Show your Dark Starred Basses

[Rodent]

Wylee - Warmoth now will include the DS cutout in a P-bass pickguard? If so, this is indeed great news for those who aren't able to do this customization themselves

all the best,

R

 

[lonote]

This one is on its way to me from Winnipeg: http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=500233

I can hardly wait!

 

[Matt R.]

Wylee - Warmoth now will include the DS cutout in a P-bass pickguard? If so, this is indeed great news for those who aren't able to do this customization themselves

all the best,

R

Hey Rodent, in my experience, Warmoth does not offer pickguards cut for a Darkstar

 

[wyliee]

Wyliee - Warmoth now will include the DS cutout in a P-bass pickguard? If so, this is indeed great news for those who aren't able to do this customization themselves

all the best,

R

Unfortunately, no. We've never really standardized on one location for the pickup. We'd need to do that first.

If the DS pickup rout ever becomes an option on pickguards, I'll be sure to let you know.

 

[Fred Hammon]

Call or write Roger at Jeannie Pickguards for custom Dark Star ready pick guards.

http://home.comcast.net/~pickguards/

He also makes a cool combo shim-ring/thumb rest for Dark Stars that he sells at his Ebay store. I've got one on 3 of my basses.

Fred

 

[Band Dad]

Can anyone here provide me with the specs on that part of a Darkstar that is actually below (through) the surface of the body?
I have a Fender Coronado II that I think would be a good candidate for Darkstars, but I haven't found anything to suggest that they would fit the existing openings for the original pickups.
Those original pickup, I believe, lay on the surface of the body, with no part actually invading the body's cavity.
The Darkstar does have a routing requirement (on a solid body), and I wonder if anyone here could provide that exact specification. Am I making this clear?

You can see the bass at: http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?p=7125992#post7125992

The pickup openings measure 2 7/8" wide x 1' high. I believe that only a portion of the Darkstar actually descends below the surface of the body.

 

[GregC]

Not mine (I've already posted my DS'd Glaub), but someone just picked up a super-cool Dark Starred bass that I recall seeing on TB in the past. I hope the winner is a TBer.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...6636&_trksid=p3907.m32&_trkparms=tab=Watching

 

[ghiadub]

This is the Dark Sting: Warmoth/Fender parts bass

 

[FL Knifemaker]

This is the Dark Sting: Warmoth/Fender parts bass

That's really cool!! What's the pickguard made from??

 

[SJLee]

 

[Tom Howland]

*********WOW************

This bass is insane !!!!

As said, move the neck pickup closer to the neck.

Rosewood, or Paduka fingerboard.

Does he do this as a model?

 

[Thangfish]

The Darkstar does have a routing requirement (on a solid body), and I wonder if anyone here could provide that exact specification. Am I making this clear?

The Dark Star pickup requires a route depth of 1 inch.

 

[bearfoot]

These DS'd basses make the forces tear lose from the axis.

 

[Band Dad]

Thangfish, thanks. I'm sure I'm confusing things with a few different postings of different ideas, one being a solid body for my Modulus BaSSStar neck.

However, in this case, I have a project Fender Coronado II hollowbody bass. While I have the depth, I'm wondering about the width and height (as opposed to depth) of that portion of the Darkstar that actually projects below the surface of the bass' body.
I'm hoping to find that the pickup openings at 2 7/8" X 1" are sifficient to mount Darkstars without the need to cut into the body. I'd like to preserve the original specs of the bass as best I can.

 

[silky smoove]

Unfortunately, no. We've never really standardized on one location for the pickup. We'd need to do that first.

The location that you guys routed on my G4 works incredibly wel for Darkstars. Considering the locations for the routes were what Fred Hammon recommended AND what he uses on his personal basses... Feel free to use the dimensions from my routes as the new standard

I'm just saying that because my next build is going to be a dual Darkstar jazz and having a pickguard come from you guys as well as the body would be spectacular!

 

[Bernie Connors]

That's a great looking bass! Does Lakland still offer Darkstar pickups as an option on the hollowbody?

 

[Top_Ten]

Starr Guitars custom '62 DS p-bass:

 

[megadan]

My 1979 Kramer 650B:

 

[dog1]

Here's mine.

 

[robkphoto]

Here's mine.

That's beautiful.