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Off the rack!?

#41
Other than strap locks (all my working basses have strap locks) of my basses, only the SX's and Dano Rumor got modded,, and stirngs (sorry guys, strings aren't a mod, they are "wear items" like tires or brakes on a car)

On the guitar side.

My Gibson accoustic has a sound hole p/u added for gigging purposes.
My others are all stock with the exeption of a Bigsby on my '59 National Debonair, and my Basket Caster Parts Tele.
 
#42
My Dean five string acoustic and my LTD B-4E are both exactly as I bought them. I am, however, going to put heavy gauge Elixirs onto my LTD. Otherwise, I'm not doing anything to it. I love it enough to leave the rest of it alone. I have an Ibanez GSR200 that I put an Iowa Hawkeye emblem on (a nice metal badge that would go on a car). I haven't done anything to influence its playability or sound.

The only other bass I have is my Squier P bass that I bought used for $100. The only reason I bought that was to have a project bass, and because it was a very nice bass for the price. I've had a ton of fun with it so it was very much worth it.
 
#44
My 5 String is bone Stock and probably staying that way...I was amazed at the quality and set up of this bass. I did put straplocks on it and I may change the strings to half rounds or some such deal. But to me strings and strap locks are not really mods worth worrying about...and I don't generally count them as a mod....

 
#45
My Lull M5V is stock. I have a belief that an instrument should be good out of the box (or off the rack), not too into the mod/upgrade thing. So I tend to choose instruments that are good to go, but there are always exceptions of course.
 

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