Great looking bass. And I am not really sure about the Blue Sky thing - but how did this pic get reversed from the others. Again nice bass.
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The official "Show your basses" thread part 19!
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Great looking bass. And I am not really sure about the Blue Sky thing - but how did this pic get reversed from the others. Again nice bass.
Because God Loves the Infantry
Izzat the back of the Status?
Mental note, I *REALLY* need to start playing with CF weave fabric!
Ma new King I snagged from one of the lads here last week . It's just killer . Tiny little thing
Ma new King I snagged from one of the lads here last week . It's just killer . Tiny little thing
What is the scale length of this beauty?
32" but it has the Status "bendwell" so it's 34" string length with a couple inches for the Bendwell
not mine here but to show you a better side view
A floating top bass is one of my own custom designs. Basically the top is 1/4" thick and is only attached to the rest of the body at the neck and bridge. the top is smaller than the body (by 1/4" in all directions) and sits 1/4" above the body. you can actually look through the bass from one side to the other with only the controls obstructing the view.
My original design was to have just a ring for the main body with the back completely open. I found that this had a rather hollow, almost dead sound with no sustain. so i redesigned it as a semi hollow. the top still floats above the body but the reverb from the hollowed out body give it a sound like a hollow body but with a barely audible softness which, with the right settings plays extremely well for songs with bass lead parts.... aka "take my breath away" while still being able to blast metal music. the pickups are EMG David Ellefson signature set with a blend pot.
I had this at a show a week ago and was offered $2500.00 but for now this is my personal instrument of choice.
I might decide to sell it after i complete my clamshell-hollow ghost bass, but the jury is still out on that..
I also cleaned it up since these pictures and used inserts to cover the screws holding the top to the body
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here are some more recent pics, although still before the strings arrived and where installed.
How about a pic from the side so we can see the space...? Interesting looking.
Floating top
that's actually a pretty good explanation of what i do with my floating top basses, except he is describing connecting to the body at several points, i chose to connect at only 2 points. and what he describes as the coloring is what i called a "subtle, barely audible, softness".
When i get home tonight i'll take a picture to show the concept.
Here is a better pic of the family.
34, 34, 32 & 30
34, 34, 32 & 30
Except for the SS Stingray - P's are all I play. Tried others, but always back to a P setup.'P' much?
