The official "Show your basses" thread part 19!

[powerslave12r]

Nowhere as exotic as many of the beauties in this thread but here's another pic of my "boring" old SR505.

Rest of the gallery : SR505 - an album on Flickr


SR505 by power slave, on Flickr

 

[Akito]

Here is a current pic. The American deluxe is for sale in the classifieds.

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[Silver Blues]

Nowhere as exotic as many of the beauties in this thread but here's another pic of my "boring" old SR505.

Rest of the gallery : SR505 - an album on Flickr


SR505 by power slave, on Flickr

As common as they are, I think the SR505s are actually really nice instruments. Be proud of it!

 

[powerslave12r]

As common as they are, I think the SR505s are actually really nice instruments. Be proud of it!

Oh I absolutely am! I love this thing.

 

[SamJ]

 

[Muddslide]

Here is a current pic. The American deluxe is for sale in the classifieds.

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Okay, I gotta know the story on that chrome-finished upright. Is that JUST a chrome sort of finish, or is that beast actually made of metal of some kind?

Either way, what a beauty!

(And your avatar is pretty sweet as well!)

 

[Akito]

It's an Alcoa aluminum upright. You can do a search in the double bass forum or google them of course!

 

[Muddslide]

It's an Alcoa aluminum upright. You can do a search in the double bass forum or google them of course!

The word awesome is thrown around a lot, but that truly is awesome...

 

[Jamvan]

Picked up an '86 Fender Jazz Bass Special in the TB Classifieds and finally made it mine. Added a Hipshot A Type brass/black bridge as the original was pretty rough. Also replaced the E tuner with a Hipshot BT2-B detuner.

Now for the flames. The obvious addition of the pickguard. Sacrilege to some but I like the look of it and it gives it a little life. I also put an old Les Paul Treble/Rhythm indicator to the three way selector switch.

I found a rubber ridged grommet for the J volume knob that was missing and touched up some of the paint chips on the headstock.

It's now the perfect bass for metal. \m/

 

[ScarfFace]

that looks awesome Jamvan!

 

[Jamvan]

that looks awesome Jamvan!

Thank you @ScarfFace. I debated quite a while before adding it but am very pleased with the results. It took me about the same amount of time to decide as it took for me to find a pickguard for the atypical P-Bass control layout with the 3-Way toggle. (For future reference: Mike Quick @ Quickguards. home)

 

[JIO]

I just assembled this mongrel J; 60's pu spacing, 1-1/2" deep, roasted ash J body (I made it - Pat Wilkins finished it in satin), Lindy Fralin split-coil pu's, Audere JZ3 pre, Allparts ebony-board neck, modded Fender 70's GL tuners. (bridge will be replaced w/a Schaller 3D)

 

[FenderOli]

I just assembled this mongrel J; 60's pu spacing, 1-1/2" deep, roasted ash J body (I made it - Pat Wilkins finished it in satin), Lindy Fralin split-coil pu's, Audere JZ3 pre, Allparts ebony-board neck, modded Fender 70's GL tuners. (bridge will be replaced w/a Schaller 3D)

Tell us more about "the modded Fender 70's GL tuners".

 

[JIO]

Tell us more about "the modded Fender 70's GL tuners".

You can get a set just like them from madisonmusicstore on ebay, aged or clean - but I've had these for a while. A guy on ebay used to sell and convert them years ago - I sent him the tuners and he'd pop-ize them. I had him do 2 sets and they're spot on. Would come out to pretty much the same price as the Madison's set. If you're good in the shop you can use standard 70's Fender 'Getty Lee' tuning pegs and grind off the top hump of the clover, polish the edges and voile - pops! Unless you already have a set of 70's/GL tuners and feel confident in your skills, the Madison set is a fair price. There are later 70's tuners with a smaller back-plate that still have the big clovers which can also be converted. (for a slight weight reduction) I'm not keen on the Hipshot set w/the big block posts and they look like they'd be heavier than a converted 70's set.

 

[Jon_e_Say]

I could really get some better full pics of em. The top are my Warwick 2009 Ltd Ed Corvette $$ (giggling like a mad man behind the 2nd pic), and the bottom is my trusty old SR885 (at the Starlite Lounge in Edmonton...2006 I think??).

 

[Cosmiceddie]

Today I bought this amazing bass:

B.C. Rich Warlock PS4WS (Paolo Gregoletto Signature Bass)

 

[mark beem]

1. Ibanez SR5BB LTD
2. Lakland Skyline 55-64
3. Lakland Skyline 55-60 (swapped neck for one with a maple board and swapped stock electronics for EMGs)
4. ESP LTD B205SM Fretless (Soon to be upgraded with EMGs as well)
5. Fender Road Worn '60s Jazz Bass

1. Lakland Skyline 55-01 (Stock electronics swapped for US Bartolini pups and preamp)
2. Peavey US Millennium 5 Plus
3. Mike Lull M5V
4. Fender American Vintage '63 Precision
5. Valenti VTP5

 

[the harp unstrung]

"The Flock"..Starring The Heartbeat Of Our Lives...

...and just this week, the arrival of my new / old 1970 Univox EB-1...the same make, the same model, with lots of zeros in the serial #... as the Univox EB-1 I played between 1971 and 1974! I've been fishing on Ebay for 5 years...saw a couple that tempted me, but never pulled the trigger. I'm so glad I waited! Now we have to set up the whole "Flock" shot again...and that kid? She's the most interesting person I know!

 

[tomersg]

man, this off side pickup cover on the red ric looks so wrong. whats up with that?

 

[the harp unstrung]

whats up with that?

Once upon a time...42 years ago...when I was young and foolish, and wanted to grow up to be Chris Squire, and I used a plectrum almost exclusively, I thought that taking the pickup cover (that was serving no purpose that I could ascertain) off was the way to go. I didn't like the sound of playing it with a pick below the treble pickup: too tinkey...didn't like the sound, or the feel of playing above it toward the neck; too wobbly... so I took it off altogether and discovered that right across the treble pickup was the perfect place to strike the string with the pick. I loved the sound, and the resistance that I got there, but my right hand technique wasn't complete enough to keep still and stay in the proper place as I rested it on the body of the guitar. 19 year old engineer that I was, I envisioned a wrist rest! I 'attached' the pickup cover to the body of my guitar at just the right place, at just the right angle for me, and have never looked back. These daze I rarely play with a pick, but on the occasions when I do it serves the very purpose that I envisioned away back then, and it serves it perfectly...for me. Admittedly, if I were to come into possession of that guitar today, I believe I would be too wise to do that, but "so wrong"?...well everyone is invited to this party, and everyone is invited to toss their opinion into the hat. That's my story and I'm sticken' to it.