The official "Show your basses" thread part 19!

[jeep]

Wow! Nice collection, each one a bit different. What kind of amps are those, that's a nice collection too!

edit: My guess is Silvertone?

Silvertone model 1483

 

[God's Favorite Bass]

LOVE 'em all! But really, REALLY love the tangerine!

Yes, that one IS cool imho too.

 

[fretno]

Taste the Rainbow ...wait you know what I mean

 

[funkinbottom]

Finally got around to a family photo...

 

[Nuage420]

The more I play this baby the more in love I am. Go figure my least expensive bass is my favorite.

 

[Jjacks651]

You must change your name to "Gary Glitter"
You win the prize for keeping Metalflake alive and well in Basses! I love your collection.

John

 

[Ramonesfan59]

Ok @fretno here is the glitter portion of my basses. Some are pics I had previously.View attachment 4356996 View attachment 4356998 View attachment 4357000 View attachment 4357002 View attachment 4357003 View attachment 4357006 View attachment 4357007

Still SO MUCH in love with that orange sparkle P.

 

[MovinTarget]

You must change your name to "Gary Glitter"
You win the prize for keeping Metalflake alive and well in Basses! I love your collection.

John

Um, not sure ANYONE wants to be known as Gary Glitter these days...

 

[WillyW]

 

[BBassBassington]

Ok @fretno here is the glitter portion of my basses. Some are pics I had previously.View attachment 4356996 View attachment 4356998 View attachment 4357000 View attachment 4357002 View attachment 4357003 View attachment 4357006 View attachment 4357007

You're 1 green sparkle bass away from being able to claim you own a sparkle bass rainbow!

 

[Bleecker]

Finally got around to a family photo...

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Are these all custom? The 4th from the left seems to be your favorite...

 

[the harp unstrung]

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The Red Hot Chili Peppers and MxPx were two of my favorite bands when I was a 14 year old kid learning how to play the bass guitar in 1996. It didn't take long until the Music Man Stingray became my "dream" bass. Unfortunately a $1400 bass guitar wasn't an option as would be the case for most teenage boys starting to learn an instrument. But I knew I had to have one someday. When I was 28 I quit smoking and bought my Music Man two weeks later. To be honest I didn't really even have the extra money for a big purchase. How I justified it in my head and to my wife was like this. Rather than continue spending $7 per day on cigarettes and have nothing to show for it I'm going to buy my "dream" bass which will always be awesome. I honestly think that by buying the bass it forced me to stick to quitting too because I spent almost all my money and didn't want to make my wife upset. I'm happy it worked out how it did.

Beautiful Bass, and a good, uplifting story, well told…
Why I keep comin’ back to
BassFace…

 

[funkinbottom]

Are these all custom? The 4th from the left seems to be your favorite...

No, not all. The far left one is a Brice short scale (30") from Rondo Music, and the far right is a Spector Q4 Pro 34" scale I bought used off Reverb. The blue and white one I built from scratch and are 31" scale. The green one was originally a 4 string 34" scale Pbass that was literally found in a trash can. I mod it and had a 32" scale neck made. The fourth from left is a heavily modded '60 Fender Jazz bass I bought as a kid in high school, 1970. Who new. At that time it was just a used Fender. I got it for $100. And in the late 60s early 70s it was quite popular to reshape them. All the wear is from me playing it many a year. Up until a few years back, it was my only bass.

 

[GreyBeard]

Old Reliable

 

[Das Jugghead]

Old Reliable

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I really like the rounded corners on that pickup. I'm a fairly aggressive fingerstyle player and find that the corners of my pickups are unforgiving. I wonder if I could sand them down . . . .. .

 

[MovinTarget]

I really like the rounded corners on that pickup. I'm a fairly aggressive fingerstyle player and find that the corners of my pickups are unforgiving. I wonder if I could sand them down . . . .. .

OMG yes! Don't get me started pups close to the neck and trying to slap aggressively!

 

[LowEndLobster]

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The more I play this baby the more in love I am. Go figure my least expensive bass is my favorite.

I love that! I really want to try one

 

[Nuage420]

I love that! I really want to try one

I think we can make that happen

 

[MovinTarget]

I think we can make that happen

Announcer voice:
"Next time, on LowEndLobster's Youtube Channel..."

 

[TK4261]

30" Maruszczyk