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SHOW YOUR DISTRESSED FINISHES!
- Thread starter JIO
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- Jun 30, 2010
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- musician/artist/owner - Gildaxe
Pretty sure this is my favourite TB thread ever...
Golden hour with the 74.
Golden hour with the 74.
- Jun 30, 2010
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- musician/artist/owner - Gildaxe
(and bass!)
- Jun 30, 2010
- 49,612
- 222,129
- Disclosures
- musician/artist/owner - Gildaxe
- Jun 30, 2010
- 49,612
- 222,129
- Disclosures
- musician/artist/owner - Gildaxe
An early '66 Mustang w/only Fender decal
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Even the tuners have checking.
It is a bit odd how they ended up looking like that.
- Jun 30, 2010
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A pretty rare example from 1960 being CAR. A measly $20k will make it yours!
That's both kidneys...I can do one but not both.A pretty rare example from 1960 being CAR. A measly $20k will make it yours!
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The late '60s Mustang and Coronado basses had stubby pops as their hs's were smaller than a full scale Fender hs. I have a '66 set in waiting for when I eventually get a later Mustang when they switched to standard clover paddles.
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Nice to look at will be good enough for me.
I was left alone at the Chicago Music Exchange with a '62 J plugged into a nice amp yeas ago. They must have figured I could have whipped out a gold card to cover the $22k on the tagger. Was it nice? ... Is the Pope Catholic? 
Not as distressed as most in here, but the '75 P I bought used in '79 has good honest wear.
Stiil gets played daily and gigs out often blues and old rock cover band.
The back was pretty much trashed by stud belts in fashion '80/90s.
Her sister fretless '77 Gibson Ripper has lost a lot of laquer on the neck, but front is still pretty good lookin'.
Stiil gets played daily and gigs out often blues and old rock cover band.
The back was pretty much trashed by stud belts in fashion '80/90s.
Her sister fretless '77 Gibson Ripper has lost a lot of laquer on the neck, but front is still pretty good lookin'.
- Jun 30, 2010
- 49,612
- 222,129
- Disclosures
- musician/artist/owner - Gildaxe
- Jun 30, 2010
- 49,612
- 222,129
- Disclosures
- musician/artist/owner - Gildaxe
Each knob for each pup = volume w/ a tone ring.
Lil' switch is an overall kill switch. Otherwise have to turn down every pup seperately.
1980 Seymour Duncan QuarterPounder passive pups. Bad Ass II bridge.
And yes - pre Urge -- modded 1980.
Ahead of it's time!Each knob for each pup = volume w/ a tone ring.
Lil' switch is an overall kill switch. Otherwise have to turn down every pup seperately.
1980 Seymour Duncan QuarterPounder passive pups. Bad Ass II bridge.
And yes - pre Urge -- modded 1980.
- Jun 30, 2010
- 49,612
- 222,129
- Disclosures
- musician/artist/owner - Gildaxe
Each knob for each pup = volume w/ a tone ring.
Lil' switch is an overall kill switch. Otherwise have to turn down every pup seperately.
1980 Seymour Duncan QuarterPounder passive pups. Bad Ass II bridge.
And yes - pre Urge -- modded 1980.
Very cool. I own a couple 3 pu basses, a '63 Burns of London Vista Sonic med scale, and an ESP/Grass Roots Bass IV. The Bass IV can run with all 3 pu's together, or any combination with individual pu on-off switches. So 'all off' is like a kill switch, of which I am a fan. The Vista Sonic's; Wild Dog / Treble / Bass / Contra Bass is combination oriented ... Wild Dog was wired out of phase and sorta useless. I reversed the wires and it made it sound like a Jazz. (B & Mid-pu's) Treble is only B-pu, Bass is only Mid-pu (like a single coil P) and Contra Bass is only N-pu. (overly bassy) The Bass IV is a very versatile bass where as the Vista Sonic is less so. (as in, I usually only use a couple of the choices) I could see your set-up being good but if it were mine I'd include a 3-way pu switch like on my Bass IV to isolate or add pu's quickly w/o losing settings.
The Bass IV has one more switch (lowest in line) which by-passes the V/T pots adding a clean boost at the flick of a switch. Very cool/easy mod that could be added to any multi-pu bass.
