The official "Show your basses" thread part 19!

[badinage]

"Show your Cases" thread?

 

[Bleecker]

'66 P "Magic Bass" and '76 Ampeg Porta-flex B15N w/late '60s JBL D-140R speaker. A match made in (tone) heaven.

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Wow! Is that yours? SAweetA!

 

[God's Favorite Bass]

'66 P "Magic Bass" and '76 Ampeg Porta-flex B15N w/late '60s JBL D-140R speaker. A match made in (tone) heaven.

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That's such a good pic right there.

 

[God's Favorite Bass]

I like the rectangular one.

 

[God's Favorite Bass]

AVRI'58...and A CASE.

 

[/\/\3phist0]

Updated with Kent Armstrong Lipstick pickups , vintage (salvaged) CTS 250k pots from old G&L parts back stock, .05mfd wax tone cap, cloth wire new jack.
Fully shielded, and strung with the first set of rotosound swing bass 66's i've had since the 80's. Mesa Titan knobs.
Behold!
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***TLDR: LIPSTICK pickups sound even better than they look

*report. Massive success. Wide spectrum (more bass, sweeter treble, low mid-range tight and punchy) Growley and really touch sensitive.
Glad I did the extensive shielding, the venue's power was exceedingly dirty. My poor guitarist, his tube amp had Buzz almost equal to his signal!

Continuing, output slightly stronger than the over wound cheap Chinese (12.00 for the set Chinese ones i originally installed)
Rolling that tone control back produced a really deep roll off of treble starting sooner, the apparent midrange bump kicking in about 1/2 way through the rotation rather than 3/4 like with a .047 cap and by full rotation is a dub machine (great for Doby Gray's drift away)
Sound through my rig was substantially different enough that a patron who had seen us in the past commented that it sounded less harsh, fatter and "cleaner" with more definition

 

[definenredefine]

***TLDR: LIPSTICK pickups sound even better than they look

*report. Massive success. Wide spectrum (more bass, sweeter treble, low mid-range tight and punchy) Growley and really touch sensitive.
Glad I did the extensive shielding, the venue's power was exceedingly dirty. My poor guitarist, his tube amp had Buzz almost equal to his signal!

Continuing, output slightly stronger than the over wound cheap Chinese (12.00 for the set Chinese ones i originally installed)
Rolling that tone control back produced a really deep roll off of treble starting sooner, the apparent midrange bump kicking in about 1/2 way through the rotation rather than 3/4 like with a .047 cap and by full rotation is a dub machine (great for Doby Gray's drift away)
Sound through my rig was substantially different enough that a patron who had seen us in the past commented that it sounded less harsh, fatter and "cleaner" with more definition

How hard was it to install the lipstick pickups? Did you have to do any routing?

 

[definenredefine]

AVRI'58...and A CASE.View attachment 4725028

You can't beat old cases for the wild colors they would use to line the cases.

 

[/\/\3phist0]

How hard was it to install the lipstick pickups? Did you have to do any routing?

Nope perfect long / short usa jazz fit. They fill the gaps so you the routes are not exposed.

 

[stevieg]

I could have sworn there were bridge ashtrays that had foam/padding on them to act as a mute...

The Precision had a foam strip under the bridge cover. The Jazz had felt string mutes, one under each string and attached to the bridge. I have the original felt mutes for my '62 Jazz. I never use them, however.

Does anyone know when Fender stopped selling P-basses and J-basses without the foam strip and the felt mutes?

stevieg

 

[definenredefine]

Nope perfect long / short usa jazz fit. They fill the gaps so you the routes are not exposed.

Nice!

 

[BLYN]

Lee / Jameron / Jaco / Lynott

 

[monkeyxx]

It's not Jaco if it has frets

 

[badinage]

You can't beat old cases for the wild colors they would use to line the cases.

I thought this would wildly clash. Turns out I think it looks pretty cool.

Red bass in a red-lined case:

 

[definenredefine]

I thought this would wildly clash. Turns out I think it looks pretty cool.

Red bass in a red-lined case:
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That's a pretty bass too. I love the block inlays against the rosewood.

 

[JIO]

Wow! Is that yours? SAweetA!

yep!

 

[enormungus]

How the Squier contemporary jazz bass should've been from factory: active/passive switch + Darkglass tone capsule aka "all the knobs". I'm gonna switch out the passive tone pot with a 500k and work on the shielding then it'll be done. I figured I'd go ahead and post it here since it'll look the same aside from maybe the knobs which I only own in sets of 3 at the moment.

 

[Don Summers]

Apparently, I have a thing for V basses. Just finished this one. Neck and body made from Black Limba. 30.5 inch scale. The other two I built had just the modified Epiphone short scale necks.

 

[JIO]

How the Squier contemporary jazz bass should've been from factory: active/passive switch + Darkglass tone capsule aka "all the knobs". I'm gonna switch out the passive tone pot with a 500k and work on the shielding then it'll be done. I figured I'd go ahead and post it here since it'll look the same aside from maybe the knobs which I only own in sets of 3 at the moment.View attachment 4727749
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So volume/bass/treble for each pu? And active/passive a push-pull pot?

 

[enormungus]

So volume/bass/treble for each pu? And active/passive a push-pull pot?

The 3 black knobs are volume, pickup blend and passive tone with the volume being a push-pull for the active/passive switch. The 3 metallic knobs are hi-mids, low-mids and bass boost/cut in active mode.

I forgot to mention my #1 favorite upgrade on this bass is the drop-in battery box to replace the dinky little 9V connector that manufacturers still insist on using for whatever reason.