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The official "Show your basses" thread part 19!
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Rack 1 of 2 for the new studio
I had many basses before (cheap ones) but this €400 Squier Classic Vibe 70's P-Bass is my first serious bass purchase so far.
I especially like the gloss neck. Are there any other basses with or brands who produce gloss necks?
I especially like the gloss neck. Are there any other basses with or brands who produce gloss necks?
Here's yet another two of my basses. A Capri Orange parts build from 2022 that turned out awesome and a 2018 FSR Ocean Turquoise special from Guitar center.
2022 Fender Player Series Capri Orange Alder body. Mint green PG. Fender high mass bridge made by Kluson and IMO better than a BadAss II or an Omega. With the mint green PG this bass just screams Fender Surf bass. I was hesitant to order an orange body but the color is really nice. The more I see it the more I like it.
USA vintage cloth wiring, CTS pots and a pre Ukraine war RUSSIAN PIO .047 tone cap. For the pickup I went with the new Fender Yosemite series pickup and then grounded the pole pieces myself. Pretty easy to do and quiets them right down. I tend to rest my thumb right on the top edge of the pickup and with the grounding don't have to worry if my thumb touches the magnets. No buzz. Dunlop Straploks installed. The Yosemite sounds a bit more aggressive than a stock P bass pickup and I really like the grind from it when I dig in..
Neck is a Fender licensed Mighty Mite w/rosewood board. Dark Rosewood with lots of flame on the back of the neck. My longtime friend Roy Harper of Roy's Guitars in Yuma, AZ did the neck. He shaved the neck, applied vintage Amber tint, rolled the fingerboard edges, installed a decal and shot it with clear nitro lacquer. Then he rounded the fret ends. Absolutely gorgeous in person and the color is perfect with the Capri Orange body. I did a full level, crown, and polish on the frets. For tuning keys I went with the set of GOTOH vintage resolite reverse tuners. It's turned out to be a very nice bass all the way around. Weight 8.9 lbs.
Next is a 2018 Ocean Turquoise precision. I believe you can get this color stock from Fender now, but back when I bought it, it was a special edition created for guitar center to sell. In fact it has the special edition decal on the back of the headstock. Bridge and pickup both changed to a Fender hi-mass and an EMG Geezer Butler pickup. Tuners changed to tall stem clover GOTOH Res-o-Lites. Plays and sounds real sweet.
I wasn't too sure about it when I bought it because the action was really high. The neck had a visible, nasty bow in it. I figured it was just a case of it needed to be set up properly and since it was guitar center, I knew if it was no good, I could take it back and get a refund. Turned out all I had to do when I got it home was set the neck relief and then it played perfectly. Got a good one here. Pretty finish too. Fender has custom colors downpat. Especially those lake and ocean colors.
2022 Fender Player Series Capri Orange Alder body. Mint green PG. Fender high mass bridge made by Kluson and IMO better than a BadAss II or an Omega. With the mint green PG this bass just screams Fender Surf bass. I was hesitant to order an orange body but the color is really nice. The more I see it the more I like it.
USA vintage cloth wiring, CTS pots and a pre Ukraine war RUSSIAN PIO .047 tone cap. For the pickup I went with the new Fender Yosemite series pickup and then grounded the pole pieces myself. Pretty easy to do and quiets them right down. I tend to rest my thumb right on the top edge of the pickup and with the grounding don't have to worry if my thumb touches the magnets. No buzz. Dunlop Straploks installed. The Yosemite sounds a bit more aggressive than a stock P bass pickup and I really like the grind from it when I dig in..
Neck is a Fender licensed Mighty Mite w/rosewood board. Dark Rosewood with lots of flame on the back of the neck. My longtime friend Roy Harper of Roy's Guitars in Yuma, AZ did the neck. He shaved the neck, applied vintage Amber tint, rolled the fingerboard edges, installed a decal and shot it with clear nitro lacquer. Then he rounded the fret ends. Absolutely gorgeous in person and the color is perfect with the Capri Orange body. I did a full level, crown, and polish on the frets. For tuning keys I went with the set of GOTOH vintage resolite reverse tuners. It's turned out to be a very nice bass all the way around. Weight 8.9 lbs.
Next is a 2018 Ocean Turquoise precision. I believe you can get this color stock from Fender now, but back when I bought it, it was a special edition created for guitar center to sell. In fact it has the special edition decal on the back of the headstock. Bridge and pickup both changed to a Fender hi-mass and an EMG Geezer Butler pickup. Tuners changed to tall stem clover GOTOH Res-o-Lites. Plays and sounds real sweet.
