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The official "Show your basses" thread part 19!
- Thread starter smperry
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P/bass is the nice one, I like.
The pickguard has the vintage look because I see the screw holes left by the tug bar and chrome pickup cover but I don’t see screw holes in the body around the bridge so it doesn’t look like it had a bridge cover? Hard to say. The input jack looks a little askew?
I'm a 100% sure it's a P Bass body. Do you mean what brand ? Yep I'm a smart-ass, lol.
Schecter used a bridge like that back in the early 2000's. Other Asian imports probably did also, not certain.
**Peace**
Thinking it's an SX from the bottom jack and bridge with two front screws. Saw some pics of older pj basses of theirs and think it's that. No big deal, was just curious
I think she's been more than reasonable
- your wife
If in doubt, choose Bacchus, that's what I say
And so I did ...
Bacchus DX4 Woodline .... She's a beauty too, thanks for the suggestion.
My new parts Jazz bass assembled by luthier/tech/repairman Mike Stoker in Memphis.
2011 American standard jazz neck with light weight keys used for 250
Mighty Mite swamp ash body Reverb.com 160
Schaller bridge I had laying around the house
Lollar pickups 190
Pots, knobs, wiring harness, plate 95
DR Pure Blues strings 46-105
Mint pick guard
Assembly, copper shielding and setup 150
Weight 8.5
2011 American standard jazz neck with light weight keys used for 250
Mighty Mite swamp ash body Reverb.com 160
Schaller bridge I had laying around the house
Lollar pickups 190
Pots, knobs, wiring harness, plate 95
DR Pure Blues strings 46-105
Mint pick guard
Assembly, copper shielding and setup 150
Weight 8.5
Attachments
From the looks of it, it's also an amber-white body. Now we're getting somewhere!
The Fender Jazz and The Fretless Freak
Wow! What is that fretless? Are those truss rod adjustments accessible through the fingerboard? That bass is intense!
All Hanging up with traps and ready to go....nice!
Built for me by Ken Bebensee (in 1997?) - - - After losing an '88 Warwick Thumbass Fretless to a car theft (f*ck the car) I was able to talk him into bubinga/wenge (purpleheart stringers) and a beautiful ebony fingerboard and bridge - - - He went crazy with his blades/routers - and delivered this beast to my door six months later - - - Those truss rods are accessible at around the 27th fret(less) position - with the strings in tune -
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It really is amazing, one of the nicest basses I've ever seen. The fact that its warwick-esque makes me even more jealous.
After having quite a bit of trouble with my order for a new Warwick back in 97; I met with and spoke to several builders about trying to reproduce my old "Thumb" - - - (I STILL have nightmares about the night I lost her) - - - Ken B just "got it" - even though he was trying to talk me into using a softer/lighter body wood (to save his tools) he agreed - and we selected the woods together - - - I'll ALWAYS be haunted by the Warwick - especially from the late 80s - - - But I am happy to be buried or cremated with this bass *Even the headstock is curved/concave!
