Black basses

[haruki]

 

fretless precision bitsa with status neck having a lie down....she doesn't get out much.

 

[xgsjx]

I have a bass that was black…

 

Been stripped & modded since then.  A bit like me. 

[msb]

I picked up this Ibanez Talman to be a mod platform , started , but have a lot yet to do.

[ezbass]

1 hour ago, msb said:

I picked up this Ibanez Talman to be a mod platform , started , but have a lot yet to do.

I like the T’Bird pickup.

[Pea Turgh]

2 hours ago, msb said:

I picked up this Ibanez Talman to be a mod platform , started , but have a lot yet to do.

I looks like it should come with 2 T-bird pups as standard.  Nice 👍 

[jazzyvee]

My main gigging bass for about 10yrs

[johnDeereJack]

Here are my two black basses 🙂

Lakland Skyline 55-02

Sandberg California Central

 

Edited July 30, 2023 by johnDeereJack
Added more info

[mr4stringz]

On 01/11/2021 at 18:15, mr4stringz said:

Felt a good time to contribute to the thread. 
 

Dano Longhorn

JMJ Mustang
‘76 Gibson Ripper (much modded)

FSR PJ Mustang

 

 

 

Time to update, having recently added an Epi Vintage Pro T-Bird to the ranks…

 

 

 

Edited August 18, 2023 by mr4stringz

[basshead56]

A couple of updates in the last couple of years

A 73 Precision (converted from fretless) 

An Aria CB1000 and an EBMM Darkray

[Reggaebass]

5 hours ago, basshead56 said:

A couple of updates in the last couple of years

A 73 Precision (converted from fretless) 

An Aria CB1000 and an EBMM Darkray

That 73 looks great, how did you get on converting it, did it work out well 

[basshead56]

1 hour ago, Reggaebass said:

That 73 looks great, how did you get on converting it, did it work out well 

Frets are bang on, just have to re-do the side markers. but it plays lovely.

[Baloney Balderdash]

Edit!!!: Damn, that memory.... Forgot I already posted this a couple of pages back. I could have sworn that there was no star, indicating that I already posted in this thread, next to the headline of this thread on the index page of this sub forum.

 

Odd...

 

Anyway, I apologize for this spam.

 

But here we go again :

 

 

This just 28.6" scale Ibanez GSRM20 neck + GSRM20B body Mikro Bass, that I pulled the stock pickups out of and installed an EMG Geezer Butler P pickup instead, wired directly to the output jack socket, the stock side mounted barrel type one replaced for a regular front mounted jack socket, installed in one of the redundant pot holes.

 

This is actually my main instrument at the moment, and I have it tuned in tenor bass tuning (which among others Victor Wooten, but especially Stanley Clarke, makes wide use of), that is A standard tuning (as the 4 upper strings on a 6 string bass in regular B standard tuning), and strung accordingly with coated Elixir Nanoweb guitar strings of the gauges .068 - .052 - .038 - .028, threaded through the cut off ball ends of old bass strings, for the strings to not fall through the bridge string mounting holes.

 

So without further ado: Here it is, Maple neck with a 12" radius Rosewood fretboard, and medium frets (they are slightly smaller than standard medium jumbo frets), an unusually light weight Mahogany body, and with various visual mods, name is "Dud Bottomfeeder" (knob closest to neck is now red though) :

 

Love it to bits, and it is such a joy to play.

 

Ponder on maybe replacing the tuners for the 2 lower strings (A and D (which would normally be E and A)) with the black tuners from the neck of the GSRM20B Mikro Bass that donated the body (that one had horrible fretwork, which I managed to ruin completely, doing a haphazard attempt to level them. The neck that is installed now, originating from my first GSRM20 Mikro Bass, on the other hand had perfect fretwork from stock), as well as replacing the bridge with individual ABM mono rail bridge pieces, milled from solid brass, and in the same instance reduce the string spacing from the standard 19mm of the stock bridge currently installed to 17mm instead.

 

Edited November 4, 2023 by Baloney Balderdash
Faulty memory...

[Kyndainverse]

[Hutton]

My USA Lakland 44-64.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[MoonBassAlpha]

On 18/08/2023 at 17:31, mr4stringz said:

Time to update, having recently added an Epi Vintage Pro T-Bird to the ranks…

 

 

 

@mr4stringz I'm liking the Dano, is the neck pickup approximately in the same spot as the p-pickup on the pj Mustang? I  have the exact same fsr Mustang as yours, but I do miss 24 frets with good access...

Edited November 26, 2023 by MoonBassAlpha

[mr4stringz]

1 hour ago, MoonBassAlpha said:

@mr4stringz I'm liking the Dano, is the neck pickup approximately in the same spot as the p-pickup on the pj Mustang? I  have the exact same fsr Mustang as yours, but I do miss 24 frets with good access...

Hey. Afraid not, it’s a fair bit further forward towards the neck on the Dano. They’re fun basses though for sure and certainly a little different to the norm, though I bought this one largely for my 11 year old to mess about on.

[MoonBassAlpha]

Thanks for that. If the lad grows out of it...

[MoonBassAlpha]

Recently traded Rick 4003 from 04. Duncans and Hipshot 

[AndyTravis]

 

winner

[AndyTravis]

Also just added for when the Gibson is too posh to gig…

[spyder]

My latest love.

1993 EBMM H 5.

😍

[AndyTravis]

Well…my most expensive recent purchase. And my cheapest.

 

Guess which one will be for rough gigs…

[MoonBassAlpha]

Interesting photo,  I've always felt the Gibson would look larger than a P, but it's quite the opposite!

You really need a black Rickenbacker to go with them now...

[AndyTravis]

57 minutes ago, MoonBassAlpha said:

Interesting photo,  I've always felt the Gibson would look larger than a P, but it's quite the opposite!

You really need a black Rickenbacker to go with them now...

Well the ripper definitely has some Ric leaning sound wise…

 

im on a buying ban…4 basses and 1 guitar this month. Although one of the basses was a misjudged eBay gamble. 

[MM Stingray 62]

My Fretless P/J with a Status neck

 

 

Edited January 17, 2024 by MM Stingray 62