Seasick Sailor Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 Cool! That sounds like a fun project. Enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrNylon Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 Hi Seasick Sailor; the R.W. P Bass took the place of the Am. Spl. Jazz. Lost the pics of the SG Std. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golem Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Is that a real signature on the back of the headstock? Nice bass. I love pbasses. I love the idea of a brass nut. I have had two of my pbass plastic nuts break. So brass would be great if it didn't brighten up the tone too much. Are you still getting the J bass? Just jam a piece of yarn or such up against the nut, under the strings and re-check your intonation. I do it all the time, even without a brass nut. I do hae some brass ones, but I really don't like them. If I didn't know the yarn trick, I'd carve wooden ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrNylon Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 The Olympic White is nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lungimsam Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 Nice! Olympic white is my fav white fender makes. Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrNylon Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 Thanks, it worked out ok. The guy at SA knocked off what he could. That really made the deal for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rd_artist Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 now that is what a Jazz bass is supposed to look like! or Sunburst Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lungimsam Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 The tortoise guards are the bomb, too. Nicest looking guards Fender makes in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrNylon Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 Thanks guys. I had the choice of a 3 Color Sunburst/Rosewood, or the Olympic White/ Maple. Originally I was thinking about changing the pickguard to parchment. But i'm getting to like the tortoise shell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelvinator Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 Nice Basses guys! Here are the basses I use (except the Cherry burst LP that has never left the house). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrNylon Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 Nice collection you've got there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lungimsam Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 Yes, that's quite the collection there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelvinator Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 Thanks guys. I love all of them. The only one I don't play is the 2005 Les Paul; Can't bring myself to subject her to stage or even rehearsal abuse (she's never been out of the house). The '05 LP & the Yamaha also have no mods like the rest of them. In the quest for the "perfect sound", it's just hard for me not to experiment! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrNylon Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 If you've got it, and you like it, play it at home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelvinator Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 I know I should, but the '05 LP resides in her case under the bed in our guest room. The others are hanging on the walls of my man-cave, and are easy to reach! Since I don't play it, I should probably sell it, but I don't know if I'd regret it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lungimsam Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 If you love it, play it to death and natural relic that puppy! Make it yours! You only live once. Carpe bass! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelvinator Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 Ha! I love it too much. I've only played it in my man cave about 6 times; I really don't want to take it on a job 'cause I've got the '01 LP, the Double Cut, and (please forgive me) the Mexi Deluxe P, all of which sound great & I use them all the time. I've already had the '01 LP refinished once, so if anything happens to it, I'll have it redone. The '05 LP is absolutely perfect - not even any fingernail scuffs, so I just can't allow myself to take her out into the cruel world! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaolee Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 I'm slowly evolving into the same kind of relations with my old EB-2. It was my bass of choice for many years, lived in a gig back, and went everywhere, all the time. Now I'm figuring out that it is in excellent shape in spite of it all and might actually be kinda valuable. Probably not hugely valuable, since it's not perfectly stock and it has been well used, but there are no serious rashes in the finish, the neck has never been broken, and it looks great. But, it's probably coming out of its case off and on anyway. There are some things I can do with it and some sounds it can make which nothing else quite does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelvinator Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 I know what you mean. Since the late 60s I've wanted an EB-2; If I had one in decent condition, I'd probably leave that at home too! I consider all my other basses as tools - period. Although they are all in very good condition, I don't worry about them being on stage; if anything were to happen they can be fixed. On one job I had a P bass fall over forward while in a stand - landed right on the headstock and bounced, but fortunately had no damage. I think a Gibson neck would've been in 2 pieces! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grog Posted March 1, 2011 Share Posted March 1, 2011 '68 EB-0, '69 EB-1, '68 EB-2C, '69 EB-3 & '72 EB-4 '74 Les Paul Signatures, '69 Les Paul Professional & '70 Les Paul Bass, '73 Les Paul Recording & Triumph Bass 1959 EB-2, with one of the last of the single coil pickups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelvinator Posted March 1, 2011 Share Posted March 1, 2011 Sweet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmer61 Posted March 1, 2011 Share Posted March 1, 2011 Here you go, sorry for the crap picture Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lungimsam Posted March 1, 2011 Share Posted March 1, 2011 @Grog, That's the most amazing Gibson bass collection I've ever seen. Did you get alot of them at the same time, or one by one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grog Posted March 1, 2011 Share Posted March 1, 2011 @Grog, That's the most amazing Gibson bass collection I've ever seen. Did you get alot of them at the same time, or one by one? I bought them one at a time, mostly between the early 90's & the early 00's. I was collecting gibson guitar & bass pairs. I started out with my 1967 Cherry EB-2 when I was 18, (1974) in the early 90's I run into a Les Paul Triumph Bass at a local store, that started the GAS. It was fun, but it's gotten to expensive, I've slowed way down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rd_artist Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 you know I have to talk about the RD Artist, are all the electronics there? do you play it much? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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