I also like the fact that my 2 basses are Leo's designs, at each ends of his career.
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I'm settled: I only need 2 basses
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My Blue DR5 is my number one bass. Yours is the only other one that I've seen.
I'd have a hard time choosing. The two fivers give me a fretted and a fretless and they're both versatile, but I love the 4's too. Basically a modded 70's Jazz sound and a mutant/psedo Pbass.
I was trying to do the same thing and then I bought a Ovation Magnum and a Hohner B2a Steinberger copy.
I love it. Took the preamp out years ago and just had a dark sounding jazz 5. But everything wrong with that stock pre isn't an issue with the Uni-pre. I spend time in passive mode for a number of sounds. Then get as Bright as I wanna be when it's time to slap.
A J bass and a Stingray. I think that would cover pretty much everything.
In the last several years, I've sold 5 basses, four on Craigslist, one on consignment. I made money on four of them, broke even on one. Just one more reason to stick with name brands, USA made- your chance of getting your money back, or even making a profit, is much greater.
The body of the Devon is stunning. I'm sure it will go to a good home.
After too many years and too many 'almost-rans', it would be these two, or similar:
1991/1993 EBMM StingRay. Modified with @John East MMSR preamp and Delano ceramic pickup:
2012 SBMM Ray34, modified with EBMM Sterling ceramic pickup:
And both of the sharp ends:
This sounds like me... But somehow I also acquired a banjitar, charango, mandolin, and an entire microphone locker.
I'll be 70 in a few months. I've been playing music since 1961 and I have yet to determine what my two fundamentgal basses might. However, I do have several possibilities but my mind keeps changing for various reasons mostly to do with a combination of tone and comfortable playability.
They will definitely be well balanced lightweight fretted 4 strings with nylon tapewounds.
All indications are they will be shortscales...probably...maybe. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
One of them might be my recently resurrected mid '60s Danelectro Silvertone Model 1444.
They will definitely be well balanced lightweight fretted 4 strings with nylon tapewounds.
All indications are they will be shortscales...probably...maybe. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
One of them might be my recently resurrected mid '60s Danelectro Silvertone Model 1444.
Sorry, I haven't taken any pictures of it bit I can describe it to give you an idea.
The resurrected 1444 is from the mid '60s that I bought as disassembeled parts in a box at a local yard sale.
The neck is the original but a previous owner had removed the finish, removed the frets and narrowed the neck to just under 1.5" at the nut. I had a local shop glue in new frets. I leveled the frets and dressed the fret ends. I made a new nut for it using a bar of 1/8" aluminum stock I bought at Home Depot. I re-profiled the back of the neck to make it more comfortable and applied a thin finish of 3# orange shellac.
It originally had the skate key tuners but I replaced them with Ping Kluson copies that work much better. I replaced the stick bridge with a recent Allparts Danelectro Pro bridge with 4 adjustable saddles. I installed a flat shim in the neck pocket to improve the action and fine tuned the action using the microtune.
I purchased a recent RI Silvertone logo for the headstock but I haven't gotten around to applying it.
Prices are crazy now. Bought mine second hand in 1992 and 2001… my best ever investments (in my playing enjoyment!!!).
An early 20th century Pfretzschner (light)
A mid 20th century NoName Bohemian (dark)
A mid 20th century NoName Bohemian (dark)
