Your Signature Bass?

[Jared Lash]

I've got TWO new "signature" basses on order with Chris Stambaugh

Bass #1
● 4 strings
● 33" scale
● 22 frets (24 if they’ll fit easily)
● Forearm contour and standard Stambaugh headstock
● Mahogany body
● 5 piece neck (ash/walnut/maple), tung oiled
● Slim D shape neck profile
● 10" to 14" compound fingerboard radius
● Gaboon ebony fingerboard with pearl blocks and white binding
● 3 Aero AB4 Type 4A single coils
● 5 position pickup selector, knobs for master volume and Stellartone tonestyler
● Brass Hipshot B bridge with chrome finish
● "Y key" ultralites in all chrome
● Metal beveled chrome knobs
● Side instrument jack
● Inca Silver finish with matching headstock cap
● White/black/white pickguard

Sketch:

Color scheme;

Bass #2
● 33" scale
● 22 frets (24 if they’ll fit easily)
● Forearm contour and standard Stambaugh headstock
● Hard ash body
● 5 piece neck (maple with bubinga stringers), tung oiled
● Slim D shape neck profile
● 10" to 14" compound fingerboard radius
● Maple fingerboard with black blocks and binding
● 2 Delano DJC 4 HE pickups oriented so the outer coils are in 70’s jazz spacing
● 3 knobs for volume/volume/tone
● 2 on/on/on mini switches - 1 for each pickup to toggle between series, parallel and "single coil"
● Brass Hipshot B bridge with chrome finish
● "Y key" ultralites in all chrome
● Metal beveled chrome knobs
● Side instrument jack
● Candy apple red finish with matching headstock cap
● Black/white/black pickguard

Sketch:

Color Scheme:

But with blocks and binding like this:

I'm guessing I'll get them around September or October.

 

[dudelove]

mine will be a g&l l2500 with a jazz body shape, with vol , vol and three way switch for each pickup like single coil/humbucker/single coil and the switcher for passive/active

 

[stambroker]

My signature bass would more than likely be a Peavey MIA, and it'd be the absolute perfect bass for me:

5 strings (tuned EADGB), 32 inch scale (Guild Starfire style)

Mahogany, hollow body resembling a more symmetrical and less harsh-looking Peavey T-40

Inca silver with a black bordered, white pickguard.

Maple neck, super oiled and shiny and smooth

Electronics would both two active/passive VFL pickups, with independent blend/tone controls.

Chrome hardwire, and locking bridge

The above creation would ideally be a mix of a Peavey TL-5/Cirrus with a Guild Starfire, all on the Peavey T-40 bodystyle.

 

[Sifl]

I already made mine!

Squier VM body
Fender 70's RI neck
SPB-1 wired straight to jack
Hipshot HB6 tuners

 

[JPBourdier]

My signature bass would be a package deal for the complete bassist.

Body: Fender Jazz

Pickups: Telebass mudbucker in the neck position, Precision split single coil in the middle, Jazz single coil at the bridge

Controls: 3-position pickup toggle, master volume, master tone.

Strings: 5 - BEADG

34" scale
Maple finger board with black dot inlays
White/black/white pickguard
Chrome hardware
Lollipop tuners
Paint options: Candy Tangerine, Candy Purple, Kelly Green, Shell Pink

Case candy: It would include a padded gig bag with shoulder straps, and a wide padded strap, and a multitool with interchangeable attachments for a truss rod wrench/Philips screwdriver/mini hex key.

WANT.

 

[tuckomf]

My dream bass is a Warwick Thumb BO, 4 strings, 24 frets, Nirvana black oil finish, black hardware, EMGs.

Body - Ovangkol
Neck - Ovangkol
Fretboard - Tigerstripes Ebony

With Warwicks stunning bell brass frets of course.

There's something about this that's so black, it's like how much more black could this be? And the answer is none. None more black.

 

[huido]

Jack could be black too... and you can always add some DR Black Beauties...

