Greetings from southwestern Utah.

[Dune]

I've been a musician my entire life. My father was a high school band director and multi-instrumentalist. Started on trombone in the fourth grade, and on bass at 17 (now 62). Gigged full-time from late 1983 until 1998, with around a year and a half off to get my sobriety under my belt. After 20 years of not playing much at all, got back into it around 2018. Seriously into woodworking for some time, I began restoring my 1974 Mustang and putting parts basses together while waiting to have my full shop back up and running out here. I now build basses "from scratch" beginning with "cloning" my early 80's G&L El Toro (on which the neck has been unplayable for more than 20 years) and recently finished up 3 basses fashioned after the classic Stingray, but 5-string with 19mm string spacing.

[Beedster]

Welcome @Dune, nice basses 👍

[ezbass]

 Quality quiver there.

[SpondonBassed]

Welcome Dune.

[Bilbothebassplayer]

really nice looking basses! Welcome  

[80Hz]

Welcome to the forum and thanks for sharing your woodworking skills! The purple one is my favorite.

 

Also, I've have to admit I've never seen a tremolo arm on a bass before.. was that an original G&L thing from the era or something you added?

[Dune]

16 hours ago, 80Hz said:

Welcome to the forum and thanks for sharing your woodworking skills! The purple one is my favorite.

 

Also, I've have to admit I've never seen a tremolo arm on a bass before.. was that an original G&L thing from the era or something you added?

Thanks for the kind words, the purple one is my current favorite as well. Regarding the trem on the old El Toro (which I added): I think they're seldom seen for good reason 🤣 - I quickly discovered that there was little use for one on bass, especially in a Top-40 cover band. From a practical standpoint, the best thing about it was that it was quick release, since I washed my strings daily back then. I had myself convinced that the additional mass - maybe as much as double the original G&L(?) - made a big difference in the sound, but these days I doubt there was any discernable difference. It sure looked cool though. 😎 

[80Hz]

4 minutes ago, Dune said:

I had myself convinced that the additional mass - maybe as much as double the original G&L(?) - made a big difference in the sound, but these days I doubt there was any discernable difference. It sure looked cool though. 😎 

 

Yes it's certainly a big block of steel with a presence! I suppose it has to be hefty to manage the tension.