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The official "Show your basses" thread part 19!

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My now trio.

Left: modern Squire kit standard bass. Set of GHS bass boomers on here.
Middle: Yamaha TRBX204 in name only. Active electronics fried, so it became a project bass. A set of split-coil Seymour Duncan SP-3 quarter pound precision pickups. Bottom pickup is assumed OEM. A few replacement pods as well. A set of D'addario strings here as well. A few other tweaks as well since first and second strings where a bit too high compared to the others.
Right: Hagstrom 60's bass. Original other than strings (GHS on here as well). It's been featured here when I was trying to learn more about it (seems to be a '64 by general accounts).

All three have visited my trusted guitar shop to be checked out, minor adjustments made accordingly and play brilliantly. The Yamaha is a bit of surprise at how good it sounds on its own, even more so considering it was in such a non-working state.

A year-ish later and I'm a bit better than when I started out. I do have a fourth bass picked out that will join my fleet soon. Good excuse to post again when I have it later. ;-)
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BaSsIcWiZaRd said:
My now trio.

Left: modern Squire kit standard bass. Set of GHS bass boomers on here.
Middle: Yamaha TRBX204 in name only. Active electronics fried, so it became a project bass. A set of split-coil Seymour Duncan SP-3 quarter pound precision pickups. Bottom pickup is assumed OEM. A few replacement pods as well. A set of D'addario strings here as well. A few other tweaks as well since first and second strings where a bit too high compared to the others.
Right: Hagstrom 60's bass. Original other than strings (GHS on here as well). It's been featured here when I was trying to learn more about it (seems to be a '64 by general accounts).

All three have visited my trusted guitar shop to be checked out, minor adjustments made accordingly and play brilliantly. The Yamaha is a bit of surprise at how good it sounds on its own, even more so considering it was in such a non-working state.

A year-ish later and I'm a bit better than when I started out. I do have a fourth bass picked out that will join my fleet soon. Good excuse to post again when I have it later. ;-)
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BaSsIcWiZaRd said:
My now trio.

Left: modern Squire kit standard bass. Set of GHS bass boomers on here.
Middle: Yamaha TRBX204 in name only. Active electronics fried, so it became a project bass. A set of split-coil Seymour Duncan SP-3 quarter pound precision pickups. Bottom pickup is assumed OEM. A few replacement pods as well. A set of D'addario strings here as well. A few other tweaks as well since first and second strings where a bit too high compared to the others.
Right: Hagstrom 60's bass. Original other than strings (GHS on here as well). It's been featured here when I was trying to learn more about it (seems to be a '64 by general accounts).

All three have visited my trusted guitar shop to be checked out, minor adjustments made accordingly and play brilliantly. The Yamaha is a bit of surprise at how good it sounds on its own, even more so considering it was in such a non-working state.

A year-ish later and I'm a bit better than when I started out. I do have a fourth bass picked out that will join my fleet soon. Good excuse to post again when I have it later. ;-)
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I think I remember your posts about the Hagstrom. Is this the one you inherited, which had a cover on the bridge p'up? Looks like it to me. I remember the pick rest below the upper pup. The switches didn't work, or had noise, but I remember you got those cleaned up? Anyway, it turned out beautiful. If this is not that bass, then doesn't matter, never mind, it's still beautiful.
 
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BassicJazzy said:
I think I remember your posts about the Hagstrom. Is this the one you inherited, which had a cover on the bridge p'up? Looks like it to me. I remember the pick rest below the upper pup. The switches didn't work, or had noise, but I remember you got those cleaned up? Anyway, it turned out beautiful. If this is not that bass, then doesn't matter, never mind, it's still beautiful.
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That it is; good eye :)

Guitar shop respected my Hagstrom bass like the family heirloom that it is. They made the cover removeable, so I can re-attach it to make it look like it was on the cover of a gospel album that my grandfather played it on. I found that the cover was in my way of playing it, but I didn't want to just remove it. They were able to clean the switches to get them to work again. It's fully functional and has a watery/wavy sound to it. I take lessons at the same local shop, and this bass is conversation piece when I bring it out.
 
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BaSsIcWiZaRd said:
That it is; good eye :)

Guitar shop respected my Hagstrom bass like the family heirloom that it is. They made the cover removeable, so I can re-attach it to make it look like it was on the cover of a gospel album that my grandfather played it on. I found that the cover was in my way of playing it, but I didn't want to just remove it. They were able to clean the switches to get them to work again. It's fully functional and has a watery/wavy sound to it. I take lessons at the same local shop, and this bass is conversation piece when I bring it out.
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That is a bass that you can pass on to your offspring. If they don't play they can put it in a case on the wall to proudly display. Unlike many of the flavor of the month basses that pop up around here, a vintage Hagstrom will always be appreciated, and you will be the king of cool playing it! Awesome!
 
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