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27 minutes ago, Moving Pictures said:

Looks great! I would totally play that. Any plans to change the pickguard?

No, quite enjoying the geddy B/W aesthetic.

 

I’ve had 2 GL jazz basses…sold when chasing other gear…

 

The Japanese one I had was black, and a bit weighty. The Mex one I had was mega light and sunburst.

 

Reckon another Black one might be on the cards…

 

now…what to do with this stuff…4D9A4D0F-45AA-4F76-AF13-86B25BFF186C.thumb.jpeg.5e6ef3b28c4c17a221e7421da14534ef.jpeg

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14 minutes ago, ezbass said:

P/G change needed to my eyes, mint green would be better IMO. Nick the one off the white one.


I’ve got a packet of pickguard screws on the way as that’s one of the few things I didn’t get with the MIJ body. So it won’t be a big deal to try - not 100% sure it will work.

 

I’ve also used my spare Yamaha big strap buttons on the white body so will swap them out as they’re ace, but a bugger to get hold of.

 

no rash decisions - might see if any interesting necks come up for the white body; I’ve a spare Gotoh string tree in a packet and a spare set of resolite machineheads.

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1 hour ago, AndyTravis said:

No, quite enjoying the geddy B/W aesthetic.

 

I’ve had 2 GL jazz basses…sold when chasing other gear…

 

The Japanese one I had was black, and a bit weighty. The Mex one I had was mega light and sunburst.

 

Reckon another Black one might be on the cards…

 

now…what to do with this stuff…4D9A4D0F-45AA-4F76-AF13-86B25BFF186C.thumb.jpeg.5e6ef3b28c4c17a221e7421da14534ef.jpeg

I had a Japanese GL and also found it a bit weighty. Sounded great but had to go. 
 

That white body would look good with either a maple fretboard and black pickguard (think Dee Dee Ramone) or a very dark fretboard and a mint or brown tort guard. Either looks like you have another interesting project on your hands. 

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3 minutes ago, Moving Pictures said:

I had a Japanese GL and also found it a bit weighty. Sounded great but had to go. 
 

That white body would look good with either a maple fretboard and black pickguard (think Dee Dee Ramone) or a very dark fretboard and a mint or brown tort guard. Either looks like you have another interesting project on your hands. 


we’ll see - a good friend has enquired on behalf of a mate of his.

 

I could do with a big parts bin empty…

 

I’ve done a quick comparison of the mint on the black. Looks like it’s “trying” to look vintage…quite like the stark contrast…

 

hmm.

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2 hours ago, MM Stingray 62 said:

It looks great Andy but I think it would look even better with a Badass bridge on it.

I know what you mean but a line has to be drawn somewhere...

Looking Geddy Pee is cool, but sounding it?

Andy has to sound like Andy Tee 😉

 

 

 

 

Always felt that a BA takes something away from a P bass rather than adding to it. Imho of course. 

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8 hours ago, miles'tone said:

I know what you mean but a line has to be drawn somewhere...

Looking Geddy Pee is cool, but sounding it?

Andy has to sound like Andy Tee 😉

 

 

 

 

Always felt that a BA takes something away from a P bass rather than adding to it. Imho of course. 

 

In my experience high mass bridges in general smooth/round out/off the tone and in a way makes the bass sound more polite and uniform, I'd even claim lacking character and sounding kind of bland, in comparison to a traditional bend steel plate vintage style bridge. 

 

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I’m going to hold out for a used one - that way I won’t “lose” £40 to find out.

 

I did change my Mendel to a bbot - not sure what informed that decision…think it was because I swapped to TI flats and didn’t see the point of adding sustain to dead flats.

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