ezbass Posted August 31, 2015 Posted August 31, 2015 (edited) Since buying my Rob Allen MB2, this really nice bass has taken a massive back seat (as you would expect - the MB2 is awesome). Having heard the MB2 on a live playback, there doesn't seem to be much point in keeping this. Now, as you probably know, the GWB35 only comes in 'Non More Black' which, frankly, is depressing to look at unless you're a death metal/doom rock player. So, not long after I bought it, I stripped it back to natural. This revealed some average looking basswood and a big knot (see pic below) which I sealed with Danish Oil and waxed (I also added extra copper foil shielding to the cavity). After a while, as I became bored with the look of the basswood, I covered the front with figured, stick on vinyl and then pin-striped it by hand. Sound tacky? Really not so much and people are often taken aback when I tell them how this was achieved (there is a thread somewhere with a couple of basses with this treatment). The beauty of this top is that it is completely reversible. There are a few other knocks, dings and sanding swirls, as basswood marks very easily and I've tried to show these in the pics. Anyway, other than the finish, it has a phenolic 'board, Ibanez soapbar and 2 band active, ultra light tuners, etc, all details here [url="http://www.ibanez.co.jp/products/u_eb_page15.php?year=2015&cat_id=2&series_id=66&data_id=151&color=CL01"]http://www.ibanez.co...=151&color=CL01[/url] and weighs in at a, back friendly, 8lbs. So to photos: [url="http://s308.photobucket.com/user/ezbass/media/P1100325_zps77ue0zss.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s308.photobucket.com/user/ezbass/media/P1100326_zpsymxcsqnc.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s308.photobucket.com/user/ezbass/media/P1100327_zps99wnaomq.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s308.photobucket.com/user/ezbass/media/P1100328_zpsfhpvitee.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s308.photobucket.com/user/ezbass/media/P1100329_zpsfmzndm8o.jpg.html"][/url] This is what it looks like, just stripped: [url="http://s308.photobucket.com/user/ezbass/media/P1080146.jpg.html"][/url] It currently has Elixir round wounds on it, but I'll also include a set of La Bella flat wounds. I'll throw in a gigbag too. [s]£375[/s] [b]£325[/b] of your English Pounds will secure this great sounding (sooo much mwah!) and great playing beast (a steal for this level of instrument, but that's the going rate it would seem), collected from Ez Towers - no trades (sorry). I recommend collection due to the nature of the finish (best seen to be appreciated), that and I don't like to ship instruments with the usual parcel chuckers. Fill yer boots! Edited January 20, 2016 by ezbass
Woodinblack Posted October 17, 2015 Posted October 17, 2015 At a different time I would certainly be looking for one of these, although not at the moment as I have no fretless songs I am doing and trying to cut down on basses. But I think you have done the mods to it really well, it looks great
ezbass Posted October 17, 2015 Author Posted October 17, 2015 [quote name='Woodinblack' timestamp='1445076191' post='2888590'] At a different time I would certainly be looking for one of these, although not at the moment as I have no fretless songs I am doing and trying to cut down on basses. But I think you have done the mods to it really well, it looks great [/quote]Thank you, I'm really pleased with how it turned out. Not everyone's cup of tea, but completely reversible. I swing back and forth with selling any of my basses I have in the FS section at the moment, but ideally I'd just have the two that'll be left and play them exclusively; getting value for money and all that. No fretless songs? Get a fretless bass and they will come, to paraphrase Field of Dreams
Woodinblack Posted October 17, 2015 Posted October 17, 2015 I have a fretless, but I am in a covers band, and they don't want to do japan or paul young
ezbass Posted October 17, 2015 Author Posted October 17, 2015 [quote name='Woodinblack' timestamp='1445085978' post='2888702'] I have a fretless, but I am in a covers band, and they don't want to do japan or paul young [/quote]Find a new band! The 80s was rather fretless heavy, no wonder I love the music from that decade.
alyctes Posted October 17, 2015 Posted October 17, 2015 [quote name='ezbass' timestamp='1445074843' post='2888577'] No one, really? [/quote] I've been looking at it every now and then. It looks great and I'm sure it sounds lovely, but I have too many basses and too little money.
ezbass Posted October 17, 2015 Author Posted October 17, 2015 [quote name='alyctes' timestamp='1445110739' post='2888923'] , but I have too many basses [/quote]Burn him, he's a witch!
alyctes Posted October 17, 2015 Posted October 17, 2015 [quote name='ezbass' timestamp='1445115476' post='2888969'] Burn him, he's a witch! [/quote] It's getting like being at work round here...
ezbass Posted October 18, 2015 Author Posted October 18, 2015 [quote name='alyctes' timestamp='1445125837' post='2889029'] It's getting like being at work round here... [/quote]Looking at the interests in your avatar, I see you're in a field where there are two sides that butt heads regularly; that must be tough. I'm also guessing that witch burning is possibly ecologically unsound, so I retract the comment
alyctes Posted October 18, 2015 Posted October 18, 2015 [quote name='ezbass' timestamp='1445154466' post='2889073'] Looking at the interests in your avatar, I see you're in a field where there are two sides that butt heads regularly; that must be tough. I'm also guessing that witch burning is possibly ecologically unsound, so I retract the comment [/quote] It's also unsightly, foul-smelling and woefully inhumane. Just think of all those black cats suddenly rendered homeless... Work-wise, people have a tendency to shoot the messenger. So far as having too many basses, I maintain that more than 50 is too many. Especially given my lack of space and cash.
ezbass Posted October 18, 2015 Author Posted October 18, 2015 [quote name='alyctes' timestamp='1445175098' post='2889271'] It's also unsightly, foul-smelling and woefully inhumane. Just think of all those black cats suddenly rendered homeless... [/quote]
ezbass Posted December 16, 2015 Author Posted December 16, 2015 The last of my basses waiting to go, so why not slip this under your tree and give this bass a new home for Christmas
ezbass Posted December 28, 2015 Author Posted December 28, 2015 Slip and slide your way into the New Year with a nice, new (to you) fretless.
ezbass Posted January 3, 2016 Author Posted January 3, 2016 Bump for 2016, lets get the last of my basses for sale, out of the door.
Higgie Posted January 3, 2016 Posted January 3, 2016 (edited) What's the string spacing on this? Edit: sorry just seen the link in your first post. 16.5mm is too small for me! Edited January 3, 2016 by Higgie
ezbass Posted January 20, 2016 Author Posted January 20, 2016 And so the last of my current purge leaves Ez Towers. Mods, do your thing please
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