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Lakland Owners Group #60

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roadkill2309 said:
The birthday I liked best was 40 last May, the bass in my avatar was my gift to myself, and the missus set me up a party and mini-gig at the pub where my band plays most regularly.

I get the feeling that 41 won't be the same.
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THAT is quite the bday gift...to yourself that is :)
I just bought the US 44-94 buckeye burl bass for myself more or less as a "christmas" end of year gift...lol :)
Had to let go of two to do it...but it is what it is :)
Out with the old in with the new so they say :)

Cool your Mrs. put ya together like that.
 
#366
Mrfstop said:
yowza!! That is dark!
Another shadow bass for mister kinetic...Very nice!! :bassist::ninja::bassist:
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MarkusBass said:
That's what I say! Man...I didn't know a black bass could be so black:eek: Super cool man!!
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Thanks guys, yeah, it's just a little black :D Carl said quote "This thing is going to be so black, you're not going to be able to see a thing." Well he was a little more colorful than that, but keeping it SFW. So he installed some glow-in-the-dark side dots. :)
 
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Kinetic Shadow said:
Thanks guys, yeah, it's just a little black :D Carl said quote "This thing is going to be so black, you're not going to be able to see a thing." Well he was a little more colorful than that, but keeping it SFW. So he installed some glow-in-the-dark side dots. :)
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sho is nice BB.
Beautiful bass once again!
STILL think ya need to give me Dibs on that gunmetal Scheff... :hiding:
 
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Kinetic Shadow said:
Just received this little gem crafted by Carl Pedigo via the big brown truck today. More photos and info on the Link Removed.
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That's .... pretty awesome.

On the departures from black:
  • Illuminated/glow-in-the-dark side dots: I would have done that.
  • Makers logo: I would have pressed for a contrast of gloss black/matt black
  • Pickups: I would have gone for no pole pieces.

Awesome result anyway. I am jealous.
 
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Mrfstop said:
sho is nice BB.
Beautiful bass once again!
STILL think ya need to give me Dibs on that gunmetal Scheff... :hiding:
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Dibs, well that's another story. ;) I'll let you know should I ever decide to part with it. But don't hold your breath on that happening any time soon, if ever.

Actually, I need to do a little work tonight on the Scheff, blend pot went belly up. Everything was fine putting it back together, tested it and then a day later or so and no neck pickup response. Connections were all good and a quick check with a multimeter confirmed it was dead Jim. So it's going under the hot iron.
 
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BigBeatNut said:
That's .... pretty awesome.

On the departures from black:
  • Illuminated/glow-in-the-dark side dots: I would have done that.
  • Makers logo: I would have pressed for a contrast of gloss black/matt black
  • Pickups: I would have gone for no pole pieces.

Awesome result anyway. I am jealous.
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Anyway? :eyebrow:

The logo was discussed as you said, but the decision in the end was to go for a higher contrast look. I don't sacrifice tone for looks and hence why it's named the Abyss - the poles stare back at you from the darkness.
 
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yikes...trouble in paradise...
well I am SURE you will have it dealt with in no time.

Kinetic Shadow said:
Dibs, well that's another story. ;) I'll let you know should I ever decide to part with it. But don't hold your breath on that happening any time soon, if ever.

Actually, I need to do a little work tonight on the Scheff, blend pot went belly up. Everything was fine putting it back together, tested it and then a day later or so and no neck pickup response. Connections were all good and a quick check with a multimeter confirmed it was dead Jim. So it's going under the hot iron.
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Mrfstop said:
yikes...trouble in paradise...
well I am SURE you will have it dealt with in no time.
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Yeah, no sweat really, these things happen and I always take photos of wiring before I do any work, so I have a good reference.

wvbass said:
I like the logo that way. What is the silver dot between the knobs?
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As do I. Besides we're talking about it and that was kind of the idea ;)

The silver dot is actually an LED that comes with the P-Retro to let you know when that battery is low or charged.
 
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she's already off to Lakland! It hasn't reached Pat yet, but hopefully within a week.

I considered keeping black...but there will always be a million black basses. And the finish was beat up quite a bit from being on the road, nothing to the wood (that I found) so I thought a refin was in order.

And if a refin was in order...why not do it up right?! SHELL PINK IT IS! :)

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here's a link that Pat gave me, of his shell pink. Looks phenomenal. I can't wait to get the bass back! Unfortunately...We're looking at about 5 weeks :(

brad houser said:
lpcarter- don't refin!!! perhaps black matching headstock?
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lpcarter said:
she's already off to Lakland! It hasn't reached Pat yet, but hopefully within a week.

I considered keeping black...but there will always be a million black basses. And the finish was beat up quite a bit from being on the road, nothing to the wood (that I found) so I thought a refin was in order.

And if a refin was in order...why not do it up right?! SHELL PINK IT IS! :)

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here's a link that Pat gave me, of his shell pink. Looks phenomenal. I can't wait to get the bass back! Unfortunately...We're looking at about 5 weeks :(
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Love it!
 
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Congrats! :bassist:

lpcarter said:
she's already off to Lakland! It hasn't reached Pat yet, but hopefully within a week.

I considered keeping black...but there will always be a million black basses. And the finish was beat up quite a bit from being on the road, nothing to the wood (that I found) so I thought a refin was in order.

And if a refin was in order...why not do it up right?! SHELL PINK IT IS! :)

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here's a link that Pat gave me, of his shell pink. Looks phenomenal. I can't wait to get the bass back! Unfortunately...We're looking at about 5 weeks :(
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