my kind of thread!
My Lecompte, completly passive with only 2 swtiches.
humbucker, single coil, off
1 for each pickup.
Hey, that's nice! Beautiful cocobolo top, and I like that long Sei-ish upper horn.
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Post your high end and custom passive basses
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Hey, that's nice! Beautiful cocobolo top, and I like that long Sei-ish upper horn.
LOVE that Surf Green Nordy VJ5, Kevin!!! WOW. That is one cool bass.
Here's mine. It's neither high-end nor custom, but it is passive, and it would be damn near impossible to replace or duplicate:
Mostly, I just love posting pics of it. Controls are vol/vol/tone, with a three way toggle for each JJ pickup for series/parallel/single coil.
Here's mine. It's neither high-end nor custom, but it is passive, and it would be damn near impossible to replace or duplicate:
Mostly, I just love posting pics of it. Controls are vol/vol/tone, with a three way toggle for each JJ pickup for series/parallel/single coil.
That's REALLY hot... but not exactly on topic is it
"Post your high end and custom passive basses"
That could be said of a few other basses. Hard to keep these things on topic.
Now imagine someone starting a thread about high end basses with preamps.
BTW I have a single pickup custom Elrick New Jazz Standard 5 but it has a piezo bridge and a buffer. I guess it qualifies.
Also my Stamaughs were all passive...
Rev. Jones fretless before the installation of the stickers...
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Here's another Skjold Lion's Pride Model B (serial # 0001 of the Lion's Pride line!):
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My 2007 Kubicki---3/5 passive:
Trippy.....I like it.
I'd probally curse the hell out of myself everytime I tried to play a E and got a D....but I still like it.
How is the balance on it? My main concern with every headless bass I've ever tried is that the balance just feels so stupid that it makes it almost impossible to play.
I dunno if this two either qualify as high end or custom. But here they're. A Lakland USA Bob Glaub (#31) and a early 80's Tokai Hardpuncher. Guess you could call the Lakland high end and the Tokai "custom". Tokai got a BAII bridge, Darkstar, 3 Fender US tuners, Hipshot D-tuner, 500k CTS pots, Copper shielded cavity and pickguard and a sanded body, and 70's fender Jazz 3 screw neckplate (not a real improvement instead of the 4 screw original 
). For all those who wanna see how big a darkstar is compared to a normal P pickup. I didn't change the PG on the Tokai so you can still see where the P pickup screws were.
). For all those who wanna see how big a darkstar is compared to a normal P pickup. I didn't change the PG on the Tokai so you can still see where the P pickup screws were.Attachments
I usually don't have a problem with the D/E switching. Just gotta remember to clamp down the string upon completion of the song.
Balance? Center of gravity is in the body, so you don't have to hold up the neck at all. You are free to move about...
Well, that's just the thing. I'm so used to the weight of the head and the neck. Everytime I pick up one of those headless units I feel like I'm going to throw the neck around.
Sei Bass Flamboyant model. Wenge and flame sycamore
one of my favorite bass on talkbass!
Make that a 5 strings and it's perfect.
Actually, it feels like the bass is a part of you---instead of having to struggle with the tendency of the bass wanting to move differently, the bass moves with you. Try it, you'll like it.
I have not played any other headless, so I can't compare this one to any others---but I've played loads of tuner-heads---this is by far the easiest to work with. And, by the way, I have a heavy-handed approach to playing. I don't tickle the strings; I get very aggressive. The Kubicki responds great under that kind treatment.
