Who has the blackest bass?

[Annoying Twit]

Anyone have a 'Disaster Area' bass? I've recently bought some nylon coated strings to try out, which are bllack. I've also been reading a thread on a DIY Bass Kit. I was wondering how black you could get a bass. Fretless ebony board. Black finish (including the neck), Black hardware. Black nut. Nylon black strings and a black 1-ply pick guard.

Has anyone done this? Who on basschat has the blackest bass?

EDIT: I found this on talkbass. IMHO this looks damn good. I'll even forgive the non-black strings.

I couldn't inline the image here, this is a copy uploaded to my own tiny pic account. [url=http://www.talkbass.com/threads/can-anybody-show-me-a-black-bass.412076/]here is the talk bass thread, though IMHO this is the best bass on that thread[/url].

Edited April 3, 2015 by Annoying Twit

[neepheid]

I don't own one, but surely it's the fretless stealth Bongo as shown here? All it needs is the black nylon coated strings, lose the headstock branding and it's a ninja.

Edited April 3, 2015 by neepheid

[Annoying Twit]

Ooh! That does look very black, and very nice, indeed.

[spectoremg]

Nice bass in the first pic.

[Number6]

The question has to be asked.....how much more black could this be? The answer is none more black.

[Annoying Twit]

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The question has to be asked.....how much more black could this be? The answer is none more black.
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Pole pieces.

[Number6]

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Pole pieces.
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A drop of black nail varnish or a permanent marker to take the blackness to 11

[ahpook]

Not all black, like the beauties above, but do I get points for quantity ?

[spectoremg]

Spinal Tap... 'yeah the black on this one goes up to 11...'

[Billy Apple]

Spector satin black?

[Annoying Twit]

Painting in the pole pieces might work, but the basses with black pole pieces on the talkbass thread don't look wonderful IMHO. I think covered pickups a'la the humbuckers on my 7 string would look nice on the black jazz bass above.



Or the black covered pickups from the Lodestone bass with black screws.



Black blade pickups might work as well, but I couldn't find any fully black jazz bass ones.

It's just personal taste obviously, but when I saw basses with black pole pieces on the talkbass thread, they just looked wrong to me.

EDIT: Oooh - it's possible to buy gold bass guitar strings. Anyone else think that the jazz bass up there would look even better with gold strings rather than steel coloured ones?



EDIT: Holy ... something! The following strings are gold coloured because they are actual gold plated!

http://www.optima-strings.com/gold-strings-electric-bass.php#p2

Edited April 3, 2015 by Annoying Twit

[Roland Rock]

This Sei on the marketplace is black as black can be

[Img]http://i1244.photobucket.com/albums/gg580/christopher_brown14/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-04/received_10152564503395876_zpsuot8iidu.jpeg" class="ipsImage" />

[spectoremg]

Not black, just an excuse to show off my quilted charcoal gorgeousness

Edited October 4, 2015 by spectoremg

[Urban Bassman]

As already posted the Bongo Stealth is very back, including pole pieces. Here's mine. Sorry, I don't know why it's rotated...wasn't taken that way, but hopefully you get the idea.....it's black!

[BigRedX]

[IMG]http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n249/BigRedX/DSC01114.jpg[/IMG]

[Billy Apple]

[quote name='spectoremg' timestamp='1428057500' post='2737528']
Not black, just an excuse to show off my quilted charcoal gorgeousness
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Badda Bing!

[ahpook]

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1428057948' post='2737535']

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Sex.

[Paul S]

My Westone Pantera Deluxe II X790 is about as black as it can be without having black frets and the logo blacked out. Sporting a set of DR Black beauties.

[attachment=188260:pantera2.jpg][attachment=188261:pantera7.jpg]

[KingBollock]

[quote name='Annoying Twit' timestamp='1428056200' post='2737503']

EDIT: Oooh - it's possible to buy gold bass guitar strings. Anyone else think that the jazz bass up there would look even better with gold strings rather than steel coloured ones?



EDIT: Holy ... something! The following strings are gold coloured because they are actual gold plated!

http://www.optima-strings.com/gold-strings-electric-bass.php#p2
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When I was a kid I bought a set of those for my guitarist bother, for his birthday.

Thomson do a five string set that I might be very tempted to try at some point, they'd look gorgeous on my Cort (which isn't a particularly black bass so probably shouldn't mention it in this thread...).

Edited April 3, 2015 by KingBollock

[KingBollock]

My Warlock is pretty black. The frets are steel and it has a white headstock logo and little white logos on the pick up covers, but other than that it is black.
I have considered, and not given up on the idea of, changing the pick ups to DiMarzio DP127bk black bladed pick ups.

I like the idea of black coated strings but I can't imagine they'd work well with a pick.

[Annoying Twit]

Some very nice black basses here, please keep them coming.

@Warlock: Pics?

[thebrig]

I owned this Musicman Sterling Limited Edition for a while.

[Paul S]

That is just gorgeous.

I think I said the same when you offered it for sale.

[spectoremg]

The MM is awesome!

[thebrig]

[quote name='Paul S' timestamp='1428067153' post='2737682']
That is just gorgeous.

I think I said the same when you offered it for sale.
[/quote]Thanks Paul, it was gorgeous, and I sometimes wish I had kept it.