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The official "Show your basses" thread part 19!
- Thread starter smperry
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Very cool, did you build all of them? What's with the lefty?
Thank you! I did craft all. Even the guitars/baritones. Different flavors!
The lefty was to see if I could craft and showcase. Some available, some staying.
I like trying different things on a build.
I have two more Cliff Bordwell basses being built currently, but this is my updated Bass Cave. I play every single one daily!
-ScottM
Three in my toolbox:
1. 2011 Fender American Standard Precision (my main player)
2. 2018 Fender Player Series fretless Jazz (mods include pickups, pickguard, knobs and tuning machines)
and the newest addition;
3. 2022 Sterling StingRay 4 (mods include new tuning machines)
I've mostly been a passive bass player in my 41 year career thus far. I owned three active Ibanez basses between 2002 and 2010, and went back to the Precision in 2012.
Finally got my modest collection off the rickety floor rack and up on the wall.
Left to right: Ibanez SRMD205 (flatwounds and converted to passive), Sire P5 Fretless, Lakland Skyline 55-02
Left to right: Ibanez SRMD205 (flatwounds and converted to passive), Sire P5 Fretless, Lakland Skyline 55-02
My 2022 Sire V5 with new strings (Fender 72505M) in a "Wolfpak Hybrid" semi-rigid case that I acquired second-hand as a nice surprise (with a different used Jazz inside it). I don't think Wolfpak had/has much of a presence in the US or if they're even still making instrument cases. Anyhoo, the case fits a J quite well. A fun pair:
Howdy! Here’s my currently family!
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Left to right
Squier VM Precision TB
Epiphone Thunderbird Vintage Pro
Squier Bronco
Peavey Grind BXP
Fender Jaguar
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Left to right
Squier VM Precision TB
Epiphone Thunderbird Vintage Pro
Squier Bronco
Peavey Grind BXP
Fender Jaguar
Just got something that I thought I wouldn't ever buy. I got a Ric 5 string. I was expecting a floppy B string abs wasn't bad at all. Not as tight as my Spector Dimensions, but it was good.
I like the neck pickup much better than in a 4003. I like the bridge, no pickup cover to remove either. It sounds fatter than a 4003 and I actually like it better. Just would have liked it in black with a black pick guard
I like the neck pickup much better than in a 4003. I like the bridge, no pickup cover to remove either. It sounds fatter than a 4003 and I actually like it better. Just would have liked it in black with a black pick guard
Ohh, here's my Spector. Need to get my gf to clean up my place
I finally have a "family" pic to post -
Left to right/back to front -
Ibanez RS800
Squier P Bass
EBMM Stingray
Ibanez RB550
Fender Highway One (allegedly) Jazz Bass (my first refin)
Westone Thunder I
Left to right/back to front -
Ibanez RS800
Squier P Bass
EBMM Stingray
Ibanez RB550
Fender Highway One (allegedly) Jazz Bass (my first refin)
Westone Thunder I
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I always wanted a black Ricky 4003 bass , I had to get one until I saw the 4003 s8 Rickenbacker
I was finally gonna have a black Rickenbacker and an 8 string to boot , why an 8 string ?
My KRAMER XL-8 was stolen in 83.
I special ordered my Rick 8 str.
Got it about 2 months later
My first Rickenbacker finally !!!!
It played it for about a month
I wanted a black Rickenbacker so bad for so long
I had no doubt I was gonna love it
I was shocked when I FN hated everything about it
Except how it looked. .
SQUIER influenced my playing style big time back then.
I mean no disrespect to you or to Rickenbacker basses.
It's just me telling my "unhappy ending"
Rickenbacker story.
Nice collection!! A good friend of mine is ridiculous drummer. We always crack jokes at each other. When I saw your title... I zoomed and screenshot and sent to him. Lol. He comes back with. "That's cold man. It's me and that bass player locking down that pocket " lol
I started on drums and still play. It's funnier when you factor that in.
Also thank you!
New strings! I’ve been told but can’t confirm these are made by D’Addario. That would make these Chromes. With a 95 low E either way they are fantastic!
Nice fiver. Pet hair will always be an issue.
