Your Signature Bass?

[Buzzi]

Mister Geddy Lee has almost done this for me already... but I would:
- Add a D-Tuner;
- Use exactly the oposite colors (white body and inlays, black pickguard, rosewood fretboard etc...);
- Maybe 24 frets would be a nice idea too;

 

[EdHunter]

Fender Precision Bill Thompson Signature Artist:

MIM
P body
J neck
SD SPB-1 at mid
DiMarzio Ultra Jazz at bridge
Gotoh 201
Active electronics (vol, pup blend, treble boost/cut stacked on bass boost/cut, mid boost/cut)
Duncan Straploks
Side jack
Rotosound SM66n
Available in black/mirror/rosewood, white/mirror/maple and LPB/mirror/maple

 

[gafbass02]

It'd be my bass, but with a nitro finish and a matching headstock and pearl binding.
Incidentally this bass features a prototype 'GAFfer' humbucker in he neck position from wizard pickups. If were to be a sig version I'd have either another in the bridge or an MM style humbucker.

 

[Ric5]

My sig bass might be one of these

 

[epy]

Already own it.

 

[chadds]

The Chadds 9.
Very unique!!
A five that doubles as a four.
You use the B as a thumbrest.
Who knew?

The very wound pickups put out low register lines like, "hey babe, like my playing?"

 

[Fuzzbass]

The white bass is pretty much it -- the only Sadowsky P5 with an MM-style pickup -- but it's a one-off. To be my true signature bass, it would have an asymmetrical neck profile, which is not available from Sadowsky.

Also, I'd use the Hipshot Ultralight tuners with wide vintage Fender-style posts, as on the Roscoe Beck 5. Hey, it's my signature bass, I'm allowed to be picky!

 

[Faderoktopus]

Hmm... I nearly have it already, but a different finish and some fancy stuff....

G&L 1500 with an thumb-rest parallel to the E string approximately 2 cm from the neck, 1 cm from the string.

Blackburst finish, matching headstock and a rosewood fretboard with blocks, scalloped from the 15th fret and up.

Hipshot D-tuner and a well shielded control cavity. I don't get why that doesn't come standard on every bass in the medium - high price range.

That ought to do it, but I really don't have any complaints about the one I have (now that it's shielded).

 

[Lazerrus]

Mine would be a BC Rich Mockingbird archtop in transpurple quilt. White binding around body and neck. Ebony fingerboard with cloud inlays. Two musicman humbuckers. Similar to this but purple with binding.

 

[jumbodbassman]

i actually have one although now i would change the face wood to brazilian rosewood. My first Fodera built in 1983. Vinny actually inlaid my signature on it. Crotch walnut, over swamp ash, ebony board , the electronics have changed a few times over the years. currently sporting 2 split coil hum cancelling pups. handcut g and f clefs on the octaves.

 

[amimbari]

my signature bass already exists. here's the before and after pics.
stock p/j passive - so plain, so redundant, so...eh..normal.

not any more
p/HB+preamp+kahler and is now used as my #1

something special about the dual coil tone I just like better than a plain p/j blended. I would have put a nice MM style in it, but I already had a couple Jackson HB's in the parts bin to use.
I also have another bass being repainted/modded ( almost done now ), that mocks the color, p/HB/preamp, just no Kahler.

 

[christw]

I really like every bass I own for some reason. They all do something unique and useful that the others can't. If I had a "signature" it would probably be whatever I was playing the most at the time.

 

[makkE]

This bad photoshop it would be:

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Maybe a more modern bridge though.
Vol/vol/tone.
Modern fender precision neck.
Nitro finish.
Labellas 760fm stock

 

[Yodhan]

Alder P body
Maple p neck, modern frets
2 tone sunburst into finish
Quarter pounder
Black, single ply pg
Pickup cover

Pretty standard. I already have it.