I wasn't too sure about it when I bought it because the action was really high. The neck had a visible, nasty bow in it. I figured it was just a case of it needed to be set up properly and since it was guitar center, I knew if it was no good, I could take it back and get a refund. Turned out all I had to do when I got it home was set the neck relief and then it played perfectly. Got a good one here. Pretty finish too. Fender has custom colors downpat. Especially those lake and ocean colors.
This is my lefty Stagg BC300 which I grimly tolerate. There are (unfortunately) many like it but this one is mine (for now). I am looking for replacements and cursing my decision to start learning left handed, but such is my plight
(it's almost ok-ish for a beginner and it has managed to get me excited about bass so it's not all bad but it's not a good instrument at all and I will be glad when I find my next bass)
(it's almost ok-ish for a beginner and it has managed to get me excited about bass so it's not all bad but it's not a good instrument at all and I will be glad when I find my next bass)
I'm a lefty but I play right-handed. Back in 1969 when I started to play bass if you were left-handed you were out of luck. You either had to take a right-handed bass and restring it or learn to play righty.
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This was a good story to wake up to. Many of us here started with sub-standard instruments. For me it was simple economics and a family with no musical background/musician need awareness. But I was as proud of my 1st bass without proper set-up/sky-hi action and for the first few months, w/o an amp. Somehow my wanting to learn to play it overcame those obstacles. So keep at it and eventually you'll overcome those obstacles. I'm a dyed-in-the-wool bass player since 1966.
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Do you prefer setting up on the right side of the drummer? I prefer high-hat side, but one of my bands needs me on the opposite side and I don't feel as comfortable.
I not only want to be on the hi-hat side but I also like to be able to look over and see the drummer and watch his feet as well. when I'm on the other side of the stage I am never as comfortable. I mostly have played throughout my life in either three-piece bands or two guitar bands. Sometimes we split the guitars and other times they were both on the opposite side. It depended on the stage layout. We had keyboards for a while and he could be anywhere on the stage.
We had a pretty good size PA and really good side fill monitors so in reality it didn't matter where any of us stood on stage because we could always see ourselves. We played pretty loud back then and my ears have have paid the price for it.
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Drummer and I are a LOT more locked in on accents if I'm on the high-hat side, though I'm grateful to just be able to hear his kick.
Lately BL has been more accommodating on my request for high-hat side, though 1st priority is always to position him and the sax player closest to the crowd. Cool.
BTW the Ibanez EUB pic is in a venue where I'm happy to be on the tom side - Less room on the high hat side and the corner drum position and happy-accident stage floor resonance all works to where drummer and I hear each other incredibly well with this layout. I love playing this venue.
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I just finished my latest frankenbass. I posted this in the Talman club, but I'm really digging this build so i thought I'd share it here too.
Doing tech work, I get to keep parts sometimes which is how I ended up with a bare Ibanez TMB100 body. I widened the neck pocket to 2.5" and attached a Squier 40th anniversary jazz neck. I built it up with an Ibanez accu-cast bridge, Ibanez DXP/J pickups with the black knobs being pickup volumes and the chrome ring being master tone, and then some "for now" crappy squier tuners from the white P bass hanging next to it.
Overall, I'm very happy with this build. It feels great to play and these pickups punch. I'll most likely be keeping this one
Doing tech work, I get to keep parts sometimes which is how I ended up with a bare Ibanez TMB100 body. I widened the neck pocket to 2.5" and attached a Squier 40th anniversary jazz neck. I built it up with an Ibanez accu-cast bridge, Ibanez DXP/J pickups with the black knobs being pickup volumes and the chrome ring being master tone, and then some "for now" crappy squier tuners from the white P bass hanging next to it.
Overall, I'm very happy with this build. It feels great to play and these pickups punch. I'll most likely be keeping this one
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1980 Rickenbacker 4001, 1967 Guild Starfire I, 2010 Gibson SG, 1964 Gibson EB2, 1999 Fender AVRI '62 Jazz
The jazz is on the chopping block, probably making way for a Hofner 500/1
The jazz is on the chopping block, probably making way for a Hofner 500/1
Did your AV '62 Jazz Bass come with the bridge cover already installed? Mine didn't have the covers installed and I left it that way.
My very first bass, a late '60s Jazz Bass that I got in 1971, did have the covers on and I left it that way.
I bought it second hand (in like new condition) and it came with both covers uninstalled. I installed the ashtray for some extra shiny vintage-ness.
Nice looking bass. If it's the original neck plate for the body does it have 'Steel Adjustable Neck' engraved on it? Curious people want to know
How you like the Duff sig? I have been considering one. Does the Hipshot work well?
Arrived this month…my Sadowsky NYC Super J (40th Anniversary Limited Edition—5 basses made)…
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