 

[zortation]

Precision body, black, black pickguard
northern ash
gloss maple j neck with pearloid blocks and binding
pj EMG pickups with active balance and tone, with j in '70s position
Gotoh tuners
chrome pickup cover

 

[UnrealHawk]

Perfect bass for metal, and all ebony. beautiful tone.

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[bootsox]

I'd have Peavey reissue the T-40 if I could get anything as a signature. It would be maple neck and rail pups. I'd probably ask for a slightly heftier neck and a more traditional coil tapping system (as a bonus I'd get an extra two switches, bitches love switches), possibly a slightly different control layout

 

[RickBlair]

I'm working on mine now.

Rick B.

 

[nubs]

My sig bass, Single pickup Thunderbird in burnt orange metalflake..........Thanks, Mike!

NICE!!

 

[calypsocoral302]

I'll chime in!

Probably one of these...

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... but with a solid, single piece, sand-blasted Sen Ash body and a deep-set-through neck with a sculpted heel and deeper upper cutaway.

Also features:
* Jet-black Ebony fretboard.
* MTD-style asymmetrical, wide neck profile.
* 5-piece Maple/Walnut neck construction with double-expanding truss rod and carbon "U"-channel reinforcement
* Vol/Vol/Bass/Treble controls.
* Bridge finished in crackle black with satin nickle-finished saddles, a la early-80's G&L.
* Custom Dual-coil MM5 pickups by DeLano.
-- Middle: Custom MM5 "soapbar" (no dog-ears). Adjustable poles similar to G&L MFD's. Two Alnico V bar magnets.
-- Bridge: Custom MM5 "soapbar". Adjustable poles. Two Ferrite bar magnets.
-- Black-anodized brushed-aluminum pickup housings.
* Custom 18v DeLano Sonar 2 pre-amp with aluminum-construction pop-up battery box. Fully-shielded electronics cavity.


Finishes would be 2-tone "Zebra", a la Sandberg:

Edited: 6/25/2012. Reason: I have no desire to own a Red bass!
- Dead Monarch (UV Violet/Black)
- Radiation Leak (Lime Green/Black)
- Electrical Storm (Royal Blue/Black)
- Torched Steel (Grey/Black)

Amazing-- it's been more than a year since I wrote this reply, and my answer hasn't changed much! There's only one problem-- my tastes as of late have been drifting toward the more traditional, at least where 4 strings are concerned. I guess I need to dream up a 4-string "vintage" compliment to address that!

So, I guess I would start with a Musicman Stingray body, made of sandblasted swamp ash. It would have a matte black pickguard similar to that of a standard Fender P, but altering the shape to fit the Stingray body shape, of course. Maple neck, fretboard, and 4-inline headstock, joined to the body with 4 bolts, mounted in flush-set washers, instead of a neck plate (a la G&L). The jack would be flush-mounted on the side of the body.

The electronics would be much more interesting-- 2 quad-coil humbucking pickups, both very different from each other.

Pickup 1: This would be referred to as "Big Block V8"-- This pickup would be placed where a Precision pickup usually goes. The pickup housing would be shaped like a DiMarzio "Model One." The coils would be wired in a "criss-cross" pattern, essentially yielding a Precision and a Reverse-Precision (a la 80's/90's Jackson/Charvel or 90's Ibanez Soundgear) in one pickup housing. This would be toggled by a 3-way mini-switch (Precision/both-"sub-pickups"-in-parallel/Reverse-Precision).

Pickup 2: This would be referred to as "Small Block V8"-- The pickup housing would be shaped like a J/J humbucker, and would be essentially that, but with a 2 pairs of split-inline coils, like having 2 DiMarzio "Model J's". It would be placed so that the front coils are in the 60's J-bass rear pickup location, whereas the rear coils would be in the 70's J-bass rear pickup location. This would be toggled by its own 3-way mini-switch (60's-J/All-4-in-parallel/70's-J)

The controls would be 2 concentric Vol/Tone, with the 2 mini-3-way pickup toggles.

The end result: If I want a "Traditional Fender P-J" pickup configuration, I can set "Big Block" and "Small Block" to their respective Toggle Position 1's. If I want to mimic a Charvel B3 or Jackson Concert Bass, I can set "Big Block" and "Small Block" to their respective Toggle Position 3's. There's room for plenty of less-orthodox string-sensing combinations in between!

