The official "Show your basses" thread part 19!

[Eneade]

My 75 and 74 Precisions
B neck for the 75, A neck for the 74.
Both in flatwounds, Dunlop for the natural and TI for the Mocha.

 

[Striku]

My 75 and 74 Precisions
B neck for the 75, A neck for the 74.
Both in flatwounds, Dunlop for the natural and TI for the Mocha.

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Doesn't get much better than this! How's the weight on these?

 

[Eneade]

@Striku
Very different weights ! The natural is 9,9 lbs and the mocha is 8,1 lbs.

 

[coyote1]

The Family, final edition (I think).

Squier CV Jazz, Peavey Grind neck-thru, Mathias Thoma 1974, Tobias KillerB 6, Robelli SWD. All of ‘em play great and sound great at this point. Given how things have developed over the decades, I can’t see getting a Ric or a fretless or a ‘tabletop’ multi-thousand $$ instrument. Had a few fretless along the way; they all led back to the upright. The Tobias covers my extended range desires, and has elements of the more expensive side of electric basses. The Grind is my neck-thru.

 

[DrGDP]

My tiny, lightweight electric upright. A not-so-great quality cell phone clip of bass in action:
For gear junkies: This bass is passive, no on board electronics. Requires a high impedance preamp. The cell phone recording is of bass, Fishman pre, Quilter amp, Acoustic Image Upshot. The strings are La Bella Low Tension Flats.

 

[scooterguy]

Adding a couple new vintage imports to the lineup. A Strad-o-lin and a Teisco Apollo.

The Teisco has a cantankerous neck (even after I flattened out the humps in the fingerboard and gave it new frets, only to do that whole process again) and the truss rod has some mild anxiety leading to a slightly higher action than I would like, but the bass sounds great and it plays fine. It has a comfortable neck with a good balance. The pickups are something I already had -- the body required surface mount pickups with no routing, and I just happen to have this pair that are crystal clear sounding.

The Strad-o-lin plays beautifully with a lovely vintage thump after a re-wiring, re-gluing of the fingerboard, and some new frets. It's neck-divey and has a chonky profile, but still very comfortable and the right strap keeps it under control. Yes, it's a F-word bridge cover. YOU try finding an original...

Don't judge the ratty looking strings with the blue silks. Those are my temporary setup strings that I use for any new project I know I will have to tune/de-tune a hundred times. Now that I'm looking at the photos I'm remembering I never went back to set the intonation, so it's a good thing those strings are still on it...

 

[Bass4ThePublic]

Is it me or do old fender red plush cases make everything look cooler, even if it isn’t a vintage Fender? Here is my mjt parts P in my 65 Jazz basses case. I keep the 65 in a modern humidified case.

 

[Nuage420]

 

[JIO]

Adding a couple new vintage imports to the lineup. A Strad-o-lin and a Teisco Apollo.

The Teisco has a cantankerous neck (even after I flattened out the humps in the fingerboard and gave it new frets, only to do that whole process again) and the truss rod has some mild anxiety leading to a slightly higher action than I would like, but the bass sounds great and it plays fine. It has a comfortable neck with a good balance. The pickups are something I already had -- the body required surface mount pickups with no routing, and I just happen to have this pair that are crystal clear sounding.

The Strad-o-lin plays beautifully with a lovely vintage thump after a re-wiring, re-gluing of the fingerboard, and some new frets. It's neck-divey and has a chonky profile, but still very comfortable and the right strap keeps it under control. Yes, it's a F-word bridge cover. YOU try finding an original...

Don't judge the ratty looking strings with the blue silks. Those are my temporary setup strings that I use for any new project I know I will have to tune/de-tune a hundred times. Now that I'm looking at the photos I'm remembering I never went back to set the intonation, so it's a good thing those strings are still on it...

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Nice to see some love for these '60s Japanese warhorses. I restored one like my very 1st (long scale) bass bought new in '66 from Woolworths Dept Store for $40 as a 13yr old. A "Tempo" (badged many different brand names - mine was badged "Stadium") I did my own finish following its original brown-burst - purple & tobacco w/hologram flakes.

