The official "Show your basses" thread part 19!

[OneNut]

New to me first bass. '21 MIM Player P.

Well technically my second bass purchase. I bought a Bronco and returned the next morning as this became available.

 

[JIO]

I am openly a japanophile, my home stereo is a Yamaha, my car is a Honda, I like the way they design stuff.
And I tried other brands, I had a Cort at some point...

Japanese products are of the highest quality

 

[God's Favorite Bass]

True...I've got 6 Japanese Fenders at the moment and have had others and have never had a bad one. Ever.

 

[SJLee]

Yep, I picked up a MIJ Jazz recently and have been very pleased with the build quality, fit and finish.

 

[monkeyhaiku]

Got this recently. After some unnecessary but cool upgrades and some tapewound strings, it's becoming my favorite thing.

 

[Nek07]

How does that Yammy PJ differ sound-wise from a 7ender-esque PJ sound-wise?

It has been too long since I played a Fender one for me to tell anything of value, I can only speack about those I own.
The BB614 (black one) is very Hifi and powerfull, thanks to the ceramic pickup and active circuit. Each pickup pack a punch on this one.
The BB434m (sunburst) is more classic sounding, basically it is the same woods and alnico pickups than a regular Fender so it will not be miles away from what I recal.

 

[blliB]

Here’s my family

 

[Nek07]

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Some europeen wood there, nice!

 

[Hnz]

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You've got twins!

Congrats

 

[HaMMerHeD]

Here are mine.

First the ride or die main squeeze bass, an Ibanez EHB1506MS. This fellow just fits me like a glove. It's small and light (7lb, 15oz) and can get most sounds I want. It is strung with DR Hi Beams (stainless roundwound), .030 - .130.

Then the's The New Guy, a fretless Ibanez SRH505F. Very light (7lbs, 6oz; chambered/semi-hollow), with a big fat sound. Comfortable to play and balances pretty well, but I'm going to put some lighter weight tuners on it anyway. It is strung with Dunlop stainless flats .40 - .130.

And this one is my messing around bass. It's as close as I am likely to ever come to playing a P bass with flats. I am planning to replace the pickup with a Nordstrand NP4a, and the controls with nicer pots, and probably turn the tone control into a low-pass filter. It is strung with DR Legend stainless flatwounds, .045 - .105.

 

[Basic Lee]

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I miss my Corvette Fretless

 

[MadJack]

Earlier this month I received my latest and greatest bass. I did the thread NBD: Ashdown Roasted Saint Soap.

Three weeks later it's still going strong as one of my favorites. It really is a fatter P type of sound. Into a brighter sounding amp it really rocks!

They are hard to come by right now, as Ashdown's productions is still ramping up and when they do get them they sell out quick. I haven't seen any for sale on this side of the Pond, that's why I had to order from the UK. The shipping was killer, but now that I have had it for a moderate amount of time, I feel it was well worth it. I'm normally a modder, but I have no desire to do anything beyond the set up I've done already and a string change soon. The stock D'Addario strings have been fine so far, but I think something a little brighter might be instore.

 

[MovinTarget]

I'm normally a modder, but I have no desire to do anything beyond the set up I've done already and a string change soon.

As a habitual tinkerer myself, I'd have to say that's a ringing endorsement right there!

 

[MadJack]

As a habitual tinkerer myself, I'd have to say that's a ringing endorsement right there!

It will be my first bass that I've gotten that I don't want to do anything to. (I have two Agile AL-3110 LP style guitars, one is untouched aside from strings and setup. The other I rewired the pots modern wiring to 50's wiring.) It cost me $331 for the bass and the shipping was half as much more, making it the most expensive bass I own, but it still sits in the budget bass range, though pushing the mid price bass range. (The shipping for those in Europe is much more reasonable.) The price plus shipping was well worth it even for a tightwad/cheapskate like me!

I think eventually these will make it to our shores, when the Ashdown USA distributor MusicMax Distribution get some in and their total prices should be a bit more reasonable.

 

[God's Favorite Bass]

Good morning peeps.

 

[MovinTarget]

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Now those are some frosted flakes I'd like to have for breakfast!

 

[SJLee]

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Lots o' sparkly goodness there.

 

[Nek07]

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Remind me of a squier mickey way I had to play for a job, like it.

 

[God's Favorite Bass]

Lots o' sparkly goodness there.

Thanks. I have a great window for morning sun.

 

[God's Favorite Bass]

Remind me of a squier mickey way I had to play for a job, like it.

I know exactly the one...I like those quite a bit.

This one is Jazzy McPbody.