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NBD - vintage white SX P-bass

ofajen

ofajen

Apr 12, 2007
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#1
Mentioned in another thread but here is a new thread for my new bass. I got my first fretted bass, a Gibson Ripper, over 30 years ago. I got the second one, an SX P-bass, a few days ago. It was a B-stock item and discounted well below the normal low price.

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So far, I really enjoy playing it. Only issue was the third fret was high on the 4th string and made the lower notes buzz. A bit of filing and sanding got rid of that, mostly.

I wasn't that thrilled with the stock round wounds, so I put on some relatively new Ernie Ball flat wounds and the buzzing issues disappeared.

This is, surprisingly, my first chance to work much with a P-bass style bass, so I'm having a great time! Really surprising how competent this inexpensive bass is!

Otto
 
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Nice; congratulations!!! You were WAAAYYYYYYY overdue for your second bass!!!!!!!!! It's about time my brother!!! LOL!!! Seriously though, happy for you; I love p basses and I am glad you got you one. Enjoy it for sure!!
 
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bass10bfb said:
Nice; congratulations!!! You were WAAAYYYYYYY overdue for your second bass!!!!!!!!! It's about time my brother!!! LOL!!! Seriously though, happy for you; I love p basses and I am glad you got you one. Enjoy it for sure!!
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Thanks. You are probably right. I did get a second bass six years ago. It's the fretless Wishbass pictured in my avatar. But the Ripper was the only fretted bass all that time.

I kinda am liking single pickup instruments for what they offer: a range of good sounds from how you play, but without the distraction of selecting which pickup or how to blend them. Started appreciating that with the Wishbass, which has only volume and not even a tone control.

Otto
 
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I like that bass. The only downside is the headstock. I saw in their web page the andromeda jazz bass with the classic headstock and a lot of features and I wrote to them about a pbass with the same features and they say not plans. Apparently they want to avoid a lawsuit.
 
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rafitoprtx said:
I like that bass. The only downside is the headstock. I saw in their web page the andromeda jazz bass with the classic headstock and a lot of features and I wrote to them about a pbass with the same features and they say not plans. Apparently they want to avoid a lawsuit.
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Probably a good idea to avoid lawsuits. Headstocks aren't a big thing for me, so I'm ok with this one. Squiers are pretty cheap, too, though they don't always have colors I like.

Otto
 
#9
Love the color on that. I have an SX Telecaster (guitar) copy in vintage white (older headstock style) and I really like it. I also have an old-head style SX P-bass with a maple board. I thought it was a fine bass.

Both of these instruments went through a flood and are in pieces now. Necks removed, wiring and pickups totally shot. Some cracking to the paint, but I haven't stripped them to see if the bodies themselves are okay or split anywhere.

I was already planning on refinishing the P-bass body before the flood (it came as black) but I might just keep the vintage white on the Tele. I like it so much I'm considering refinishing the P-bass in the same color (unless it's just too far gone to bother repairing.)
 
#13
I was noticing dead spots on the G string at 4th and 5th fret (B and C). The kind where the fundamental dies right away and the sustain is a higher partial. Enough to make me avoid those frets.

I made sure the string did not have a twist and it sounds better. There is now some fundamental. I can still detect a quicker decay of the fundamental if I'm testing for it, but I don't notice it while playing music any more. Good news!

Otto
 
#14
Ok, so this is no longer a new bass to me... This is more about photography. In teaching one of my kids about photography, I've gotten back into the habit of shooting film, which ends up being rather a different process than using a high tech DSLR.

I sold off much of my medium format gear a few years ago, and far too cheap. Anyway, this old Rolleicord from about 1937 was still about. I had thought it a basket case but cleaned the lenses and spruced a few things up and shot a roll of film that had been in the spare fridge for I don't know how many years.

Anyway, here's a shot of the SX P. No tweaks of any kind, just a slight crop from the scan of the square format negative. I really like how it seems to glow. A far cry from the very plain shot above made with this phone.

(This is just a 3MB jpeg. I'd link the 212MB TIFF which looks a bit nicer, but I think load times would be annoying)

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Otto
 
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