the official "Show your basses" thread part 12

[JimB52]

Here are the 3 Stooges.

Tell me about the one on the right.

 

[HaMMerHeD]

Here are the 3 Stooges.


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Is that a Hellraiser or an Omen Extreme?

 

[Dan B]

Tell me about the one on the right.

The Schecter?

It's a C-4, and it is my first bass. Got it off here from another TB'er. Mahogany body, maple neck with rosewood fretboard, quilted maple top, EMG-HZ pups and an EMG preamp.

I love it. Having the DR Black Beauties make it sound almost like a Spector (if I say it's a dead ringer people would kill me). Yes, like all Schecters they are slightly harder to dial in the tone you want but if you take the time to dial in the tone, you'll love it. Even though I said it once already, it cured my GAS for a Spector ReBop.

(Ah hell, might as well tell about all 3).

The one in the center is a Peavey Grind that was defretted. I bought it for 60 dollars. Great fretless tone, although the strings on it are getting kinda dead. I've been thinking about epoxying the fingerboard so I can put on roundwound strings, but right now it's a fun bass. All passive too, and plenty of punch (although I think it could be somewhat louder).

The one on the left is a Tune TWX-41 that I just got today (I paid for it 2 weeks ago but it was held up in shipping). Fretboard was dirty and dry so I gave that some fretboard polish, plus I polished the body. I also put on Rotosound 66s, and let me tell you, that bass snarls. The preamp is similar to the one used in the MIJ Tunes (in fact, I think it's the same in the MIJ TW series basses-it's a GZP-2), and the pickups I think are slim dual coils. I'm going to take it home over the weekend though and I'm going to put in fresh batteries. The current ones work but I'd like to have everything "refreshed" so to speak. With that said, that bass fueled my GAS for another Tune, be it MIJ or MIK.

 

[Dan B]

Is that a Hellraiser or an Omen Extreme?

Neither, it's a C-4, before Schecter changed the color options to vintage white (or flat black).

 

[JimB52]

Here' still more of the Fenders.

August 1982 AVS '57 Reissue. 8 lbs, wide neck, but very thin front to back, looks more like 50 years old than 30.

A Rock & Roll machine.

an early one.

2000 MIA Jazz deluxe special edition. Quilted maple front and back. Vintage tinted neck, '60s logo decal. Never seen another one.

2003 Roscoe Beck IV. Great bass live or studio. Lots of tones in there. Too bad they discontinued them.

Drop-D tuner.

Signature neckplate.

 

[zachoff]

Dude, love the Roscoe. One of my favorite basses of all time. Too bad they're about $1000 out of my price range on the used market.

 

[TheRockinRoadie]

Nice Jet King, i havent had a chance to play one yet... any good?

 

[Hvitekrist]

My basses:

Warwick Vampyre SN 5-string

Fender Jazz Bass 24 4-string (still needs a photoshoot)

 

[Jared Lash]

The bass that is getting the call for my current gig:

And a family shot:

From left to right:

American Deluxe Jazz V in Candy Tangerine
Valenti P5 (passive with flats) in blueburst
Fretless Stambaugh with EMGs and an ACG pre
Fretted Stambaugh with Nordstrand Fatstacks and and Audere pre

 

[J. Crawford]

Jared, I thought you had an ACG?

 

[Jared Lash]

Jared, I thought you had an ACG?

Why don't you just come over and give me a paper cut and pour lemon juice in it?

I ordered a Recurve 6 from Alan at ACG last February. It was originally slated to be done in October but hit some delays (me changing specs, Alan moving his shop etc) but was recently finished. In the meantime I've gotten engaged and paying for a ring and a wedding has meant scaling back and so I ended up not taking possession of it as well as selling off a fair amount of existing gear.

"My" bass is currently for sale on the ACG site as a stock model.

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I REALLY hated turning down that bass (my fiance even told me to get it and we'd find a way to make things work financailly) but with the amount of gear I already have, I couldn't bring myself to be selfish. I think it came out beautifully though which made it an especially hard decision.

That's the long answer. I suppose the short answer is "no, I don't have an ACG".

 

[J. Crawford]

Youre a good man Jared, IMO, you did the right thing.

 

[Popsicle Pete]

Ouch, dude. Big time ouch.

 

[officialjlox]

My MIM upgrade project

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BAII, Mirror guard, home made thumbrest, Maple/maple Precision neck

Eventually will have upgraded pups/tuners

 

[Tommygunn]

I'm going to guess... the one message I replied to was spam. I was the link after I replied.

 

[vene-nemesis]

I'm going to guess... the one message I replied to was spam. I was the link after I replied.

Yes it was, was reported and deleted so dont give it any more importance.

 

[12stringbassist]

Here we go... the current collection of basses:

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[rockraven]

Hi Guys, this is my little family:

From the left:

Charvel 3B '87 now with EMG P-J Set pickups
Warwick Corvette Standard 5 '98, with EMG-X J set
Traben Array 5

And I'm waiting for a custom made 4 strings, I ordered, to be completed

 

[TheRockinRoadie]

12stringbassist - you have an AMAZING collection ^^

 

[zachoff]

Nice Jet King, i havent had a chance to play one yet... any good?

Sounds awesome... Plays not so awesome. I think it has a bad neck though. Haven't take the time to get it checked out but the action is mega high, even for someone that likes high action (me). I dunno. If you do play one and it has low action and it doesn't buzz like crazy at anything over the 7th fret then yup... Mine's a dud and you have yourself a pretty cool f'ing bass.