Hamster Posted March 30, 2009 Posted March 30, 2009 I've finally succumbed to trying to use a camera! These are the best I can do, but I actually enjoyed trying to take a nice photo - I might try again with my pedalboard soon. I picked this up a few weeks ago from Mr Old Horse Murphy. It's very very nice to play with a wonderful neck. There wasn't anything really wrong with the tone - the classic P thump. I had some Wizard Thumpers in my bits box, a Villex passive rotary tone booster and a stacked CTS pot. I've wired it to retain the tone control with the stacked pot. I fully lined the cavity with copper foil as there was a little bit of noise. As its guts were out I popped on a cream pearl scratchplate which I think goes well with the Sky Blue? paint. A little fret dressing, radius the strings to match the neck, set up with a nice low action and it's as playable as it can get. The Thumper combined with the Villex RPTB gives it a truly monster tone Only thing I'm not sure about is whether to replace the pickup covers with white or cream ones? [attachment=23063:DSC_4138.JPG] [attachment=23066:DSC_4139.JPG] [attachment=23070:DSC_4226.JPG] [attachment=23069:DSC_4221.JPG] [attachment=23071:DSC_4228.JPG] Quote
Clarky Posted March 31, 2009 Posted March 31, 2009 Very nice - I'd go with the cream p/up covers (like these on eBay [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CREAM--PICKUP-COVER-SET-FOR-P-BASS_W0QQitemZ260380560727QQcmdZViewItem)"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CREAM--PICKUP-COVER-...QQcmdZViewItem)[/url] Quote
Jase Posted March 31, 2009 Posted March 31, 2009 Lovely bass, some nice cream pup covers would be super! Quote
waynepunkdude Posted March 31, 2009 Posted March 31, 2009 Don't listen to them, cream pick up covers are the devils work, next they will be telling you to get a tort scratch plate. Awesome looking bass though mate. Quote
Old Horse Murphy Posted March 31, 2009 Posted March 31, 2009 (edited) Very nice Colin... I sold this as I was having trouble hearing the P Bass thump. I replaced it with a (guess what?)..............another P bass that I used to own. One day I'll learn I'm currently running a 1 x 10 powered foldback monitor out of the back on my Shuttle 6 and guess what? It works; I can hear!!! This has one of the nicest necks I've played and I'm glad it's gone to a good home. And here's a money shot of it being played by some thug (not Colin I hasten to add) Edited March 31, 2009 by Old Horse Murphy Quote
hubrad Posted March 31, 2009 Posted March 31, 2009 [quote name='Old Horse Murphy' post='450577' date='Mar 31 2009, 03:06 PM']Very nice Colin... I sold this as I was having trouble hearing the P Bass thump. I replaced it with a (guess what?)..............another P bass that I used to own. One day I'll learn I'm currently running a 1 x 10 powered foldback monitor out of the back on my Shuttle 6 and guess what? It works; I can hear!!! This has one of the nicest necks I've played and I'm glad it's gone to a good home. And here's a money shot of it being played by some thug (not Colin I hasten to add)[/quote] Nice blue tinge there! Quote
johnnylager Posted March 31, 2009 Posted March 31, 2009 [quote name='waynepunkdude' post='450561' date='Mar 31 2009, 01:56 PM']Don't listen to them, cream pick up covers are the devils work, next they will be telling you to get a tort scratch plate.[/quote] Don't listen to him, he plays a Jazz. Cream on. Nice bass. Quote
waynepunkdude Posted March 31, 2009 Posted March 31, 2009 [quote name='johnnylager' post='450590' date='Mar 31 2009, 03:21 PM']Don't listen to him, he plays a Jazz. Cream on. Nice bass.[/quote] I'm playing a Precision tonight [size=1] with a tort pickguard[/size] Quote
Old Horse Murphy Posted March 31, 2009 Posted March 31, 2009 [quote name='hubrad' post='450589' date='Mar 31 2009, 03:21 PM']Nice blue tinge there! [/quote] I think it was the London Pride Quote
paul h Posted March 31, 2009 Posted March 31, 2009 Buy some cream covers, throw them away and then give the bass to me. What? Paul. Quote
karlthebassist Posted March 31, 2009 Posted March 31, 2009 Noooooooooooo, don't listen to them! Leave them pickup covers alone. You have one very sexy P-bass there. I'd love an American P-bass - can't really think of a bass I'd rather have. Just can't afford it I mean my mex is pretty cool - with its tort scratch plate, Waynepunkdude! Hehe. That blue is awesome though. Vintage-style tuners would be pretty cool maybe. Expensive though I guess. Quote
Hamster Posted April 1, 2009 Author Posted April 1, 2009 Thanks for your kind comments I've ordered a set of cream covers to try them on for size & appearance, for a couple of quid it's not a big loss is I don't like them - and I'm sure I'll sell them on to a Jazz owner somewhere......... Quote
ben_eat_pie Posted June 24, 2009 Posted June 24, 2009 [quote name='waynepunkdude' post='450561' date='Mar 31 2009, 02:56 PM']Don't listen to them, cream pick up covers are the devils work, next they will be telling you to get a tort scratch plate. Awesome looking bass though mate.[/quote] I'd go gold or mirror with this one! Quote
Rayman Posted June 24, 2009 Posted June 24, 2009 That's one beautiful looking bass, perfect colour combination, and for me, the pup has to stay black, I just don't like white covers, regardless of the rest of the colour scheme. Quote
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