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SHOW YOUR BLACK BASSES!!!

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meev992 said:
something about Graphite Status Neck and Stingray conjure up memories of the Stealth Ray that was floating around TB for a while ;)
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:smug: We don't talk about "The StealthRay" any more Meevy, I thought we'd agreed on that one :p.

:ninja: OK, here it is again, just for old times' sake:

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... and here's what it turned into after I put the standard neck back on the 'Ray and tried to build myself a Super-J :). I have to say, I like the results:

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It's a bit less black now, since I added the b/w/b pickguard and changed the strings:

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Black, what a great "colour" :D.

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hauntedoak said:
WOW, that bass owned all the other ugly bass shapes i have seen on this thread.
thanks for posting the photos.
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Thanks, but there are a lot of other VERY nice basses in this thread too.

meev992 said:
I wasn't aware that this was a bass-bashing thread.
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Its not and it shouldn't be. :)

Gintaras said:
this is a Geddy Lee Body, a P type neck that has Ebony stained fretboard. Nordstrand MM4.3 in bridge and Dimarzio J in neck. Rothstein JX5 Passive wiring system (really cool). Hipshot Ultralites and Carbon Fiber pickguard and matching laminated headstock.

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Thats awesome!!! :hyper:
Hey man, did you put that together yourself from parts?
If so, I'm putting together a jazz very shortly from parts. How did you do the headstock carbon fiber laminate? Where'd you get the pickguard also. :eek:
 
#94
Some really nice basses in this thread. Anyway, here's my black 'un (plus me playing it).

It's an old Ibanez CT5 - pretty budget, but I've put EMG-J's in it and it's a bit of a monster now. Also, the Guitar Bones pot knobs (3 sixes!) get quite a bit of loving at gigs... :D
 

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Thats awesome!!! :hyper:
Hey man, did you put that together yourself from parts?
If so, I'm putting together a jazz very shortly from parts. How did you do the headstock carbon fiber laminate? Where'd you get the pickguard also. :eek:[/QUOTE]


Put it together from parts...
The pickguard I got on Ebay from a guy in Hong Kong. Here is is Ebay info ...carbonfibreman ([email protected])
The headstock laminate is also from ebay from 'racingjeff' and the part description is 'Carbon Fiber Sheet Black 11"x 8" @ .015"+Adhesive'
The Neck is $50 Eden from Taiwan which was really a nice finished piece of wood but needed a $85 fret leveling. The fretboard stain is from StewMac. Hipshot lite tuners. Bridge is from Chopper Music and the Control Plate assembly is from Rothstein. This was a pleasant surprise since it has a 5 position rotary switch which allows Neck Only, series, Parallel, out of phase and bridge only selection. The tones I get are extremely varied with the Rothstein and the combination of the Dimarzio J and the Nordstrand MM4.3 pickups.
 

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