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The Official Show-Your-Basses Thread [Part 4]

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Just picked this one up a few days ago!! :bassist: Got it new, 2004 JB w/ S1 that had sat in a mom and pop music store for 4 years. It was love at first sight! And is there a such thing as love at first sound? There is now, I'm making it official there is such thing as love at first sound!

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#611
A rather grainy shot taken of me playing my new Spector by my brother with his phone...

I might get some family shots of my Status Stealth and my Spector tomorrow...

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EDIT: Whoops I'll fix this later!
 
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lousybassist said:
Nice looking guitar! How would you describe the Q-Tuners, soundwise?
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Hmm.

I'll try. I'm not real good with this kind of description.

Clear, clean, flat, responsive and articulate. Pretty too. :D

I'm using a Telecaster six string Tenor bass 4 way switch wiring scheme that gives a
series connection as well as neck or bridge or both in parallel.

That setting gives just a tad of boost that adds a bit of extra warmth, hair even.

All and all I like 'em and would use them again.
 
#615
Here's my main bass.

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It was built by a luthier in NC named Chris Hill, sometime in the early 90s, and was his first 6-string bass. I don't know what he's doing now -- I checked Google recently to see if he was still building basses, but I didn't find anything. I heard he used to work for Roscoe, and it makes sense because viewed from the back, the neck looks a whole lot like a Roscoe neck. (Hmm, maybe I should have taken a picture of the back... :hmm: ...It's a 7-piece neck with purpleheart down the middle.) It has EMG active pickups with 2-band EQ, and is 35" scale. The neck has two truss rods and several graphite rods. (I talked to the builder on the phone one time and he told me how many graphite rods he used, but I don't remember. Since it was his first 6-string, he was concerned about string tension, so he overbuilt it a bit.) I played 5-strings for a long time before getting this (in '97, I think) and never really thought I wanted a 6-string because I lean towards the low notes, but when I found this on consignment in the local "Music Loft" it had such an amazing feel that I had to have it, no matter how many strings it had... :cool:
 
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edbutler3 said:
Here's my main bass.

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It was built by a luthier in NC named Chris Hill, sometime in the early 90s, and was his first 6-string bass. I don't know what he's doing now -- I checked Google recently to see if he was still building basses, but I didn't find anything. I heard he used to work for Roscoe, and it makes sense because viewed from the back, the neck looks a whole lot like a Roscoe neck. (Hmm, maybe I should have taken a picture of the back... :hmm: ...It's a 7-piece neck with purpleheart down the middle.) It has EMG active pickups with 2-band EQ, and is 35" scale. The neck has two truss rods and several graphite rods. (I talked to the builder on the phone one time and he told me how many graphite rods he used, but I don't remember. Since it was his first 6-string, he was concerned about string tension, so he overbuilt it a bit.) I played 5-strings for a long time before getting this (in '97, I think) and never really thought I wanted a 6-string because I lean towards the low notes, but when I found this on consignment in the local "Music Loft" it had such an amazing feel that I had to have it, no matter how many strings it had... :cool:
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Very nice bass. I love the shape and the string spacing seems to be pretty wide. Do the EMG's give it a bright modern tone?
 
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Robear22 said:
Very nice bass. I love the shape and the string spacing seems to be pretty wide. Do the EMG's give it a bright modern tone?
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Yes, the string spacing is pretty wide -- just a little narrower than a typical 4-string. I think it would be fine for slap technique, although I'm mainly a fingerstyle player myself. The body is relatively small, so it makes the neck look even wider than it really is.

The EMGs do have a modern tone, both bright and deep, but I can't say how they'd compare to current technology because I don't have any other active basses. These pickups are from the early 90s, so I imagine there are better options available now, if I ever felt like upgrading. But it works pretty well for me as-is.
 
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Just got the highway one. Mods include NP4, Tort Guard w/ aluminum shield, new pots, new tone cap. Sweet playing bass!
 
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