Delberthot Posted April 25, 2011 Posted April 25, 2011 (edited) Had to be done. As someone who rarely owns anything as conventional as a Fender I feel its my place to spread the pointy bass love I've now had this bass for 7 months and its my pride and joy. Its probably the longest I've held onto a bass in ages. I usually have basses for a few weeks, sometimes days before selling them again. It began life as an Epiphone Gothic Thunderbird which has the jazz bass nut width rather than the standard which is more like a precision. I bought it from a guy in America and it already had the Hipshot bridge on it. I've slowly added bits to it - I moved the front strap button to the front of the heel, straplocks, EMG 35HZ pickups, new pots and paper-in-oil cap, repro Gibson truss rod cover for the hell of it and a set of Roto flatwounds. The scratchplate is the original with sticker printer paper with the 1976 Thunderbird logo. Next will be a set of blue Fret FX LEDs. Edited April 25, 2011 by Delberthot Quote
Delberthot Posted April 25, 2011 Author Posted April 25, 2011 (edited) MY Epiphone Explorer that I just couldn;t get on with cos it was too unwieldy Edited April 25, 2011 by Delberthot Quote
Delberthot Posted April 25, 2011 Author Posted April 25, 2011 (edited) My last Thunderbird - if I can find another one of these cheaply enough I plan on a 5 string conversion Edited April 25, 2011 by Delberthot Quote
Delberthot Posted April 25, 2011 Author Posted April 25, 2011 (edited) Aria ZZ fretless [url="http://img64.imageshack.us/i/dsc06325large.jpg/"][/url] [url="http://img268.imageshack.us/i/dsc06320large.jpg/"][/url] [url="http://img17.imageshack.us/i/dsc06315large.jpg/"][/url] [url="http://img638.imageshack.us/i/dsc06310large.jpg/"][/url] [url="http://img69.imageshack.us/i/dsc06311large.jpg/"][/url] [url="http://img23.imageshack.us/i/dsc06308large.jpg/"][/url] Edited April 25, 2011 by Delberthot Quote
steve-soar Posted April 25, 2011 Posted April 25, 2011 [quote name='yorick' post='1210852' date='Apr 25 2011, 01:41 PM']Kramer, with pointy headstock.... [/quote]Want Quote
Darkstrike Posted April 25, 2011 Posted April 25, 2011 Here's my homebrew/parts bass I made from a Jackson Kelly guitar, and a Mighty Mite P neck. The neck and bridge pickup are NOS Gibson TB+ pickups, the middle was a Rio Grande Pitbull, but I have a Jackson pickup there now. The hardware is all Hipshot, bridge is brass, and the tuners are Ultralites. The nut is nickle. Controls are an on/off for each pickup, volume and tone, both pots are push/push, one being a coil cut for the Rio Grande or Jackson pickup, and the other is a "solo switch", hardwiring the bridge pickup to the output jack, bypassing all controls. Quote
Bloodaxe Posted April 25, 2011 Posted April 25, 2011 Shameless repost: 1984 Aria ZZB-Custom in Factory-Stock 'Bloody Red'. 32" scale & 54" tip to tip. Quote
mep Posted April 25, 2011 Posted April 25, 2011 Charvel 2B with pointy headstock. Let's Rawk! [attachment=78413:charvel_007.jpg] Quote
phil.i.stein Posted April 25, 2011 Posted April 25, 2011 (edited) the 2nd bass i ever bought.. . goth nostalgia moment. hard to find a pointier bass, although to be fair, both it and i sounded rubbish. the sisters of mercy's 'alice' has probably never been played so badly.. [attachment=78414:dynastycase.jpg] Edited April 25, 2011 by phil.i.stein Quote
Rayman Posted April 25, 2011 Posted April 25, 2011 Not really [i]that[/i] pointy, but worth a mention..... Quote
waynepunkdude Posted April 26, 2011 Posted April 26, 2011 I'm going out on a limb and I'm gonna say T-birds aren't pointy they are curvy at the ends. Quote
farmer61 Posted April 26, 2011 Posted April 26, 2011 [quote name='waynepunkdude' post='1211485' date='Apr 26 2011, 10:01 AM']I'm going out on a limb and I'm gonna say T-birds aren't pointy they are curvy at the ends.[/quote] Got a pointy headstock end ? Quote
waynepunkdude Posted April 26, 2011 Posted April 26, 2011 [quote name='farmer61' post='1211515' date='Apr 26 2011, 10:51 AM']Got a pointy headstock end ?[/quote] About as pointy as a Fender. Quote
farmer61 Posted April 26, 2011 Posted April 26, 2011 [quote name='waynepunkdude' post='1211518' date='Apr 26 2011, 10:54 AM']About as pointy as a Fender.[/quote] Then come and join in the fun and post away Quote
Delberthot Posted April 26, 2011 Author Posted April 26, 2011 [quote name='waynepunkdude' post='1211518' date='Apr 26 2011, 10:54 AM']About as pointy as a Fender.[/quote] [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOs4vsthLD0"]Oh, you're no fun anymore[/url] Quote
RhysP Posted April 26, 2011 Posted April 26, 2011 [quote name='Mr. Foxen' post='1210873' date='Apr 25 2011, 01:56 PM'][/quote] OOH! Lovely!! Quote
budget bassist Posted April 26, 2011 Posted April 26, 2011 [quote name='Rayman' post='1211265' date='Apr 25 2011, 10:16 PM']Not really [i]that[/i] pointy, but worth a mention..... [/quote] BUT, sexy as hell! Quote
chuck_stones Posted April 27, 2011 Posted April 27, 2011 [quote name='Mr. Foxen' post='1210873' date='Apr 25 2011, 01:56 PM'] [/quote] What the f*ck is that man?! That's got more buttons and switches than the Starship Enterprise. Me likey Quote
Lorne Posted April 28, 2011 Posted April 28, 2011 Phhhh, you guys ain't even trying LOL It's got a pointy headstock! And a picture of Phil using my bass Quote
RhysP Posted April 28, 2011 Posted April 28, 2011 I wondered where you were in this thread Lorne. I've said it before & I'll say it again - those 8 string Bich's are AWESOME!!! Quote
Darkstrike Posted April 28, 2011 Posted April 28, 2011 [quote name='Bloodaxe' post='1211068' date='Apr 25 2011, 06:02 PM']Shameless repost: 1984 Aria ZZB-Custom in Factory-Stock 'Bloody Red'. 32" scale & 54" tip to tip.[/quote] Damn! This thing is awwwwwesome! Quote
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