock black SX jazz with the 75c Block neck and MLC Chrome pickguard.

+1 on this, love the neck and the guard.

 

[morf]

I'll play as well!

Here's my modded SX body with Epiphone neck and Crel pickups (now, not in the picture)

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And here's a little slap soundclip I made, nothing fancy, just to show the bass's tone (you may need to turn the volume UP):

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[Helstar]

Here is mine
it is a 5 string jazz fretless and I was surprised

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[yellofury]

I'll play as well!

Here's my modded SX body with Epiphone neck and Crel pickups (now, not in the picture)

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And here's a little slap soundclip I made, nothing fancy, just to show the bass's tone (you may need to turn the volume UP):

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I did turn it up but all I hear is hiss and pops

that tigerstripe finish looks nice BTW

 

[morf]

Hmm, turn it up LOUDER. I dont know why but it recorded at really low level.... And I tried making a new one but I cant make the volume higher...

 

[amistybleu]

Work in progress

 

[Blues Bass 2]

This isn't a great picture but you get the idea.I don't have any recordings.

 

[yellofury]

Work in progress

the tort guard and the quilted maple is a great combo

 

[patrickj]

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I'm sure I've forgotten some of the work I've done..

SX Jazz 5 - new pickups + added a MM pickup, new pots/wiring/shielding/knobs, stock bridge (have a better replacement, but I kinda like/got used to the 15mm spacing), inlayed the neck, new headstock shape (had the old ugly one)...

SX SR5 - Duncan Basslines pickup + preamp, pots/wiring/shielding, etc

Fullerton Pbass - pretty much stock, new DR strings, replacing the bridge, pickup, etc

I also have a Scorpion which I'm putting the blocked fretless neck on.

Live (from the board) sound clips here (no studio stuff yet - starting this/next week).

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[Jiro]

this thread is SXY

 

[amistybleu]

the tort guard and the quilted maple is a great combo

Thanks, I was hoping it looked as good as it does