Here's 2. I leave one at the drummer's and one at the guitarist's. The first one is actually a rare and very nice bass, an Andreas Demetriou. I know of only one other, mine has a SN in the low 20's. Set Maple neck, body looks like Mahogany to me. It's in an old Gibson Explorer bass case I hacked up so the horn would fit. Bought it because it reminded me of the old Overwater C bass shape.
Burnside "By Guild" "The Lance" bass I resurrected. Came to me in sad shape, had been hacked up, drilled, stripped, and left in a damp basement for a decade. Everything that could be removed had been, and all of it lost besides the bridge. The screws to that were lost though, and an unusual size/shape which took a while to replace. Everything else came from ye olde parts drawer. Well, not the pickguard, that I cut from the back of an old shower surround I was changing. Made it 2 pc so I could change the battery (originally passive) and added the little slide switch to disconnect the battery. Stock jack did not allow for battery disconnect when unplugged. Strings came from my junk strings collection; you know, the pile of strings you have taken off of other basses because they were dead. Rotosounds, about 7 years old when I put them on. You may be able to see a strap button on the front of the upper "wing," keeps bas sfrom wanting to roll over on me. No controls, pots and knobs are expensive and take too long to wire up. Pickups are the ancient Duncans w/the DIP swiches that do provide some tonal variety.
What I hate about this bass -- it sounds absolutely fantastic. It has no right to. I keep it away from the expensive basses, nothing good could come of them finding out.
Burnside "By Guild" "The Lance" bass I resurrected. Came to me in sad shape, had been hacked up, drilled, stripped, and left in a damp basement for a decade. Everything that could be removed had been, and all of it lost besides the bridge. The screws to that were lost though, and an unusual size/shape which took a while to replace. Everything else came from ye olde parts drawer. Well, not the pickguard, that I cut from the back of an old shower surround I was changing. Made it 2 pc so I could change the battery (originally passive) and added the little slide switch to disconnect the battery. Stock jack did not allow for battery disconnect when unplugged. Strings came from my junk strings collection; you know, the pile of strings you have taken off of other basses because they were dead. Rotosounds, about 7 years old when I put them on. You may be able to see a strap button on the front of the upper "wing," keeps bas sfrom wanting to roll over on me. No controls, pots and knobs are expensive and take too long to wire up. Pickups are the ancient Duncans w/the DIP swiches that do provide some tonal variety.
What I hate about this bass -- it sounds absolutely fantastic. It has no right to. I keep it away from the expensive basses, nothing good could come of them finding out.
Nice to see this thread revived.
