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The official "Show your basses" thread part 19!
- Thread starter smperry
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- Jun 30, 2010
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- musician/artist/owner - Gildaxe
Great post topic! Here are a few from my collection…Hope you like them? A couple unusual makers and models in here, a couple Mark King’s, a Jaydee and even a vintage Ibanez Sabre and a piccolo conversion Mikro I built up.
- Jun 30, 2010
- 49,619
- 222,155
- Disclosures
- musician/artist/owner - Gildaxe
Not generally drawn to this style of bass (Alembic etc,) but that's quite a handsome beast! 
Found my white whale last week -- all original (except the brass nut) '75 precision with a jazz style neck, vintage white. I've been looking online to find anything similar to this, but I can't seem to find anything. This was a special request order, one owner, and the owner is from a reputable music tech shop near me. Has anyone seen anything similar? My favorite thing about it is the neck, considering I'm not a huge fan of Fender's thick C they started producing in the 70s.
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My '75 P has a standard B neck. I'm sure some A's got through. What's your bass's weight? Mine is just over 8 lbs. It's the lightest full size bass I own, complete with neck dive.
8.4lbs for me, which I'm more than happy about! Mine has a bit of neck dive, comes with the territory though. I'm just happy not to have a chunky neck on a 70s, tbh.
My arsenal for now 
L to R
1. Nash pb63 with sit nickelwounds
2. Fender heritage 60s mij jazz with bartolinis and ti flats
3. Fretless Fender Jazz MIM early 2000s with bartolinis
4. Fender Elite Jazz V with dunlop marcus miller set
Which one would you use and which would you get rid of, or upgrade?
L to R
1. Nash pb63 with sit nickelwounds
2. Fender heritage 60s mij jazz with bartolinis and ti flats
3. Fretless Fender Jazz MIM early 2000s with bartolinis
4. Fender Elite Jazz V with dunlop marcus miller set
Which one would you use and which would you get rid of, or upgrade?
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Thanks JIO! This was a lifelong friend of mine’s bass, he knew Mark King from Level 42 and John Diggins, the owner of Jaydee. John built this gorgeous multi-upgraded Supernatural bass to Mark’s specs and my friend flew to England for a Level 42 reunion concert and picked up the bass at Jaydee. My friend sadly passed away far before his time from Cancer and I was very blessed and fortunate to acquire his bass collection to add to my studio and bass array. I feel like I am carrying on his musical legacy when I play, perform and record with his basses. He was one of the nicest people I have ever known, an excellent player, songwriter and his son is a fantastic drummer.Not generally drawn to this style of bass (Alembic etc,) but that's quite a handsome beast!
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Not generally drawn to this style of bass (Alembic etc,) but that's quite a handsome beast!
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Thank you so much Rod…appreciate the kind words…
Nice!!! I played a Stiletto for years and it served me very well, had a matched pair of fives and they never let me down. Excellent choices
Excellent taste!!! Like a collection of fine bourbons Mark…
Holy moly! Major kudos, still looking to add just one of these to my flight of axes..Wowza, stunning!
Love my Mikro! Converted to piccolo with EMGs and hardware upgrades, sanded back - great basses, nice choice!
Love my Squires, yours is a beauty!
