Black basses

[Triumph_Rock]

Rickenbacker 4003, chrome on black doesn't get any better than that! 

[Eldon Tyrell]

11 minutes ago, Triumph_Rock said:

Rickenbacker 4003, chrome on black doesn't get any better than that! 

Man, I am normally not a huge Rick fan but this one looks killer indeed 🤩

[spyder]

3 week old Ashdown Arc.

Yum....

[anzoid]

Steinberger Spirit XZ-2.

[Reggaebass]

15 minutes ago, anzoid said:

Steinberger Spirit XZ-2.

That’s really nice, how do they sound 

[anzoid]

On 30/03/2022 at 21:11, Reggaebass said:

That’s really nice, how do they sound 

Have to admit it's not had a lot of play recently - so just dug it out... it's passive and setup VVT. The EMG Selects are OK, sound is quite tight and solid but not got a huge range of tones. Bottom end is a little thin. Don't think anyone would mistake it for a proper Q series v2 Steinberger. I like it though, it's very light and plays nicely - I like the neck profile - 38mm at the nut but thicker front to back than your average Jazz. I also have one in cherryburst (not for this thread :D) and put EMG HB pickups and EMG BTC System in it - that one rocks and I guess is as close as you're going to get for the money.

[hankhill]

Black basses, eh?  Its made me realise that I’ve had a few over the years despite it not being a particularly favourite colour.  My current favourite gigging bass is a matt black G&L SB-2 (Tribute) that I swapped over the neck from a Kiloton, as I like maple neck.  The others are a Stingray, I didn’t have that for long, it just didn’t float my boat.  G&L M2000 custom, lovely looker but I sold it.  Yamaha RBXA2 that I modded with carbon fibre vinyl wrap (then sold it). Oh, and a 5-string Sterling Sub that I only bought because I felt I should try a 5 string.  Sold it…  I also have a Hohner B2A stick bass in black that I take to every gig as a spare and have never used.

[mr4stringz]

Random observation, and it’s a minor inconvenience to source them of course, but I do wish manufacturers would fit black pickguard screws as standard on any black bass with a black pickguard. Looks so much better.

[dub_junkie]

My Sire V3

 

[MikanHannille]

Franken P. Ignore the F decal!

[eneade]

Just found this picture on my hard drive, and thought the bass looked good, so here it is !

A really simple color layout but with the right piece of tort, it looks sweet.

 

[gaz66]

1963 Burns Black Bison.

In the words of Nigel Tufnel,

"How much more black could this be? And the answer is none. None more black."

 

 

[blyn]

[Baloney Balderdash]

My beloved Ibanez GSRM20 neck + GSRM20B body Mikro Bass, with a just 28.6" scale length, the stock pickups ripped out and instead having just a single EMG Geezer Butler P pickup installed, wired directly to the output jack socket, also the stock side mounted barrel type output jack socket has been removed, and instead a regular front mounted jack socket has been installed in one of the redundant pot holes, other than that various visual mods... Without further ado: ...I represent you "Dud Bottomfeeder" ! :

 

 

Edit/Update!!!:

 

One of the knobs now features red electrical tape on top of it, instead of green, so here's a bit more recent, though far from as great, shot, reflecting that change:

Edited May 8, 2023 by Baloney Balderdash

[tvickey]

Brother from a different mother... 

 

 

[msb]

Hi Flier

 

 

[msb]

Longhorn

 

 

[Lozz196]

3 minutes ago, msb said:

Hi Flier

 

 

Like, what is it?

[msb]

Phase 2 UniVox HiFlier , it was made in the Matsumoku plant in Japan around 72/3. A copy of the Mosrite model the Ventures made famous. The original Mosrite has some design oddities so many feel the UniVox copy is actually a better bass.

I can’t say , but my Flier is very light , and is a great sounding bass. It’s fun to play.

30 in shortscale.

[fleabag]

Bad boy frankenpeaveyfenderfretless.

 

 

 

 

[TheGreek]

I have a beautiful mirror black Lakland 55-01 which I don't like to touch - fingerprints are a problem.

[MM Stingray 62]

My mint condition neck through Stingray 

 

[ezbass]

My Hardly Bent One Mustang alike…

 

 

[djc63]

My jazz bitza with Status neck, Hipshot hardware, Delano pickups, John East pre and DR Strings.

Edited May 8, 2023 by djc63

[Mudpup]

Almost twins....