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Family Photos!

How many basses do you have? (Change if it goes up or down).

  • 0

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • 1-5

    Votes: 109 55.3%

  • 6-10

    Votes: 52 26.4%

  • 11-15

    Votes: 14 7.1%

  • 16-20

    Votes: 9 4.6%

  • 21-25

    Votes: 4 2.0%

  • 26-30

    Votes: 1 0.5%

  • 30+

    Votes: 8 4.1%
  • Total voters
    197
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1. Fender Pawn Shop Mustang Bass, 5/2013
2. Fender Deluxe Active P-Bass Special, 8/2013
3. Fender 60th Anniversary American Standard Precision Bass, 6/2011
4. Fender American Standard Precision Bass, 3/2013
5. Fender Jazz Bass, 1974

6. Aria Pro II SB900 2-Pickup Bass, 1980
7. Rickenbacker 4001 Bass, 11/1974
8. Epiphone Thunderbird Classic-IV PRO, 2014
9. Ibanez SR755 5-String Bass, 2013
 
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Well, it's been a while since I updated the family photo. Hopefully, better photos coming from my new handy dandy photo booth soon, but if not better - at least different. Up to 25 soon - as the LP bass is nearly finished - and starting in on building a new batch of 10. Shame on me.

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BassHappy said:
Well, it's been a while since I updated the family photo. Hopefully, better photos coming from my new handy dandy photo booth soon, but if not better - at least different. Up to 25 soon - as the LP bass is nearly finished - and starting in on building a new batch of 10. Shame on me.

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Bass Happy, I always love seeing your medium scale basses but those without pickups make my right hand thumb nervous! There's no where to rest it! Floating thumb is so not my thing!
 
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HalfManHalfBass said:
Bass Happy, I always love seeing your medium scale basses but those without pickups make my right hand thumb nervous! There's no where to rest it! Floating thumb is so not my thing!
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I hear ya HalfBass! I am exclusively (god forbid) a pick player and my right hand floats most of the time.
 
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bluesblaster said:
what are those last five at the bottom ? intrigued
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Hey Bluesblaster

Thanks for the intrigue!

Those are the five basses I designed and built the bodies for, along with the help of my local wood shop. I have been working with Keith Horne of Marvin Guitars in LA for a number of years now. He built the Fender Performer, the two Fender Hollow Bodies and is now building and finishing up the Les Paul Hollow bass for me. I sent the bodies with the finished bridges to him and he did the necks and the pockets and the assembly work. Then he took them over to Pat Wilkins for the finish work. He does a wonderful job and is a super great guy. I love working with him. We wants to teach me how to do the necks too, but we will see.

I had designed and co-designed a lot of basses over the years - but this was my first opportunity to be "hands-on" in the wood shop. I had a blast and I have collected special wood for 10 more and the designs are on the drawing board. So, after the electronic installs are finished on these, and I put them through the paces in the studio - I will plunge into the next round.
 
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BassHappy said:
Hey Bluesblaster

Thanks for the intrigue!

Those are the five basses I designed and built the bodies for, along with the help of my local wood shop. I have been working with Keith Horne of Marvin Guitars in LA for a number of years now. He built the Fender Performer, the two Fender Hollow Bodies and is now building and finishing up the Les Paul Hollow bass for me. I sent the bodies with the finished bridges to him and he did the necks and the pockets and the assembly work. Then he took them over to Pat Wilkins for the finish work. He does a wonderful job and is a super great guy. I love working with him. We wants to teach me how to do the necks too, but we will see.

I had designed and co-designed a lot of basses over the years - but this was my first opportunity to be "hands-on" in the wood shop. I had a blast and I have collected special wood for 10 more and the designs are on the drawing board. So, after the electronic installs are finished on these, and I put them through the paces in the studio - I will plunge into the next round.
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cool, post some audio or video of these basses in action if you can, I'm interested to hear what they sound like
 
#53
bluesblaster said:
cool, post some audio or video of these basses in action if you can, I'm interested to hear what they sound like
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Yeah will do for sure and for certain on my new basses.

PRS #11 and the Roscoe Twins are on most of the clips you will find at the link in my signature block below. Some were with my 1975 Rick too though.... You need flash to hear them because it is a flash player juke box.
 

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