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[Mud Flaps]

Let's have a thread about our dream basses. And don't just make it one bass. That means you have to sacrifice variety and can only have it available fretted or fretless, 4,5,6, or 7 string, etc. Pretend like it's your own line of signature basses.

I'll start...

Mine is essentially a Lakland 4-94 or 55-94, with a few changes:

• Fitted with a U-Retro Preamp
• Comes Equipped with a D-Tuner
• 2 9-Volt Battery Compartments
• Fretted Birdseye Maple Boards have Black Dot Inlays
• Extended Lower Body Horn for easier lap playing w/out a Strap
• Extended Upper Body Horn so the extended lower one doesn't look funny
• Matching Headstock
• Available in 6 String

Of course Dan Lakin and I would have to convince Bartolini to make special 6 string MM pickups just for us. But let me dream!

What do you guys think?

 

[tplyons]

Precision Bass
Dimarzio Model P and Model One/EBO
Maple fretboard
Hipshot Xtender
Tele Headstock

Wait, It's Billy Sheehan's wife!

 

[Figjam]

Esentialy a musicman stingray:
Ash body. Natural.
Black pickguard
Maple fretboard
3 band EQ
22 frets
custom inlay of some sort
Body shape would be more like an Ibanez ATK but smaller

 

[Mud Flaps]

Originally posted by Figjam
Esentialy a musicman stingray:
Ash body. Natural.
Black pickguard
Maple fretboard
3 band EQ
22 frets
custom inlay of some sort
Body shape would be more like an Ibanez ATK but smaller

That is a MusicMan Stingray.

 

[James Hart]

Hmmmm...

Ash Body slab P style
Maple Neck and Board (sans inlays and/or fret lines)
Ash Covered Pickups
pair of J's for the fretted
just one Dual Coil (and a brass slap plate) for the fretlesses
available in 5 or 6 string
and in translucent colors (white, blue or red) or bursts (tobacco, cherry or traditional) with or without Red Tort pickguards.
metal control plate with 3 band active pre.

here's the first edition... #2 is in production

 

[Woodchuck]

A Benavente SC 6 string with a P/J p'up config (hint, hint! ), Madagascar rosewood board, ash body, gold hardware, white gloss finish with a matching headstock, side LED's, and pearl block inlays.

 

[DEFELDUS]

that bass with a different top (maybe a nice transparent burst finish like MTD's blueburst)
gold hardware
birdseye maple f/b (that one is b.e. but i dont like the paint)
no wood pickup covers
yup, that about does it.

 

[Bard2dbone]

Body is much like the JP Zia, a singlecut the angles back towards the body, in stead of angling towards the headstock.Highly figured koa, with matching headtsock.
Headstock shape is like the Carvin 5-string headstock, but slightly broader.
A coated ebony fingerboard, hard coated like a Pedulla Buzz.
All black hardware, Hipshot bridge and lightweight tuners.Black straplocks, ebony knobs.
Bartolini MM/J pickups with NTMB preamp.
No inlays or decoration, just wood grain and black parts.

 

[Yvon]

5 string jazz
swamp ash body
maple neck
ebony fingerboard (no dots)
See through color (probably wine red)
Black hardware from hipshot
Lane poor pick up
V/V/T/T control

 

[top028]

Basically take all the incredible technology and design features of a 5 string dingwall Z1 with a better look.
-Maple neck with paofaro fretboard and dual truss rods.
-Larger curvy retro looking 4+1 headstock to facilitate my preferance for comfortable neck diving. Maybe dingwall's clever shorter tuning machines.
-Dual density ash and maybe mahogany back Jazz shaped body. Possible routed tone chambers...
a big bad dead turtle to protect the clear finish, and to cut into pics and sell when I am retired and poor. A joke for the animal lovers!
-Custom string-through bridge that I am working on. (strings stop in the end of the bass, like a tail piece instead of the back, for a more pleasant breaking angle. Some one please complete it before me to save the hassle.)
-custom built 5 string gibson EBO pickup with coil tap (chrome and all).
-Solid bar pole piece Jazz pickup in the bridge position such as EMG select or Basslines stacked humbucker.
-Basslines or maybe aguilar preamp & passive switch.