Black basses

[Blalpher]

Just now, Silvia Bluejay said:

My OCD is screaming at the absence of an E string on the one on the right... 😱

Its actually the B string  its in the process of getting new strings as these were dead 

[Silvia Bluejay]

Got there first! 😉

[Blalpher]

6 minutes ago, ahpook said:

Very nice indeed, but the fan frets are making my eyes wonky....a bit of false perspective going on.

But it's a cool wonky !

Hahaha! Yeah the multiscale fan fret system is amazing though, like wow the strings just feel amazing... unless its a rickenbacker then it always feels amazing  

[Cat Burrito]

I thought I'd posted this here but this is my Fender Precision. Black on black with maple... that's just the strap partially obscuring the body.

[kulit17]

[Reggaebass]

I’ve given one of my old jazzes a makeover, it’s now got a black headstock with a gold decal, and Ive changed the tort pickguard for a black single ply one , which I think looks so much better, and I quite like the strat knobs so I’ve left them on and  I’ve kept the really well played in flats on  🙂

[Reggaebass]

17 hours ago, kulit17 said:

Beautiful collection 👍

[Bleat]

This is my Beautiful Black Beast Backup Bass or BBBBB for short.

It's a £99 Artist Guitars P bass copy now fitted with some black hardware and a DiMarzio P pickup. Killer bass for the money too. 

🤘

[Reggaebass]

3 minutes ago, Bleat said:

This is my Beautiful Black Beast Backup Bass or BBBBB for short.

It's a £99 Artist Guitars P bass copy now fitted with some black hardware and a DiMarzio P pickup. Killer bass for the money too. 

🤘

That’s nice Bleat, is that an ebony fingerboard 

[Bleat]

No it isn't Ebony. I think they call it an "eco-rosewood", so not sure exactly what it is! It doesn't look a million miles away from my Les Paul which actually is Ebony though! 😎

[Reggaebass]

1 minute ago, Bleat said:

No it isn't Ebony. I think they call it an "eco-rosewood", so not sure exactly what it is! It doesn't look a million miles away from my Les Paul which actually is Ebony though! 😎

Thanks 👍It looks great, I really like dark boards, I’ll have a look into these,

[Obra]

My black edition...

Sandberg TM4 Roasted Custom Ebony Reversed / P bass S9 

[Pea Turgh]

My lovely bitsa will be in the classifieds shortly, dagnammit.  Only so I can fund something else though!

 

Edited November 1, 2020 by Pea Turgh

[Jimothey]

My almost finished Matt Black 54' slab body p bass 

 

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[meterman]

I guess my MIJ Squier Bullet can join the club.

[Pea Turgh]

@metermanThat looks lush!

Edited November 6, 2020 by Pea Turgh

[meterman]

3 minutes ago, Pea Turgh said:

@metermanThat looks lush!

Thank you! I tried but could not find any black pickup covers to fit the pickups so I had to Sharpie them. I'll spray them black at some point.

I do love how Fender somehow ended up making basses that looked like the slightly wonky MIJ lawsuit era instruments that were trying to copy Fender in the first place. 

[Pea Turgh]

17 minutes ago, meterman said:

Thank you! I tried but could not find any black pickup covers to fit the pickups so I had to Sharpie them. I'll spray them black at some point.

I do love how Fender somehow ended up making basses that looked like the slightly wonky MIJ lawsuit era instruments that were trying to copy Fender in the first place. 

I’m selling some bits so I can see about buying Gareth’s other one of those!  I thought the slightly off-white controls and pickup covers would contrast nicely with a black scratchplate.

[meterman]

1 minute ago, Pea Turgh said:

I’m selling some bits so I can see about buying Gareth’s other one of those!  I thought the slightly off-white controls and pickup covers would contrast nicely with a black scratchplate.

I did have the original off-white controls and pickup covers on for 24 hours but changed them out. It is a strong look though.

If the neck had been rosewood I'd have fitted a tort scratchplate. But black / black / maple is fine for me

[meterman]

32 minutes ago, Pea Turgh said:

I’m selling some bits so I can see about buying Gareth’s other one of those!  I thought the slightly off-white controls and pickup covers would contrast nicely with a black scratchplate.

If you do manage to get a Bullet bass then please do the full NBD with pics etc. 👍

[Pea Turgh]

12 hours ago, meterman said:

If you do manage to get a Bullet bass then please do the full NBD with pics etc. 👍

Absolutely!

[lowrentdiscographer]

My 2... pbass, black on black, roasted maple neck. Ibanez srx360. Also have an old Yamaha RB-something-bobby-basic but that's not black...

 

Some really nice gear on here.

Edited November 29, 2020 by lowrentdiscographer
If you can't say something nice...

[mckendrick]

It's kind-of black.....

[Telebass]

Originally a 2003 MIM with rosewood board. The only original bits left are the body, bridge, and knobs!

My only black bass and my only bass!

Edited December 9, 2020 by Telebass