Obviously it's a matter of taste. I like it. It really pops under stage lighting or outdoors.
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Sea Foam Green?
- Thread starter mambo4
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I'm guessing the lighting but in that pic it looks closer to Gibson's Kerry Green - which was lighter, more blue and not metallic. They also had Frost Blue but that was lighter, much like Fender's Sonic Blue. My '64 in Inverness Green Metallic:
Oh, I forgot I also have a seafoam green Fender case:
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Some people look better in clothes than they do nekkid. Same goes for basses.
Funny, i actually stripped my seafoam SJ for a back yard rattle can. I'm going for an orange glitter..
I'd bet that the "get over it" guys openly and loudly detest tortoise shell pickguards...
Nah, not at all. I love tort. My Moollons both have tort, some of my Fenders and more.
A sea foam green p bass with a vintage Sunn amp kit and a large stage isn’t that bad, at least for Greta Van Fleet's bass player :
GC had these on sale: 169.00.
Out of the box:
Weighs in a smidge over 8lbs
Sky high action
Noisy / buzzy will shield
Nut high and soft plastic
Crap stiff sticky tuners
Decent bridge, knobs
Fit finish REALLY GOOD
Satin finished neck
Good maple
Nice medium C profile
38mm Jazz width nut
Frets finished well, no sharp ends
Frets level, able to achieve low action
A good solid basic Precision
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Now the install update to commence
Recorded a sample before the pickup install.
(At the end of post) and after 916 pickups installed: pictures tell the story.
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Out of the box:
Weighs in a smidge over 8lbs
Sky high action
Noisy / buzzy will shield
Nut high and soft plastic
Crap stiff sticky tuners
Decent bridge, knobs
Fit finish REALLY GOOD
Satin finished neck
Good maple
Nice medium C profile
38mm Jazz width nut
Frets finished well, no sharp ends
Frets level, able to achieve low action
A good solid basic Precision
——————————————-
Now the install update to commence
Recorded a sample before the pickup install.
(At the end of post) and after 916 pickups installed: pictures tell the story.
Matches my head case :
Yes I like Seafoam.
I'd bet that the "get over it" guys openly and loudly detest tortoise shell pickguards...
I like tort, too!
I've never understood the appeal or excitement generated by natural wood basses. I prefer painted wood. I've always said that a lot of natural basses remind me of cheap oak kitchen cabinets at the outlet stores..horrible
Then you haven’t seen one in person with a high quality top.
Highly figured wood has wonderful patterns, and reflects the life of the tree in question.
Those cheap oak cabinets are made from cheap wood.
I once saw a piano made from Rosewood. It was stunning.
Agreed. Natural finish on an ash body is an immediate turn-off. A trans finish of a strong color is so much better. Some exotics are fine left natural. Depends on the species and particular chunk of wood.
I'm a carpenter, and love crazy beautiful woods, just not on basses. Not fan of high end boutique wood grained basses...love primary crayon colors personally
I would be a fingerless carpenter if I entered that trade, but I absolutely love basses where the wood couldn’t be considered fungible with another piece of wood.
On an inexpensive bass, I wouldn’t care too much, but if I’m paying $1500+, it better have character.
I expressed an interest to my guidance councilor to become a taste accountant, in grade 12. He said the same thing.
