The Official Show-Your-Basses thread, part 7 - strings attached

[BassAgent]

How's that Blade sound? Looks incredible.

It sounded quite ok, until I installed an Aguilar OBP-1. Then it sounded great! It's nickname is "Funk monster". It's especially good for funk and fusion, with a huge 70's mojo.

@Jordasch: Blade is a Swiss brand, its guitars are made in Japan. They're not (or at least not that I know of) available in the USA. The quality is comparable to Sadowsky Metros.

 

[Sleeq]

My 3 P-Basses!

 

[J. Crawford]

Is the last one with the nice top a Fender, or SX?

 

[Sleeq]

its '94 MIJ FotoFlame P

 

[Darkstrike]

It sounded quite ok, until I installed an Aguilar OBP-1. Then it sounded great! It's nickname is "Funk monster". It's especially good for funk and fusion, with a huge 70's mojo.

Cool deal dude, not much trouble to make it great, eh?

 

[Sbociol]

Latest addition to my line up...
ladies and gentlemen...
the ESP Horizon II 5 string!!!

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hope you don't mind the load of pics

 

[Yours fretfully]

My first bass! (well actually second. The first one came from the Hartke starter pack so... decent amp, crappy instrument lol)

Anyway it's a Fender Urge model, the old one without the drop-D tuner. It was second-hand but still in great shape, pretty good deal overall and I hope it lasts

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Next purchase would probably be a 5 string if I feel the need for it, or something that completes this one, but I'm not too experienced with other brands/types yet

 

[J. Crawford]

If youre not experienced, hang around TB. You cant learn any faster than here.

A 5 string is not always everyones cup of tea.

But that Urge is nice, I like it.

 

[fenderthrupeave]

this was this weeks project for me. it started as a B stock SX SJB-75C and was B stock because it has a white pickguard. So after a while of playing a bass with a white PG and black inlays I got out the spray paint and painted it flat black along with the control plat and bridge cover which I trimed down cause I think they look good but it took up to much room. so it all got painted flat black everything came out great besides the PG. so I scraped and sanded all the paint off and bought some rustoleum paint made for platics and it came out pretty good the finish is a little off but I can live with it. Next its going to get black tuners and some ultra jazz pickups.

 

[Darkstrike]

Is that epoxy on the pickup, to stop the string clacking on the polepieces?

 

[fenderthrupeave]

just black electrical tape. It helps with the clank. I tune to A for one birdge in one song my band plays other than that it wouldnt be needed.

 

[Darkstrike]

Ah cool, A rawks!

 

[J. Crawford]

That is sweet. My project for this summer will be something like that. I cant decide if I want to get my first 5 string, jazz, or first Pbass.

 

[fenderthrupeave]

5 string jazz and do a series/ parrallel switch, almost gets you there.

 

[J. Crawford]

That sounds complicated for someone who hasnt modded past a pickguard and knobs!

 

[Darkstrike]

5 string jazz and do a series/ parrallel switch, almost gets you there.

That!


Thats about 80% of it, that series mode can cop a decent P tone. A bit thicker, bit it's good.

 

[Darkstrike]

That sounds complicated for someone who hasnt modded past a pickguard and knobs!

Meh, a couple of minutes with a soldering iron, if I can do it, anyone can, and probably a lot of animals.....

 

[J. Crawford]

Meh, a couple of minutes with a soldering iron, if I can do it, anyone can, and probably a lot of animals.....

Now that made me laugh.

Is there any kind of online tutorial here on TB, or anywhere? Ill get a 5 string jazz instead of a P, but I want it to be able to get the P sound.

 

[Darkstrike]

Now that made me laugh.

Is there any kind of online tutorial here on TB, or anywhere? Ill get a 5 string jazz instead of a P, but I want it to be able to get the P sound.

There probably is, and if not, there are a bunch of great diagrams about and the pickup fourm guys are *very* helpful, they'd sort you out quickly!

 

[rustynuts]

There are diagrams for just about every possible combination out there, except one I think. And that one is the one I need!