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The official "Show your basses" thread part 19!
- Thread starter smperry
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sory for copying from the bass moding club... i love to mod all of my basses. some little and some more. to match to my taste in looks, sound and playability.
maybe its came from ocd for small details, sound pursue, gas and also i used to build model kits of airplanes, tanks and vehicles in my youth and some of it left. and i found the modding creative. just another channel to creativity and art sense..so why not?
here are some of my modded basses.
this is a small acoustic indian givson acoustic guitar that i reassigned into fretless acoustic bass.
more details here: http://www.talkbass.com/threads/29-inch-archtop-acoustic-bass-build.1092681/
94 warwick steamer 5 bolt on. converted to fretless. aguilar obp3 preamp. bartolini pickups replaced to mec's.
hofner icon (ignition) beatle bass. cosmetic touches: teacap knobs, slightly relicing plastic parts, painted nut and painted headstock "binding" pure and fun ocd..
squier precision vm - converted to pj with dimarzio ultra jazz at the bridge. also hi mass bridge, hipshot tuners and d tuner and new cts pots.
most heavy modified squier 70's jazz vm. onky the neck left.. body was black MIM peeld to natural with nitro finish. hipshot tuners and d tuner. badass II bridge. 500K cts pots with strat knobs. dimarzio model j pickups. graphtech tusq nut.
fender classic 70's jazz bass. added badass II bridge, seymour duncan sjb2 pickups, hipshot d tuner, fender reissue tort pickguard.
sbmm sub ray 4. after volume pot (VR) mod to reduce hot preamp output. (oferd in the abmm sub megatread) and hipshot d tuner. that all..
dean acoustic bass. modded to better preamp. (fishman copy)
palatino EUB modded with preamp and cable tail.
of course all my basses fitted with strap locks!
96 fender precision mij. moded with seymour duncan spb2, cts pots and fender 60's reisue tort pickguard. my jamerson tribute bass
91 rickenbakcer 4003. almost unmodded at all- but i got rid of the mute pad and the anoying mute pad buttons.. so it's very little mod..
1964 kay upright bass.
maybe its came from ocd for small details, sound pursue, gas and also i used to build model kits of airplanes, tanks and vehicles in my youth and some of it left. and i found the modding creative. just another channel to creativity and art sense..so why not?
here are some of my modded basses.
this is a small acoustic indian givson acoustic guitar that i reassigned into fretless acoustic bass.
more details here: http://www.talkbass.com/threads/29-inch-archtop-acoustic-bass-build.1092681/
94 warwick steamer 5 bolt on. converted to fretless. aguilar obp3 preamp. bartolini pickups replaced to mec's.
hofner icon (ignition) beatle bass. cosmetic touches: teacap knobs, slightly relicing plastic parts, painted nut and painted headstock "binding" pure and fun ocd..
squier precision vm - converted to pj with dimarzio ultra jazz at the bridge. also hi mass bridge, hipshot tuners and d tuner and new cts pots.
most heavy modified squier 70's jazz vm. onky the neck left.. body was black MIM peeld to natural with nitro finish. hipshot tuners and d tuner. badass II bridge. 500K cts pots with strat knobs. dimarzio model j pickups. graphtech tusq nut.
fender classic 70's jazz bass. added badass II bridge, seymour duncan sjb2 pickups, hipshot d tuner, fender reissue tort pickguard.
sbmm sub ray 4. after volume pot (VR) mod to reduce hot preamp output. (oferd in the abmm sub megatread) and hipshot d tuner. that all..
dean acoustic bass. modded to better preamp. (fishman copy)
palatino EUB modded with preamp and cable tail.
of course all my basses fitted with strap locks!
96 fender precision mij. moded with seymour duncan spb2, cts pots and fender 60's reisue tort pickguard. my jamerson tribute bass
91 rickenbakcer 4003. almost unmodded at all- but i got rid of the mute pad and the anoying mute pad buttons.. so it's very little mod..
1964 kay upright bass.
Gallifreyan, nice! Now what does that translate too? I could figure it out, but it's a hassle. That's a sweet bass, I bet it plays great!
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I only have two basses at the moment and here they are both.
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The sunburst one is my five string Jan Knooren Custom, which has a flamed maple top and cherry wood back with a Bartolini pre amp and a Harry Haussel musicman pickup, it's easily the best sounding bass I owned. Despite that I don't really play it that much since I don't like the feel of a five string bass.
The Blonde one is the bass I made in tribute to my father, which came from a toy instrument he made me when I was a kid. It has a body from flamed maple, cedrella (Spanish Cedar) and flamed maple back, Harry Haussel J-pickups with musicman coils and an all passive circuit. It sounds like an angry Rickenbacker.
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The sunburst one is my five string Jan Knooren Custom, which has a flamed maple top and cherry wood back with a Bartolini pre amp and a Harry Haussel musicman pickup, it's easily the best sounding bass I owned. Despite that I don't really play it that much since I don't like the feel of a five string bass.
The Blonde one is the bass I made in tribute to my father, which came from a toy instrument he made me when I was a kid. It has a body from flamed maple, cedrella (Spanish Cedar) and flamed maple back, Harry Haussel J-pickups with musicman coils and an all passive circuit. It sounds like an angry Rickenbacker.
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My "New" setup a 2014 Fender American Standard Precision & a Fender Rumble 200 combo. 
Welp- these have shown up- before... but this is the first they have joined a 'group' shot with their amplification brethren! 
- Squier CV P (Fiesta Red) w/Jazz neck- SD Antiquity II p/u <Labella Quarter Rounds>
- Fender Amer. Spec. P (Black) w/Geddy Lee J neck- SD QP Basslines p/u <Roto SS 66's>
- Fender Amer. Spec. P (Oly White) w/Amer. Spec. J neck- SD QP Basslines p/u <Labella Rx SS Rounds>
- Mike Dirnt P (Sonic Blue)- Fender '62 p/u <Labella 'low-tension' Flats>
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Markbass CMD 121P combo
Markbass Micromark 801 combo
Markbass LM III head
Gallien Kreuger MB200 head
Aguilar GS-112 cab.
Aguilar GS-112NT cab.
Fender Rumble 115 v3 cab. (x-2)
- Squier CV P (Fiesta Red) w/Jazz neck- SD Antiquity II p/u <Labella Quarter Rounds>
- Fender Amer. Spec. P (Black) w/Geddy Lee J neck- SD QP Basslines p/u <Roto SS 66's>
- Fender Amer. Spec. P (Oly White) w/Amer. Spec. J neck- SD QP Basslines p/u <Labella Rx SS Rounds>
- Mike Dirnt P (Sonic Blue)- Fender '62 p/u <Labella 'low-tension' Flats>
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Markbass CMD 121P combo
Markbass Micromark 801 combo
Markbass LM III head
Gallien Kreuger MB200 head
Aguilar GS-112 cab.
Aguilar GS-112NT cab.
Fender Rumble 115 v3 cab. (x-2)
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Yamaha TRBX504
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My two basses. Fender AVRI 75 and G&L SB2
this one is technically the bigger brother, the "Strategy" ... one is known as a 4:88 and the later 8:88 for the number of KT88 tubes they have..
I've played both and they're very similar in tone, with the Strategy having a bit more clean headroom. I am VERY pleased with it, the tone and the clean volumes I can get. Check out our Strategy / Prodigy thread for more info, the link is in my signature block.
My new baby moments after I got it home last payday.
Just under two weeks into my new life as a Bass Player, but there's already noticeable progress. I can do this!
Just under two weeks into my new life as a Bass Player, but there's already noticeable progress. I can do this!
