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Show your sparkle basses!!
- Thread starter Swerve
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Just got it back this month from Mike Lull. The beginning of this year I picked up a BiCentennial T-Bird off of Craig's List. It was in bad shape, busted truss rod, mangled wiring. So Mike re-habbed it into a mofo player - its all original parts except the neck of course. Headstock Decal by Factory Guy:
More gratuitious pics:
WOW! That's spectacular! How does it sound & play? I like the decal too. How do I reach Factory Guy?
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- Endorsing Artist: Warwick basses, DR Strings, Seymour Duncan pickups.
- Mar 1, 2005
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- Endorsing Artist: Crook Custom Guitars
Mimaz, that bass has almost everything I like in a bass- cool color, sparkle finish, matching headstock, five strings (I like basses with any string configuration, actually), and a cool shape...
- Mar 1, 2005
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Thank You! We put a lot of thought in that one, then I turned Bill loose to do his magic.......I'm really pleased with the results.
It plays great - lots of ping and sustain. I 'spose that's what Entwhistle was after with the maple neck, and these pickups have lots of bite too. It does have small issues with neck dive, but that doesn't bother me. Seems like an old-school T-Bird in that respect.
Your F-Bird looks great too. Did you do your own work or did a Luthier help? Mike Lull does awesome work, I'm real happy with his job - I could have never crafted the assembly this well.
Factory Guy is awesome, I'm sure he won't mind me referring folks his way - he does great headstock decals.
He's at: [email protected]
- Feb 3, 2005
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- Endorsing artist: Bergantino Audio Systems and GHS Strings
not my bass anymore... but my god i loved that Burnt Apple Sparkle.. it was already a discontinued color back in 2004
Thanks for the hookup. Yeah Mike obviously does a great job, he's mentioned alot here. My F-bird has HUGE neckdive- but I don't mind too much, I'm used to it, having owned a couple of Gibson T-birds and a Gibson RD Artist. My F-bird sounds great and plays great though, so it makes up for the 'dive. I got the mahogany body & paint, bird's-eye maple neck & hardware from Warmoth, ordered the Alumnitone pickups from Lace Music, and put it together myself. It really turned out awesome. That and my Alembic/Explorer copy too. (I play in a WHO tribute)
I love yours too though. So Mike actually cut the old neck off, and routed the pocket for the new neck? Wow. Better than the original, I bet, right?
(I never did like the way my T-birds played or sounded, too muddy and the neck was too thin for me)
Here's my other one:
Grrr, I just missed out on getting one of those at a ridiculous price on the 'bay a while back--I wasn't around when the auction ended.DiPinto Galaxie Bass:
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There may be some other DiPinto styles available with sparkle paint (the Belvederes, but they have a huge MOTO pickguard). But look around.
How about sparkle AND pearl ...
... It's an Italia Maranello ... has a big fat Les Paul like sound
I love these two and the Fenderbirds, very nice!
Holy Cow! That is
Does MM still produce these?
They may still do a sparkle finish, but NOT the birdseye maple neck seems to be a thing of the past!!! The neck wood the use now. looks akin to 'balsa' wood... It sucks!!! I weep openly for them...
btw... That bass is killah!!!
The infamous & seldom gigged Sparkle P!!! Dont mind the scowl, I wasnt mad, just determined!!! & yes, my eyes DO emit laser beams...) lol
The infamous & seldom gigged Sparkle P!!! Dont mind the scowl, I wasnt mad, just determined!!! & yes, my eyes DO emit laser beams...) lol
That bass would look perfect with a Kustom tuck n roll cab in gold!
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Dude, the greenish goldish sparkle + the tort is very unique (and very killer)! Nice bass!
The infamous & seldom gigged Sparkle P!!! Dont mind the scowl, I wasnt mad, just determined!!! & yes, my eyes DO emit laser beams...) lol
Man, I really dig that bass! I'm local, should you decide to give it a new home.
G&L does offer sparkle finishes, blue, gold, green, red or silver as an option on any model they make.
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This is a ambient light shot of a sparkle blue SB-2. Pics with a flash make them look far blingier than real life.