Will any of that make a significant difference in tone? Probably not-- but it would be immense fun for me just to say "I CAN!"

As for finishes, I'd go with a less in-your-face approach and go with a bunch of matte sunburst finishes, including Warmoth's "Tequila Sunrise" (gold fading to orange).

And what would I plug such a best into? I'm glad you asked!

I want to build an amp with Switchmode transformers and 8 KT-90's (swappable with KT-88's, if desired), with ECC-82 driver tubes, ECC-83 preamp tubes, and an ECC-81 powering an on-board compressor. It will drive 200W+200W Stereo, or 400W Mono, like a beefed-up Ampeg SVT.

This would, of course, be run through an 8x10 cab that can be run in 4x10+4x10 stereo, or 8x10 mono, similar to Ampeg's "fridge."

This logo would be featured on the amplifier's front, the cabinet's grille cloth, and the bass's headstock would be something like THIS:

As both a bass fanatic, and a muscle car appreciator, this is HOW I ROLL!

 

[D.M.N.]

Well, judging from what I CURRENTLY use: it would be an AVRI 62 P-bass in 3TS with relic'ing. But if it were based upon what I have planned for an up coming project i'd be:

late 60s-early 70s style Jazz Bass neck
Rosewood, Bound and Blocked
70s TV Logo
Alder body
60s pup spacing
Stack Knobs
Daguet Guitars Bisonic pup in the mid-position
Bridge cover installed
62-style mute kit installed
Colours: Burgundy Mist (leaning more towards Heather Poly), Inverness Green, Aged Ice Blue Metallic (greened)

 

[Basvarken]

Being a real fan of the short scale Gibson Les Paul Basses I decided to add one to the family with some ideas of my own.
I built this two years ago:

Mahogany body
Flamed Maple top
Set mahogany neck
30" scale
Six way rotary switch (pickup selector)
1 Volume
1 Tone (hidden in the control cavity)
Neck pickup: G3 single coil
Middle pickup: G 3 single coil
Bridge pickup: Artec Mudbucker
BaCH thunderbird bridge
String through body
Gotoh Res O Lite tuners
Truss rod cavity under last two frets (23 and 24) of fretboard

So that's my signature bass

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[Paul Boyer]

 

[drummer5359]

Mine would be boring, but useful.

I'd want Peavey to bring back the original made in USA Fury at a good price.

 

[calypsocoral302]

Paul,

That has to be the most drop-dead gorgeous Ric I've ever seen! Major Kudos, man!

 

[Thomas Kievit]

Hey man! I'm going for an Ibanez SR as well if I could have my own signature bass

- 6 strings
- Single cut design
- Swamp Ash body with flamed maple top
- 5 pcs Wenge / bubinga neck
- Bolt on
- Pau Ferro fretboard
- 24 Medium Jumbo frets
- Abalone block inlays
- 35 inch scale length
- Titanium trussrods
- Brass nut
- Nordstrand 3 band EQ / 18 volt (3B-5a)
- Nordstrand Custom MM Humbucker in the bridge position
- Nordstrand Dual Coil in the middle position / parallel wired
- Gotoh tuners
- Monorail 4 bridge
- Metal Dome knobs
- Dunlop Straplocks
- Hardware color : Gold
- Body painted in Dragon Burst
- Neck would have an oil finish
- Matching headstock
- Strung with Pyramid Bass 6 X-Heavy strings (0.30-.140)
- Factory-tuned A-D-G-C-F-Bb

 

[Paul Boyer]

Paul,

That has to be the most drop-dead gorgeous Ric I've ever seen! Major Kudos, man!

Thanks. That's one of the lighter versions of the 2003/04 Color of the Year Montezuma Brown. Looks like strong iced tea. Darker ones go almost black at the edges, and I don't like them as well. The "signature" pickguard is an option at Pickguardian. Due to a silly drop, the bass fell flat on its face and the knobs (actually the pot posts) cracked that guard and it's history. I replaced it with the stock white one.