Black basses

[Yango]

[yourfurryfiend]

[MoonBassAlpha]

^ tasty!

[pst62]

 Fender Player Series & Squier CV 70's (as seen on page 15) with Mex Fender neck.

 

Edited August 1, 2021 by pst62

[TheGreek]

Looks much better with the black plate...

[pst62]

7 minutes ago, TheGreek said:

Looks much better with the black plate...

You know, I've just been thinking that myself.

[Velarian]

It’s hard to beat that black/black/maple look IMHO. 

[paul_5]

24 minutes ago, Velarian said:

It’s hard to beat that black/black/maple look IMHO. 

Yeppers, black Jazzes with maple neck and black blocks and binding are a thing of beauty.

[TheGreek]

Is that the world's biggest plectrum?

 

[2020Jazz]

5 hours ago, Velarian said:

It’s hard to beat that black/black/maple look IMHO. 

#Truth

[2020Jazz]

4 hours ago, TheGreek said:

Is that the world's biggest plectrum?

 

Why, yes. Yes, it is.

[2020Jazz]

On 31/07/2021 at 10:59, TheGreek said:

Lakland and Spector in the sun. 

 

 

 

Outstanding.

[yourfurryfiend]

7 hours ago, TheGreek said:

Is that the world's biggest plectrum?

 

What can I say, I have big hands

[Velarian]

After around 3 decades of being in the care of a good friend of mine, I recently got my original ‘77 precision back and it’s just come back from the luthier reunited with its original neck, a new nut and nicely set up. It was originally a maple fretboard which was replaced with fretless ebony board by the Kincade Brothers In the early eighties. 

[2020Jazz]

3 hours ago, Velarian said:

After around 3 decades of being in the care of a good friend of mine, I recently got my original ‘77 precision back and it’s just come back from the luthier reunited with its original neck, a new nut and nicely set up. It was originally a maple fretboard which was replaced with fretless ebony board by the Kincade Brothers In the early eighties. 

Gorgeous, mate. Black screws would be the dog's nads on that beauty.

 

Did I say that right?

[lee650]

My Black Highway one Fender P!

Did a few cosmetic mods after I recieved it,as I don't like Badass bridges on a P bass.

I have put on a vintage Grooved bridge for old school deep woody tone (As Leo intended) I also procured a reliced Tort pick guard from a Limelight build, this matches the roadworn Nitro finish it has and is very classy. These are USA basses, but finished and assembled in Mexico. The parts are all USA except the tuners which are the same s you get on standard Mex fenders. I hate cheap tuners, so i bought and added some Hipshot tuners which are very high quality and much more reassuring.

 

I have toyed with replacing the "Greasebucket" circuit with a Kiagon Loom, but the USA standard pickup sounds fantastic, and I dont mind the fact it doesn't get as boomy with the tone all the way off.

 

It's getting a lovely amount of roadwear which these basses were designed to do, much cooler to put on your own than the cookie cutter roadworns that superseded these basses. I've also got a lovely set of TI flats, my only gripe is the very white looking neck/headstock but hey ho! It sounds and feels great, is very well made and very very light too 😁

Edited August 13, 2021 by lee650

[Reggaebass]

7 hours ago, lee650 said:

My Black Highway one Fender P!

Did a few cosmetic mods after I recieved it,as I don't like Badass bridges on a P bass.

I have put on a vintage Grooved bridge for old school deep woody tone (As Leo intended) I also procured a reliced Tort pick guard from a Limelight build, this matches the roadworn Nitro finish it has and is very classy. These are USA basses, but finished and assembled in Mexico. The parts are all USA except the tuners which are the same s you get on standard Mex fenders. I hate cheap tuners, so i bought and added some Hipshot tuners which are very high quality and much more reassuring.

 

I have toyed with replacing the "Greasebucket" circuit with a Kiagon Loom, but the USA standard pickup sounds fantastic, and I dont mind the fact it doesn't get as boomy with the tone all the way off.

 

It's getting a lovely amount of roadwear which these basses were designed to do, much cooler to put on your own than the cookie cutter roadworns that superseded these basses. I've also got a lovely set of TI flats, my only gripe is the very white looking neck/headstock but hey ho! It sounds and feels great, is very well made and very very light too 😁

Love it lee  and fitted with TI flats, it doesn’t get much better 👍

[Baloney Balderdash]

New shot of my Ibanez GSRM20 neck + GSRM20B body Mikro Bass :

[MoonBassAlpha]

On 26/07/2021 at 22:45, Triumph_Rock said:

My black bass, a Rickenbacker 4003S5.

What's the idea behind that shaped pickup?

[mr4stringz]

Felt a good time to contribute to the thread. 
 

Dano Longhorn

JMJ Mustang
‘76 Gibson Ripper (much modded)

FSR PJ Mustang

 

 

 

Edited November 1, 2021 by mr4stringz

[Triumph_Rock]

On 26/09/2021 at 14:24, MoonBassAlpha said:

What's the idea behind that shaped pickup?

To give equal output for all 5 strings.

[BassAgent]

Just added a black bass to the collection, the only black one I have at the moment:

[Waddycall]

Here are mine. My fantastic Ray34 with Delano hybrid system and my bitsa jazzray.v.p
 

[Bagman]

L2 Steinberger 

Very black

[BassAgent]

My Sterling is pretty black.