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The official "Show your basses" thread part 19!

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...little brother goes
1st this time...

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Natron5050 said:
2001 G&L L 2500 Fless 5. Gifted to me directly from G&L after touring their factory and meeting the folks that work there. ....long story....great people. 100% original
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I'm off for 2 weeks. Would love to hear the "long story." As a huge fan of G&L, if all it takes to get a free bass is a tour of the factory, I'm gonna buy plane tickets today.
 
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EdBo said:
My new FENDER Limited Edition Standard Telecaster Bass w/ Loaded Mike Dirnt Pickguard. The MD 59 Custom Shop pickup is Amazing compared to the cheap stock pickup w/ Ceramic bar magnets and wound to a weak 4.9 K. The 59 CS is wound to a warm 10.85 K. I just had to add a Babicz bridge.
She is now Bad-Ass ! I now own a real Fender for less than $700.
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She's a beauty Ed! How 'bout those Dirnt pickups huh? Yup. Business.
 
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woodyng2 said:
Very niiice Rick!
Don’t think i’ve ever seen a pickup cover used that way,but i bet it works!
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In decades gone by, I was about a 50/50 Bassist...used a plectrum ‘bout half the time.

Frustrated by the pick on the neck side of the pickup cover: too wobbly.
Frustrated by the pick on the tail side of the pickup cover: too clankey.
Moved the pup cover so that I could use it as a rest for the heel of my hand while I picked right over the tail end pickup.

It’s worked well for 40+ years!

I’m a fingertip player now. :thumbsup:

Happy Christmas!
 
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Mantis Tobaggan said:
Thanks man. That is a parts bass I assembled this summer. I love how it came out. (technically the pickguard is mint, but the light is hitting it dead on, so in the pic it def looks white).
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very cool. this is one of my favorites, the only reason i haven't built me one is that i don't play much fretless....it's got to be (IMHO) one of the coolest looking basses ever...
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