The official "Show your basses" thread part 19!

[MovinTarget]

Glad you still have your digits - a hand router is one of the most dangerous shop tools unless all precautions are taken. (as in, no short-cuts) I'll guess you attempted to rout w/o a guide on the already cut out body. Making/cutting guides and making sure they are stably clamped/adhered on the surface being routed when routing is key. Next time draw your outlines of the body and rout the blank before cutting it out for optimal router surface. (so it's not dangling off an edge) Once set-up, make shallow passages to get to the required depth - don't attempt to rout the whole depth at once. Also never lift it from the guide until it is fully off and always unplug it before changing bits. Do all the needful and a router is a very useful shop tool.

An analogy to, for those that question some of these suggestions... a friend of mine taught hang-gliding and he said it wasn't the newbies that died b/c they forgot to do their pre-glide checklist... it was the "experts" that didn't feel they needed to do things like *check the clip that attaches you to the glider!*...

 

[Mastodon2]

Here's my recently purchased 1989 Pedulla MVP 5, I love it!

 

[Bottom 4]

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Nice grouping you’ve got there! Is that Yin Yang a standard?

 

[MovinTarget]

Nice grouping you’ve got there! Is that Yin Yang a standard?

Its the Victor Wooten Fodera, I believe...

 

[David Sutkin]

Nice grouping you’ve got there! Is that Yin Yang a standard?

Thanks, it's a Fodera YYS .... On the far right is a Fodera Monarch P bass.

 

[David Sutkin]

Here's my recently purchased 1989 Pedulla MVP 5, I love it!

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Awesome!!!

 

[Funk Fashion]

Just finished my Ibanez Jet Bass. It was only released with a sunburst finish, I’ve put my funk cosmetics on it. It plays every bit as well as my American standard J bass, which I also painted

 

[Jason Harris]

Just picked this beauty up today! First ever brand new bass, and this will nicely compliment the Stingray 5.

Cole Clark Long Lady 5, built using sustainable Australian tonewoods. Queensland maple 3 piece neck, Bunya wings, Figured Queensland Maple Silkwood Cap, river sheoak fretboard, blackwood headstock. Aguilar OBP3 preamp and pickups.

Neck is sooo easy to play! View attachment 3340992 View attachment 3340993 View attachment 3342157

Can only assume Bass centre? I was gonna get a fretless one

 

[rocklogic]

Can only assume Bass centre? I was gonna get a fretless one

Hey mate, Rob Little from GH Music looked after me. I did try a fretless a couple of months' back, it was really cool!

 

[Jason Harris]

Hey mate, Rob Little from GH Music looked after me. I did try a fretless a couple of months' back, it was really cool!

Ahhhh fair, i'm in Sydney so only place I knew in Melbourne

 

[rocklogic]

Ahhhh fair, i'm in Sydney so only place I knew in Melbourne

If you check on Ebay, there were two shops that stocked them - one was in Canberra and the other was Sydney from memory!

 

[zoid_99]

Friend built me a custom walnut teardrop.

 

[JrMare]

My only one!!!! Fender Jazz Bass

 

[EdBo]

It's like getting a new Bass !
I was thinking about selling My Kramer "The Duke" Bass so I ordered a new switch and pots for it to put it back to stock. I traded for it 4-5 years ago and the electronics needed help badly and instead of fixing it I put an EMG 35TW in it because I had a Duke back in the late 80's and didn't care for the stock pickup configuration. Now I'm wondering if I've ever heard one wired correctly or if my tastes have changed. This Bass sounds amazing now, especially with the Switch in the Middle(Split coil) position. There's something really special going on with that Aluminum neck, Ebonol fretboard and whatever frets they put in these are the hardest substance known to this man. The frets don't show any wear. I think I'll keep it now !

 

[BaticaBG]

Here is mine 1987 MIK Squier Bullet, recently I have stripped off the paint and decided to make it some kind of washed white with blue kind of something...

 

[EdBo]

Here is mine 1987 MIK Squier Bullet, recently I have stripped off the paint and decided to make it some kind of washed white with blue kind of something...
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Awesome ! I like the distressed look.

 

[BaticaBG]

Awesome ! I like the distressed look.

Thanks buddy, it took me a while to make it looks good, its a combination of wood stain and rustoleum chalk spray

 

[EdBo]

Thanks buddy, it took me a while to make it looks good, its a combination of wood stain and rustoleum chalk spray

Nice Job.
I just noticed something; Is that a crack running thru the body between the Bridge and Pickup ???

 

[BaticaBG]

Nice Job.
I just noticed something; Is that a crack running thru the body between the Bridge and Pickup ???

yes it is, I think it is only on the top, since top is a maple veneer and body is alder

 

[deernaes]

A few of my faves.
Notice a theme?