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The official "Show your basses" thread part 19!
- Thread starter smperry
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Great bass, for sure!
Congrats!
I wish I could find one on a garage sale too!!!
But this kind of things rarely happens nowadays... you're more likely to to find a Squier for one grand!
I like the bridge cover, but it seems to me you mounted it reverse... am I wrong?
- Jun 30, 2010
- 49,612
- 222,129
- Disclosures
- musician/artist/owner - Gildaxe
Great bass, for sure!
Congrats!
I wish I could find one on a garage sale too!!!
But this kind of things rarely happens nowadays... you're more likely to to find a Squier for one grand!
I like the bridge cover, but it seems to me you mounted it reverse... am I wrong?
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Over the years many players have reversed the cover - who knows exactly why but it may have to do with disengaging a foam mute glued to the top part of the underside.
Cool stuff
Cowpoke with extra knobs, fretless jag with 2 EMGs, multi-scale with alumibars, and a hip 2-MM bass with blocks and strat jack
Tell us more!
- Jun 30, 2010
- 49,612
- 222,129
- Disclosures
- musician/artist/owner - Gildaxe
Cool stuff
Cowpoke with extra knobs, fretless jag with 2 EMGs, multi-scale with alumibars, and a hip 2-MM bass with blocks and strat jack
Tell us more!
Yes, the fretless J is very compelling...
Great bass, for sure!
Congrats!
I wish I could find one on a garage sale too!!!
But this kind of things rarely happens nowadays... you're more likely to to find a Squier for one grand!
I like the bridge cover, but it seems to me you mounted it reverse... am I wrong?
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Hahaha, since you said that I had to go find out! I googled "77 Tele-Bass" and got lots of pictures with the cover either way.
I also found these service sheets:
Fender Telecaster bass >> Vintage Guitar and Bass
So you're right! Stock, it came with the wide opening to the rear (gonna have to switch that!). Also, it shows a 2 saddle bridge and mine has four. Maybe they changed the bridge between '76 and late '77, early '78. Thanks for motivating me to dig further. I love this stuff!
Cool stuff
Cowpoke with extra knobs, fretless jag with 2 EMGs, multi-scale with alumibars, and a hip 2-MM bass with blocks and strat jack
Tell us more!
Surething! I'll start from the left.
1.) The Acoustic is a Gitano who used to make awesome acoustics for cheap.
2.) The cowpoke has a delano p and seymour duncan STK-J2 bridge. Both pups have their own volumes, the p is connected to a tonestyler, the J is connected to a villex mid selector. It sounds really cool and I've had this guy the longest for about 14 years. The electronics were a risk with so much experimenting but it ended up working out really well.
3.) The jaguar is vintage modified special HB. I got it routed for an extra pickup to get the turbo sweetspot position and fitted it with an EMG DCX, TWX, and eq. The neck is a status fretless.
4.) Ibanez RG8 with fishman abasi pickups
5.) HSS strat with fishman tripleplay. I can get synth/keyboard bass on this guy cause I can use it as a MIDI controller.
6.) New Legator NB5FP with fishman pickups. This is probably the best sounding bass I got now. Those fishman pickups are something else and combined with a 37-34 scale makes this thing monstrous.
7.) My ultimate frankenstein. It has a Italia modulo body, red carbon vinyl wrap, carbon fiber pickguard, status neck, 2 Delano MC 4 FE/M2, each pup has a 3 way coil selector, dingwall ng2 style pickup switching in blade form, a tonestyler, a darkglass pre, a delano buffer/booster for 9v to 18v conversion, and a tesi kill switch. This thing is killer on sound and playability. And I did all the mods, besides routing, so I've had the most fun with this bass.
Recently got this back Fender Dimension American Deluxe with Nordstrand 2 band preamp. The Nordy pre really brought this bass to life.
Adding and subtracting from the arsenal, but these are the last 2 in! 80s squier mij medium scale w/ white pickup cover, hipshot detuner, and stellartone tonestyler. Lakland ‘05 DJ with original aero pickups, hipshot d tuners, and I’m currently lookin for a Atelier Z chrome pickup cover for it! (if anyone knows a secret spot to get them that’s not ebay cause they’re stupid expensive for some reason)
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just wanted to throw in the fretless Sire for a little more love! Need to find a complementary 4th. maybe a hollowbody is in my future
I recently got my 76' back together with new controls. I love the slim neck on this 
thing.
Some really cool old Ibanez stuff there
I dig it (except for the EX, never could get into those 
)
The EX is the newcomer, and the only MIK in the bunch. Someone tore the frets out and it sounds pretty good!Some really cool old Ibanez stuff there
It's Willy Wonka's bass. It's a WonkaBass....Not My Bass...
...just some eye candy from the local internet yard sale site
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I don’t know WTH it IS... but it’s pretty...in its own way.
I didn’t know where else to put it.
- Jun 30, 2010
- 49,612
- 222,129
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- musician/artist/owner - Gildaxe
Hmmmm is that a shapely vixen looking to seduce you with her silhouetted curves, or a stone cold killa waiting in the shadows to cut through the mix at just the right time?
...or both?
