Delberthot Posted May 24, 2008 Posted May 24, 2008 I had this bass made at the end of last year but its taken me ages to get round to taking some pictures of it. I spent the best part of 3 years and 50 basses trying to find my perfect bass and realised that my own perfect bass had yet to be made. So I set about compiling the best parts of all the basses I had played and it came out as follows: Body: Mahogany - nothng growls for me like this wood as featured in my 30th Anniversary Stingray and Thunderbird in the '54 body shape. Neck: Wenge - one of the coarsest yet fast woods I have played which was on my Warwick NT5, P bass width and '51-57 headstock shape Fretboard: Ebony - none more black and clear sounding. Just like my Bass Collection SB565 I specified this with no front dots. Finish: Gold Sparkle - my Modulus Flea Bass had the silver sparkle finish and I though about doing something different. Hardware: Gold Gotoh 201 bridge as used on the Flea Bass; Schaller machineheads as per my RICs and Stingrays, Gold Schaller straplocks, Optima Gold strings guage 45, 60, 80, 100; Hipshot string tree; Warwick JAN III nut; Warmoth gold compound frets; Seymour Duncan Quarter Pounder SCPB pickup Well enough of the yada yada, here she is:= I'm really happy with the way it turned out. The sound is phenomenal. Really dirty and aggresive but can be tamed for some clasic tones. A word of warning for others who are thinking about going down this route: I thought long and hard about what i wanted to achieve and the result was [b][i]exactly[/i][/b] what I wanted. If you get it wrong you'll get peanuts for it if you try to sell it (unless of course you like peanuts) [b][/b] Quote
paul, the Posted May 25, 2008 Posted May 25, 2008 Oh my. I wasn't expecting to like it.. but, :wub: Quote
Telebass Posted May 25, 2008 Posted May 25, 2008 Lovely. The only thing I'd personally change would be the fugly Hipshot string tree. Very inelegant. Otherwise, well, I'm an SCPB fan as you can see left! Quote
Lfalex v1.1 Posted May 25, 2008 Posted May 25, 2008 Excellent instrument. I love it when people make the effort to achieve what they want in a bass, particularly when they use established designs and hot-rod them. Nice one - especially the Mahogany body and Wenge neck. Quote
OutToPlayJazz Posted May 25, 2008 Posted May 25, 2008 Excellently executed project there! I'm sure I've never seen a P with a wenge neck before. Looks like a really nice (and unique) bass! Quote
dmz Posted May 26, 2008 Posted May 26, 2008 Great bass, Nice combination of neck woods - would like to hear it some time - perhaps you could bring it along to one of the next bass bashes........ Enjoy ! Quote
MacDaddy Posted November 4, 2008 Posted November 4, 2008 [quote name='paul, the' post='205815' date='May 25 2008, 05:57 AM']Oh my. I wasn't expecting to like it.. but, :wub:[/quote] +1 Quote
The Burpster Posted November 4, 2008 Posted November 4, 2008 Xibit would be pleased.... Pimp my axe, maxxed out..... Very very nice...... (actually not sure why I havent noticed this before.... ) Quote
kdphysio Posted November 4, 2008 Posted November 4, 2008 That's screaming out for a Glam-Rock cover band!! Quote
skankdelvar Posted November 4, 2008 Posted November 4, 2008 Very nice - and gold strings as well!! Blinged to the max, yet somehow understated. Good work, sir. Quote
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