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Your Dream P Bass?

#221
Brich said:
Lol thank you! It deffenitly fits that man of bronze wheel house. Officially called "rosegold copper". Shot myself. The body is made of Sapele, grain filled, primed in white, color on top, about 15 coats of nitro and finished with a few coats of Mohawk instrument lacquer which is super thin. So thin that I've got some pretty gnarly checking after a year. Ohio weather will do that though, go bucks!
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Excellent!
 
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My 73 all stock and with me for the past 50 years
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#229
rmayer said:
A G&L LB100, U.S.A. MADE, custom shop. Empress wood body, maple neck, rosewood board and a 1 1/2” nut width. Came in at 6.7 pounds! In a lovely Shoreline Gold with matching headstock and a Tort guard.
Of course GAS being what it is, I sold it to fund a Sadowsky NYC P/J. Very happy with that purchase but this was probably the nicest P I’ll ever own.
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Beauty right there.
 
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#232
DJ Bebop said:
I have a funny love/hate relationship with Rays. I love the sound of them, when other people play them.

When I play them, I don't like how I sound playing them :(

I gave one I had to my son. Every once in a while, he'll leave it here and. I'll play it for a while thinking I'll bond with it, nope.

:)
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I have struggled with muddy sounding p basses. I seem to get a good sound out of a ray. But I recently got another fender p, actually is a good sounding one. I play it close to the bridge where I play the ray close to the neck. I used to play at this really rough joint, plus it was part open mic. I bought the ray4 just for this gig. Got used to it and played it at every gig for the past 3+ years. Even at my good gigs!
 
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#233
ThudThudThud said:
The one that spoke loudest to me.
I wouldn't really care about looks, nor colour, nor origin. It would need to feel nice, play nice, sound nice, and be well made. I'd try as many as possible before making a decision.
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Yep, all those things. I want it to look nice with a finish that I like, also. Having more than one flavor of the "perfect P bass" seems to make sense to me, too. I think I'm pretty much "there" right now with these three. They meet all my criteria, incl weight.

This D Lakin Glaub with a 1 3/4" nut and TI flats. Plays and sounds like a dream. Changed out the Hipshot brass bridge for a Hipshot alum one. Got the black guard along with the stock white one, much prefer the black. Will be changing the Hipshot reverse-wind vintage Kluson style tuners for lighter G&L tuners, which drop right in. Even more perfect!

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This '97 Japan Fender DD Pbass, also with TI flats. A different flavor (a bit brighter sounding) than the Lakin and equally as inspiring. Upgraded the bridge to Hipshot, but not finding anywhere else for improvement.

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Recently acquired another D Lakin Glaub, but with a 1 1/2" nut width neck this time. It'll be wearing nickel rounds and will also get the G&L tuner treatment. The stock pickups on these Lakin Glaubs are the heart and soul of these great basses! :thumbsup:

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#235
Matt Dean said:
Dang! Out of the many many sweet P basses in this thread, I’m just gonna say it, I think your collection of P basses is Best in Show! I dig your preference for maple fingerboards too.

And I’d love to hear about the Sandberg P.
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@Matt Dean That is very kind of you to say! There are are some beautiful Ps in this thread. It’s been a lot of fun. I didn’t even realize I wanted a Lee Sklar P clone until this thread. Maybe for my 50th birthday or something. Need to read up more on it.

The Sandberg P is a passive masterpiece aged VS4 that’s loaded with a Kloppmann PB63 pickup. It was a custom order through Bass Central in FL that has a bit of story along with it. It’s a phenomenal instrument.
 
#236
ErikP.Bass said:
@Matt Dean That is very kind of you to say! There are are some beautiful Ps in this thread. It’s been a lot of fun. I didn’t even realize I wanted a Lee Sklar P clone until this thread. Maybe for my 50th birthday or something. Need to read up more on it.

The Sandberg P is a passive masterpiece aged VS4 that’s loaded with a Kloppmann PB63 pickup. It was a custom order through Bass Central in FL that has a bit of story along with it. It’s a phenomenal instrument.
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When I saw Sklar's famous bass, I thought that it would not be a hard build to do... Get MJT to do the body.

AND... I bet the Kloppmann loaded Sandburg is SICK.
 
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Dincrest said:
My ideal P would come from the ESP custom shop.

Basically take the LTD [Invalid or Expired Link Removed] as a base, swap the stock electronics for a Seymour Duncan Quarter Pound 5, passive controls (vol/tone) as far away from the strings as possible (so they don't get in the way when I do chords), and a magenta-burst finish instead of the black-burst one, and there you have it. My ideal P.

Okay, while I'm at it, I'd have them put in Dunlop Straplocks, a GraphTech TUSQ nut, and my strings would be D'Addario ProSteels 40-125.
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Forgot to add, I'd like the P pickup "reverse" mounted with the treble side coils closer to the neck. (Yeah, I know my ideal "P-bass" is as far removed from a traditional P-bass as can be, but I like what I like).
 
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