 

[scooterguy]

Nice to see some love for these '60s Japanese warhorses. I restored one like my very 1st (long scale) bass bought new in '66 from Woolworths Dept Store for $40 as a 13yr old. A "Tempo" (badged many different brand names - mine was badged "Stadium") I did my own finish following its original brown-burst - purple & tobacco w/hologram flakes.

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Yeah, I remember reading your whole post on that one and it inspired one of my past builds. I've also had a Lyle, a Kasuga (admittedly 70s, but still amazing and I'm never parting with it), and some other matsumoku gems. The band that followed us on stage last night featured a gorgeous Teisco bass doing some heavy lifting. It was great to see that!

 

[JIO]

Yeah, I remember reading your whole post on that one and it inspired one of my past builds. I've also had a Lyle, a Kasuga (admittedly 70s, but still amazing and I'm never parting with it), and some other matsumoku gems. The band that followed us on stage last night featured a gorgeous Teisco bass doing some heavy lifting. It was great to see that!

The Tempo I restored sounds ok. I did it mostly out of nostalgia to attempt to revisit a slice of my youth. Back then I only knew of volume - not tone. As long as I could be heard (loud) - I was a bass-player. But I do have other non-mainstream basses from the late '60s early '70s that play & sound great. They get discounted a lot here on tb but I feel initial interpretations had to do with lack of proper set-up as long as the neck was straight. (accounting for actual flaws)

I saw a local band bass player playing a Teisco Del Rey EB200 and loved the way it looked and sounded. I went home after the show and searched for one on eBay. I found this one and bought it that night. It's a great sounding/playing ss bass that has inspired a collection of my custom basses.

 

[JIO]

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Ashdown...

 

[Tedthulhu]

Here are my current fretless basses. On the left is my Ibanez SRF705. On the right is my brand new Beardly Custom 5 string. PME freboard with the John Clarity Method applied, flame maple and ebony neck-through, zebrawood body, black walnut back strip.. Three Nordy Big Blade pups (2X Clean and Clear, 1X Warm and Wooley), Darkglass Tone Module preamp, Dunlop straplocks (recessed), Hipshot ultralight tuners.

Oh, and also one of my bastard swords. Oops.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Here are my current fretless basses. On the left is my Ibanez SRF705. On the right is my brand new Beardly Custom 5 string. PME freboard with the John Clarity Method applied, flame maple and ebony neck-through, zebrawood body, black walnut back strip.. Three Nordy Big Blade pups (2X Clean and Clear, 1X Warm and Wooley), Darkglass Tone Module preamp, Dunlop straplocks (recessed), Hipshot ultralight tuners.

Oh, and also one of my bastard swords. Oops.

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The Beardly is gorgeous, but what a huge honkin' neck!

 

[Tedthulhu]

The Beardly is gorgeous, but what a huge honkin' neck!

35" scale! I have long fingers and slender hands, so it works for me.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

I can’t believe I forgot to post this Epi Thunderbird beauty!

Epiphone moved Thunderbird VP production from Indonesia to China, made some minor changes (including a steeper neck angle for who knows what reason), changed the name to ‘64 Thunderbird (stupid name)and offered a couple of exclusive sparkle finishes through ZZounds/AMS in the US and someone else in the UK — this purple and an equally lovely blue.
They also added some much needed bass in the pickups.

 

[joshmickelson]

NBD! 1983 Fender Precision. Plays and sounds great! Can’t wait to gig it.

 

[JIO]

I posted my recent build a week ago after just completed it. Here's another pic from a recent outside SF/GGP bandshell show from last Wednesday early evening. (CA time) Trial by fire - it met and exceeded expectations right out of the box. Further acknowledgment that I know of what I speak as a designer/builder.., AND bass player.

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[Gopherbassist]

I’m currently having a love affair with brightly colored multi scale basses. Mayones Ori and Kiesel A2
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How are you liking that Ori?

 

[emal]

Saw this and was too curious, Im a sucker for ash bodies painted black so I bought it.
Had never heard of Goatrock before. Out of Ohio and seems to produce quality instruments, though he seems to be taking a break
Lightest bass Ive owned - If my cheapo bathroom scale is right- approx 7lbs
Plays well. Still getting to know it.
Pickups are made by Goatrock and all quality hardware
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