 

[Meddle]

At the moment Washburn would be making mine. I've modded my Taurus T24 with Wilkinson jazz pickups, I polished the finish to a gloss, I added Gibson SG witch-hat knobs, flipped the trussrod cover to reveal the white surface and I use Grolsch strap locks. Maybe if it was in vintage white I would like it even more....

 

[chadhargis]

I'd just grab a sharpie and sign Jimmy Johnson's Alembic and call it mine. No sweeter tone than that man gets.

 

[FC Bass]

This:

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with initial inlay @ 12th fret:

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Specs:

HLB5 Elan Long scale 5 string bass
34" scale
Maple core
3 Purpleheart neck lams
Comfort taper fingerboard
Outside flame Maple neck laminates
Black Tahitian MOP ovals
Flame Maple top
Sheer Black finish clear high gloss back of neck Jason Newsted style
Standard Alembic brass nut, Bird Tailpiece, Bridge and bridge block
Half Moon brass truss rod cover
Black plastic backplates
Alembic Logo and Script above nut
FC inlay @ 12th fret
Elan road case

JPJ pickups
Jazz pickups with pan control
Four way pickup selector *
Three 3-position Q, one for each pickup
3 filter controls, one on each pickup
3 internal gain trimpots, one for each pickup
master volume
mono out

* 1. P only, 2. P with J (from the bridge/neck pan), 3. J only (from the bridge/neck pan) and 4. Standby


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Next will be something like this:

5 string Spoiler heart Omega 34 inch longscale, comfort taper (maybe extend horns a bit for better balance)
Orion 3+2 headstock, superb Walnut veneer.
Koa core, superb Walnut top (btc) and back (non btc) Ebony/maple/Ebony veneer/accent woods
Continuous backplate/truss rods cover
Mahogany/Ebony/Purpleheart/Ebony/ Purpleheart/Ebony/Mahogany neck
Coco bolo fretboard, Abalone inlays
Black hardware
Inlaid logo with shell and inlaid script (never seen that before)
Series I/II electronics with CVQ and 3 way Q switch
Position 1: CVQ
Position 2 and 3: 6/9 dB with CVQ inactive

Not yet decided which bank to rob though...

 

[christw]

This:

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with initial inlay @ 12th fret:

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Specs:

HLB5 Elan Long scale 5 string bass
34" scale
Maple core
3 Purpleheart neck lams
Comfort taper fingerboard
Outside flame Maple neck laminates
Black Tahitian MOP ovals
Flame Maple top
Sheer Black finish clear high gloss back of neck Jason Newsted style
Standard Alembic brass nut, Bird Tailpiece, Bridge and bridge block
Half Moon brass truss rod cover
Black plastic backplates
Alembic Logo and Script above nut
FC inlay @ 12th fret
Elan road case

JPJ pickups
Jazz pickups with pan control
Four way pickup selector *
Three 3-position Q, one for each pickup
3 filter controls, one on each pickup
3 internal gain trimpots, one for each pickup
master volume
mono out

* 1. P only, 2. P with J (from the bridge/neck pan), 3. J only (from the bridge/neck pan) and 4. Standby


More pics: Link Removed
On Youtube: Click here

Next will be something like this:

5 string Spoiler heart Omega 34 inch longscale, comfort taper (maybe extend horns a bit for better balance)
Orion 3+2 headstock, superb Walnut veneer.
Koa core, superb Walnut top (btc) and back (non btc) Ebony/maple/Ebony veneer/accent woods
Continuous backplate/truss rods cover
Mahogany/Ebony/Purpleheart/Ebony/ Purpleheart/Ebony/Mahogany neck
Coco bolo fretboard, Abalone inlays
Black hardware
Inlaid logo with shell and inlaid script (never seen that before)
Series I/II electronics with CVQ and 3 way Q switch
Position 1: CVQ
Position 2 and 3: 6/9 dB with CVQ inactive

Not yet decided which bank to rob though...

Wowowow! I always wanted a JPJ and I'd LOVE one like that!

 

[billiam5billion]

I have it now-

 

[rick0link]

this is mine. i made it to my specs. saved thousands!!