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The official "Show your basses" thread part 19!

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My family, all short and medium scale.

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My trio. Made the bass guitars myself, mostly from recycled materials. The fretted has stayed pretty much the same from 2004 or so, when I made them. The fretless I've modded several times along the way though. It actually started out as a fretted bass. It also had a different body for several years. Took it to its original form during holidays and I am really happy with it now.

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Evil Undead said:
Ohhhh that Spector. I've always wanted to try one. A place in the uk has one on order, shorty with jazz width nut. I can dream!
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Yes it's a really really nice playing and sounding bass. Found mine used on E-Bay and I wish it had a jazz width. Mine is 1-3/4" wide and while I don't have too much trouble adjusting it though it would be nicer if it was 1-1/2".
 
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I haven’t done a “family photo” in a few years and there have been several changes. I’m relatively happy with the current lineup. From left to right (which happens to be Fender evolution sequence – Fender, Musicman, G&L and lastly the Fender clones):
  • Mustang reissue with Nordstrand pickup 5% overwound, Audere Pro-Z preamp and custom pickguards from Axetreme Creations (“real” tort with Mustang Cobra car markings).
  • Stingray HH Ball Family Reserve with clear pickguard and custom backplate from Axetreme Creations (tire tread background with Stingray car markings). No other modifications.
  • G&L M2500 with third pickup, splitting switch and custom backplate from Axetreme Creations (tire tread background with Super Bee Six Pack car markings).
  • Self-made ”Doner Designs” Jazz bass clone. Dubbed the Old 442 bass after its four band preamp, four pickups and two coils per pickup. Old refers to the body which is from my first Squier bass. Allparts neck, Dimarzio J pickups, Willpower Neck pickup, Audere 4 band preamp, Babicz bridge, Wilkinson tuners and custom Marcus Miller style pickguard from Axetreme Creations (red tort with Doner Designs logo on the front and Oldsmobile 442 car markings on the backplate).
  • Self-made “Doner Designs” 72 P bass clone. Warmoth body and neck. Mahogany body, birdseye top, tung oil finish, wenge neck, macassar ebony fingerboard, burled walnut pickguard, maple knobs, Nordstrand NP4a, Audere 4 band preamp, Babicz bridge, Hipshot Ultralight tuners. Too classy to get a car theme alter-ego.
  • Spectorcore fretless (on the couch) with SGD Lutherie Neo pickup, stock piezo pickup in bridge and dual Audere preamps – one for the magnetic pickup and one for the piezo.
All have LaBella 1954 flats and Hipshot X-tenders. All except the Mustang and the 5 string are strung BEAD.

The car theme commemorates my previous hobby which was a little more expensive than bass collecting. I had a Mustang Cobra and a Corvette Z06 (not a Stingray) at one time. The Super Bee Six Pack name is a tie in to the 3 dual coil pickups and the color which fits the Mopar cars of the late 60’s when my Dad worked for Chrysler.

Amp rigs not shown are Markbass. One is an Alain Caron signature amp and the other is a mini stack of the 1x12 combo with a 1x12 extension cab.

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Squier Affinity V JBass - although not the the best bass i've ever played, my
girlfriend bought it for me so it holds a high sentimental value. it does the trick.
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Squier fretless Bronco bass - terrible bronco i got for free and de-fretted myself. now it sounds great and i actually now use it rather than letting it sit to collect dust

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