The Official "Show your basses" Thread - Return to the Octagon

[Robear22]

That's a really sweet collection. I like the theme as well.

Thanks. I am pretty pleased with the basses I have acquired. But there is still some GAS lurking. It never really goes away.

 

[gnasher1993]

Thanks. I am pretty pleased with the basses I have acquired. But there is still some GAS lurking. It never really goes away.

I love the Cort/Elrick . Is it the Josh Paul signature. There's a red one (with rosewood f/board) for sale at my local music store. They didn't know much about it so what do you think of the bass?

 

[J. Crawford]

I love the Cort/Elrick . Is it the Josh Paul signature. There's a red one (with rosewood f/board) for sale at my local music store. They didn't know much about it so what do you think of the bass?

Ugh.. the Josh Paul sig that Robear has has been my main bass of GAS for years now. Its so beautiful, for much less than an actual Elrick.

They stopped making them though..

 

[Tommygunn]

it's an alembic convention!
or an underground meeting of some secret alembic cult.

I would say an alembic convention... with one member

 

[J. Crawford]

I would say an alembic convention... with one member

Or maybe the basses are alive and think they own him? That could happen with all that Alembic mojo in one room. See how the lense on the camera is kinda foggy? Point proven.

 

[Tommygunn]

Too many peeps in one room...

 

[Robear22]

I love the Cort/Elrick . Is it the Josh Paul signature. There's a red one (with rosewood f/board) for sale at my local music store. They didn't know much about it so what do you think of the bass?

Mine is the Cort RB5. This is the one they made after the JPS5. The only differences are a satin finish instead of a gloss. Flame maple top instead of quilt. And a rosewood fingerboard instead of ebony. I think the RB5 looks more like a US Elrick than the JPS5 IMO. It is pretty close now that I put Bart classic MK's and a Bart pre.

 

[J. Crawford]

Mine is the Cort RB5. This is the one they made after the JPS5. The only differences are a satin finish instead of a gloss. Flame maple top instead of quilt. And a rosewood fingerboard instead of ebony. I think the RB5 looks more like a US Elrick than the JPS5 IMO. It is pretty close now that I put Bart classic MK's and a Bart pre.

If youre ever looking to sell it...

 

[gnasher1993]

Mine is the Cort RB5. This is the one they made after the JPS5. The only differences are a satin finish instead of a gloss. Flame maple top instead of quilt. And a rosewood fingerboard instead of ebony. I think the RB5 looks more like a US Elrick than the JPS5 IMO. It is pretty close now that I put Bart classic MK's and a Bart pre.

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[J0ttem]

My Sapphire Black Musicman Bongo 4HH

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[Darkstrike]

Mine is the Cort RB5. This is the one they made after the JPS5. The only differences are a satin finish instead of a gloss. Flame maple top instead of quilt. And a rosewood fingerboard instead of ebony. I think the RB5 looks more like a US Elrick than the JPS5 IMO. It is pretty close now that I put Bart classic MK's and a Bart pre.

Them Cort Elrics are saweet.

 

[Mcjt]

My three basses....
pls ignore all those nasty 6 stringers in the back

 

[lemonchili]

Nice little collection, Mcjt.

This is "Jack", my main bass:

...and my little collection:

Basses are Jack, an Ibanez Soundgear converted to passive, and an old Torch fretless Jazz copy.
cheers,
chili

 

[JulienJeff]

My Sapphire Black Musicman Bongo 4HH

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the more I see the bongo, the more I love it

 

[soong]

The family.
From left to right:
Yamaha RBX170 - old starter bass that did me well in my earlier days
Ibanez ABG140 - Great bass. Mainly use it to teach with now.
Yamaha TRB1006 - my go-to guy. See the most band gigs as well as my 'solo bass' bass.
SX Fretless Jazz 5 - Obtained few days ago. Sounds great for the price i paid.
Squier Affinity Strat - my beater electric.
'Maxine' - my acoustic i bought many years ago when i was in New Zealand. My fingers itched over the holidays so i bought this guitar over there. Doesn't sounds THAT bad really.

My new fretless. I intend to change pups on this baby sometime. Nothing wrong with the stock ones, just wanna rev this baby a bit. Great looking + sounding bass. Great mwah tone.

My Yammy. Love everything about this bass! Except for the fact it uses batteries. Small price to pay!

My semi. Great sounding bluesy and ol' school bass. Wanna try flats on this sucker real soon.

 

[riotorgun]

This is my bass got it purely on looks,luckily it sounds good to lol
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[David Tyler]

Okay then... here they are again...

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Is that a 4001 or a 2001?

I had (have?) a 2001 but I loaned it out to my old guitarist and he let it get ruined. He left it up in his GF's attic for a couple of years ( I thought he was using it and taking good care of it ... stupid me, I trusted him!) with the tension on the strings and now the neck has pulled away from the body.

Let that be a lesson to everyone. Even if you trust someone, check up on your loaned gear once a month.

it makes me sad seeing that pic because mine was that same fireglow finish.

 

[David Tyler]

Crappy phone pics of my new Yamaha TRB:

That is one of the most beautiful wood grain finishes I've seen in a long time.

 

[Mulebagger]

These are my "go to" basses, but I have a number of others that I have to post as well.

 

[BassAgent]

That is one of the most beautiful wood grain finishes I've seen in a long time.

Thanks And to think that Yamaha spoiled it initially with an amber finish