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The official "Show your basses" thread part 19!

Only 2 you say? Geez lol. Nah seriously I.B. jelly, that’s a fantastic collection!
I forgot to put my 1984 Modulus Quantum 5 Neck Thru Fretless and my 2010 Dingwall combustion 5.. But thanks


Is that a double neck fretted and fretless in the back left?

How about a close up of that one.
Here you go
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Too many cool basses there...

we'll need individual shots of every one, front and back

and a small write up for each.

Take a couple days.

Thanks in advance. ;)
Well that could take a while! There are some pretty unique basses. A couple prototypes and 1 off's. Some cheapy Kay, Krappy, and Aria's, plus a few Modulus, G. Gould's and an Alembic poking in there. Even my 1999 Fender Precision Special is making an appearance
 
I dug out a bass that I haven't played for some time. It is my very first full Warmoth and I consider it a Desert Island bass.
Short Bio: When I got this body Warmoth didn't have a store like now. They had the Thrift Shop and it had some over runs and cancelled orders and not too many of anything. Went into it one day, saw this body and that was that. Had them add the J route and it was always intended for EMG's.
The neck was really a surprise and still flips me out. There were no examples of figured wood necks so I sent a hand written letter, included a money order (pre-Paypal) and wrote "if you could send me one with some nice figuring I'd be grateful - it's a BD present from my wife."
Somebody there was sympathetic and sent this beauty! If I found whoever it was right now, I'd buy them dinner!!!!
The body is Black Korina with the Quilt cap. One of the best Blue Bursts I've seen. Had to go with Gold hardware...
Here it is:

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I had a sudden attack of The Blings and added a coupla touches. It should look great in the lights!!
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1) Fender Roger Waters Precision bass
My main bass, got it in 2012. brand new. I upgraded the bridge to Schaller soon after. I'll also most likely replace the pickup to SPB-2 in the near future (it has SPB-3). Roundwound strings.

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2) Squier Classic Vibe '60s Jazz bass
Made in Indonesia, got it in 2015. with Schaller tuners, bone nut and custom wound pickups. I put Fender Hi-mass bridge soon after. A few years ago I also rewired electronics to one tone pot and got it refretted. Roundwound strings.

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3) Ibanez Roadster RS840
Got it last year for Christmas. It's from 1980. Flatwound strings right now, but I'm thinking about putting rounds on... we'll see.

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4) Squier Classic Vibe Bass VI
Got it a few days ago! Love this thing! Will change the strings to La Bella 26-95 rounds, also thinking about buying a brown tortoise pickguard...

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I dug out a bass that I haven't played for some time. It is my very first full Warmoth and I consider it a Desert Island bass.
Short Bio: When I got this body Warmoth didn't have a store like now. They had the Thrift Shop and it had some over runs and cancelled orders and not too many of anything. Went into it one day, saw this body and that was that. Had them add the J route and it was always intended for EMG's.
The neck was really a surprise and still flips me out. There were no examples of figured wood necks so I sent a hand written letter, included a money order (pre-Paypal) and wrote "if you could send me one with some nice figuring I'd be grateful - it's a BD present from my wife."
Somebody there was sympathetic and sent this beauty! If I found whoever it was right now, I'd buy them dinner!!!!
The body is Black Korina with the Quilt cap. One of the best Blue Bursts I've seen. Had to go with Gold hardware...
Here it is:

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I had a sudden attack of The Blings and added a coupla touches. It should look great in the lights!!
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That is a beauty! I love the birdseye maple and I have a couple of newer Warmoth necks with it. You can tell its age by the squared-off fretboard. Looks like it has the overhang, thought. Personally, I favor dots on a P bass fretboard. Are those stickers, or did you have the fretboard re-route for the blocks? They look nice, whatever they are.
 
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That is a beauty! I love the birdseye maple and I have a couple of newer Warmoth necks with it. You can tell its age by the squared-off fretboard. Looks like it has the overhang, thought. Personally, I favor dots on a P bass fretboard. Are those stickers, or did you have the fretboard re-route for the blocks? They look nice, whatever they are.
Thank you! I don't remember exactly when I got it as I was just dipping my toe into expanding. It has the overhang. And as much as I'd love to have the neck actually routed, $10 does the trick and 3' away you can't say it's not! They not only match well, they come right off if I tire of them. I also did my Spector with the correct "pearl" blocks and they look great! Right now I'm eyeing up some other basses...
Search "fretboard stickers". They are everywhere.
P.S. Currently loaded with the Aguilar set, V-V-T. Highly recommended!
 
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