discreet Posted July 24, 2015 Posted July 24, 2015 (edited) [size=4][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif][b]Limelight MM P Bass...[/b] Saw this on Classic & Cool guitars... looks like Mark's trying out a couple of new things. You know what my views are on tort with black, but apart from that it looks pretty intriguing. I'm wondering what it sounds like... [/font][/size] [size=4][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif][url="http://classicandcoolguitars.co.uk/basses/limelight00161mmp.htm"]http://classicandcoo...ght00161mmp.htm[/url] "It's a P bodied bass with a MM pick up and a left-handed J-width neck, set up (just to be completely clear) to be played as a regular right-handed bass. You may think the upside tuners might be a bit awkward, but actually they fall perfectly to hand and you quickly use them without having to think about it. The body has a medium relic, but looks 'right'. The metal work is just lightly-tarnished which is how we've been doing them recently, and has the usual Limelight refinements. Specifications: Gotoh vintage L/H tuners Aged Nitro-cellulose finished neck with Tusq nut, clay dots and hand rolled fingerboard edges Alder body finished in nitro-cellulose Black. Quality vintage bridge CTS pots and Sprague cap Vintage wired MM type Pick up" Lightly-tarnished metalwork sounds good to me. Looks like Mark has been taking on board feedback from various sources about the perceived 'over-relicing' of hardware, particularly bridges...[/font][/size] Edited July 24, 2015 by discreet Quote
discreet Posted July 24, 2015 Author Posted July 24, 2015 [quote name='Billy Apple' timestamp='1437758054' post='2828879'] ...Here's some bits I had lying around [/quote] It was apparently made following an enquiry about a P Bass with an MM pup and a LH neck. Quote
lee4 Posted July 24, 2015 Posted July 24, 2015 Oh,yes please. How about 2 MM's positioned like a Warwick $$? Quote
Subbeh Posted July 25, 2015 Posted July 25, 2015 I really, really like that and it's interesting to see that LL will do custom stuff like that. I'd assumed it was strictly vintage replicas. [quote name='Billy Apple' timestamp='1437758054' post='2828879'] .. Here's some bits I had lying around [/quote] A pile of parts that IMO look awesome combined . Always like LH necks on righty basses and I love the classic looks of the black/tort with the tug bar combined with the more modern MM style pickup. Would be very intererested to hear what that style of pickup sounds like in that position as well. Quote
discreet Posted July 25, 2015 Author Posted July 25, 2015 [quote name='Subbeh' timestamp='1437787115' post='2829113'] A pile of parts that IMO look awesome combined [/quote] Agreed. I'm having naughty thoughts about a red P Bass with mint guard, one-piece maple and a Darkstar pup. Must... resist... Quote
sblueplanet Posted July 25, 2015 Posted July 25, 2015 Agree about the pickup position. Interesting. Also, with the reverse headstock the bass could be strung B E A D no problem. Quote
drTStingray Posted July 25, 2015 Posted July 25, 2015 Forgive me if I'm asking a silly question but didn't G and L invent one of those back in 1980 (L1000)? Nice looking bass though - black and tort is always nice. Quote
discreet Posted July 25, 2015 Author Posted July 25, 2015 [quote name='drTStingray' timestamp='1437838384' post='2829459'] Forgive me if I'm asking a silly question but didn't G and L invent one of those back in 1980 (L1000)? [/quote] Not a silly question... very nice they were/are, too. Quote
JapanAxe Posted July 25, 2015 Posted July 25, 2015 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1437790061' post='2829124'] Agreed. I'm having naughty thoughts about a red P Bass with mint guard, one-piece maple and a Darkstar pup. Must... resist... [/quote] Not quite what you're thinking of, but letch away: [quote name='drTStingray' timestamp='1437838384' post='2829459'] Forgive me if I'm asking a silly question but didn't G and L invent one of those back in 1980 (L1000)? [/quote] [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1437838958' post='2829464'] Not a silly question... very nice they were/are, too. [/quote] Yes indeed. and a 5-string - note pickup in MM sweet spot rather than Precision position: Quote
discreet Posted July 25, 2015 Author Posted July 25, 2015 [quote name='JapanAxe' timestamp='1437841516' post='2829482'] Not quite what you're thinking of, but letch away: [/quote] I thank you, but I may stay traditional since I clapped eyes on this 1963 Daytona Red P-Bss... Quote
drTStingray Posted July 26, 2015 Posted July 26, 2015 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1437842058' post='2829487'] I thank you, but I may stay traditional since I clapped eyes on this 1963 Daytona Red P-Bss... [/quote] Good lord - that is gorgeous Quote
discreet Posted July 26, 2015 Author Posted July 26, 2015 [quote name='drTStingray' timestamp='1437938395' post='2830228'] Good lord - that is gorgeous [/quote] It really is. I'm feeling a special Limelight commission coming on... Quote
discreet Posted July 26, 2015 Author Posted July 26, 2015 [quote name='bartelby' timestamp='1437940711' post='2830257'] That MM P needs another pickup: [/quote] Something very G&L about that pickguard... Quote
bartelby Posted July 26, 2015 Posted July 26, 2015 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1437940825' post='2830259'] Something very G&L about that pickguard... [/quote] Did they spray paint theirs too? Quote
discreet Posted July 26, 2015 Author Posted July 26, 2015 (edited) [quote name='bartelby' timestamp='1437940874' post='2830260'] Did they spray paint theirs too? [/quote] I dunno... this was my SB-2... though not actually a guard, [i]per se[/i]... more a control plate... Edited July 26, 2015 by discreet Quote
Graham Posted July 26, 2015 Posted July 26, 2015 [quote name='JapanAxe' timestamp='1437841516' post='2829482'] Not quite what you're thinking of, but letch away: Yes indeed. and a 5-string - note pickup in MM sweet spot rather than Precision position: [/quote] Isn't the pickup on the L1000 in the Precision position, whilst the L1500/1505 has it in the Stingray position? Quote
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