Very cool! My first bass was a KB-1 in red.
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The official "Show your basses" thread part 19!
- Thread starter smperry
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- Jun 30, 2010
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- musician/artist/owner - Gildaxe
Ok, so cool bass and all.., but your pic shows a couple of more interesting things to me... one, a nice Trek road bike against the bar ..., and two, a pic of a B-25 on the wall. I'm a hard-core road cyclist (raced for 25+ years) and my father was a captain of B-25's in Burma.
oh.., and I'm a motorcyclist (VFR) as well (referencing your avatar pic)
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This is my FrankinGibson bass. It's a mid 70's body with an Epiphone Thunderbird neck and Victory Bass bridge and tuners.
I'm still waiting for the finish to cure on the latest. I have four. In order.
A 74 Guild M 85 II. Which I bought new. Currently it needs a little refurbbing, of the electrics at least, and maybe the neck. It has some belt buckle rash on the back and some small wear throughs. I beat on it for about two decades.
Yer Spector NS-2A. Made in Korea I believe. I traded a Kramer Forum III for it. It's good.
To replace the Guild I bought a Kiesel neck through neck and a Mahogany plank and carved a rough copy of it. Aguilar electronics and other good gear was applied. A local luthier routed and drilled the body for all the fittings. I've been very happy with it.
But my hands kept itching to really carve/sculpt a body, and my mind kept throwing up ideas. So last year I got one of the last of the necks Keisel sold, in Walnut, and a walnut plank. It was edgy. The final appearence was unclear. As well as it's sonic qualities. I'm still working through what kinds of sounds it can make. It's fun, and encourages the exploration.
A 74 Guild M 85 II. Which I bought new. Currently it needs a little refurbbing, of the electrics at least, and maybe the neck. It has some belt buckle rash on the back and some small wear throughs. I beat on it for about two decades.
Yer Spector NS-2A. Made in Korea I believe. I traded a Kramer Forum III for it. It's good.
To replace the Guild I bought a Kiesel neck through neck and a Mahogany plank and carved a rough copy of it. Aguilar electronics and other good gear was applied. A local luthier routed and drilled the body for all the fittings. I've been very happy with it.
But my hands kept itching to really carve/sculpt a body, and my mind kept throwing up ideas. So last year I got one of the last of the necks Keisel sold, in Walnut, and a walnut plank. It was edgy. The final appearence was unclear. As well as it's sonic qualities. I'm still working through what kinds of sounds it can make. It's fun, and encourages the exploration.
Two active ones from two different planets. Which one do you prefer?
I prefer the MM but only if I don't prefer the Spector which I prefer only if I don't the MM.
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The Spector, hands down!
But that's mainly because of Doug Wimbish being a hero of mine.
That’s a nice looking sire but I’d go for the Spector tone all day. At least this week....
I’m actually looking at picking up a new Okon.Where's the Ritter?
Yes!!!! John hooked me up with the Pangton and the Yin Yang
