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Photoshop Request II: A Few Requests More
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Be sure to lable it BASS porn, you don't want it getting mixed up with the normal porn folder.
Sweet, I have either:
A stalker.
A fan.
Yes! Score!
And Thndr, that bass just adds to your awesome factor.
well...that would be possible, except that thndr only sent me the Photoshop file of one bass....just to show how many layers he uses. even if I combined the layers, I would have one bridge, one body, one pickup, one neck, etc. and it would take too much memory for thunder to send each of his layers, since that would be thousands of layers worth of stuff, a photoshop file that big prbably couldn't be e-mailed.the bass he sent me, he used at least 10 layers just for the body, one for strings, one for the shadow of the strings, etc. all his bass photoshop stuff is probably at least a gig or so.
Oh, and the "flat black" pickguard would actually be homemade from a vynil LP record, like Invalid Link Removed stolen from the Telecaster Guitar Forum:
Can it be done? Should it be done?
the vinyl pickguard is COOL!!
the vinyl pickguard is COOL!!
That is the coolest idea I've ever seen for a pickguard!
Sartori, Here's your Gaelic Rickjazz bass.
*TOUCH IT AND MAKE IT BIGGER* (...that's what she said)
*TOUCH IT AND MAKE IT BIGGER* (...that's what she said)
Sartori, Here's your Gaelic Rickjazz bass.
*TOUCH IT AND MAKE IT BIGGER* (...that's what she said)
nice, I like that better than a normal jazz
the vinyl pickguard is COOL!!
Isn't it? That's why I want to steal the idea as soon as possible. Who knew, those "guitar" forums can be useful as well!
It's not like you can easily find a p-bass-routed jazz pickguard around here. I guess could pay around US$70 for a Invalid Link Removed black pearl (including shipping and the brütal Brazilian import taxes), but the LP DIY project sounds more fun anyway.
Of course, the decision of carving up a record to turn into a pickguard comes with its own little moral dillemma. You can:
- Use a cool custom-looking record, like those colored Bad Brains ones that were suggested. But those are usually rare/expensive, and it would be a pity to carve them up.
- Use something of personal significance, like your first record or something favorite. But then risk feeling guilty everytime you look at your bass. After all, you destroyed something you love for the sake of appearances.
- Use the cheapest bargain bin special you can find, but then risk having to explain over and over why the heck your bass says "Abba's Greatest Hits" on it or whatever.
- Use the most horrifyingly awful bargain bin special you can find. Then you can have an ironic laugh everytime someone notices, and rest contented that you made the world a better place by making sure no one is going to hear the garbage in that particular record again.
Anyhow, it's very DIYish, punk rock kinda project either way. Not terribly original (it has been pointed out there's a guitar with a LP pickguard in the cover of Nirvana's Bleach), but still a cool way to personalize your instrument IMO.
I'm tending toward options 3 or 4. Let's see what I can find in pawn shops to kick start the project.
I may have to do the LP picguard on one of my basses as well. Now I just have to decide whether to cut up a Frank Sinatra album or Holst, possibly a tchaikovsky.
Sartori, Here's your Gaelic Rickjazz bass.
*TOUCH IT AND MAKE IT BIGGER* (...that's what she said)
Stickk, you should put a normal P, or a flipped P in between the J's. A '51 P pup is very one tone only, from what I hear.
I think what I'm going to do is wire two J-pups in series, and put a '51 in the neck. Then I'll wire two dual concentric knobs (one for the "Jazzbucker", one for the '51). Then adding a coil split and a series/parallel switch for all of the pickups (so it'll be like a triple-coil humbucker in series).
That is made of awesome, awesome and win!Sartori, Here's your Gaelic Rickjazz bass.
*TOUCH IT AND MAKE IT BIGGER* (...that's what she said)
No it does not!
If he does, I'll find him, rip them out, find you, and make you eat them!
Where could you have got an idea like that...
That is made of awesome, awesome and win!
No it does not!
If he does, I'll find him, rip them out, find you, and make you eat them!
Where could you have got an idea like that...
He would eat them, no question.
And Im callng he got the idea from my buddy Bill. Im not fully sure though..
Oh, and the Temptations Movie is incredible! I think this is my 4th time watching it on vH1.
I tried it with inlays and it didn't work. It took away from the overall look and made it look more generic. I also tried a gold pickguard but that sucked too.
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