armyadarkness
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I love 12 String basses, and when you're alone, they're even more fun!! But, the Schecters used to be ugly? Ill go look
Bass equipment thoughts and ideas
- Thread starter Jim C
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armyadarkness
Royal Corn
They sound super cool!
armyadarkness
Royal Corn
He said, but it was too late, for Amy had already Googled it for 20 minutes and found nothing.
It ain't broke, let's fix it anyway! My luthier buddy gave me a spare fire damaged body, which has been drying out for a couple of years now after his shop fire. Using that would allow a do over on the control layout, and hopefully a nice natural hippie sammich look, since I'm not big on burst finishes at all. The top is pretty nicely figured ash, and I've already managed to remove all the blistered parts of the finish to allow checking for structural integrity. It's a go, and the horns will get a bit different reshape this time around as well. Lots more hand sanding to go, but there some bare wood just starting to show here and there. This is a 'shopped mockup of the basic shape revisions I have in mind:
And WTH, there's always Krylon flat black as a fallback!
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It ain't broke, let's fix it anyway! My luthier buddy gave me a spare fire damaged body, which has been drying out for a couple of years now after his shop fire. Using that would allow a do over on the control layout, and hopefully a nice natural hippie sammich look, since I'm not big on burst finishes at all. The top is pretty nicely figured ash, and I've already managed to remove all the blistered parts of the finish to allow checking for structural integrity. It's a go, and the horns will get a bit different reshape this time around as well. Lots more hand sanding to go, but there some bare wood just starting to show here and there. This is a 'shopped mockup of the basic shape revisions I have in mind:
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And WTH, there's always Krylon flat black as a fallback!
The Meatstroke II!!!
Heh, one of these days I may actually get around to finishing my tube amp with the laser etched front panel.
But I think I can take this body all the way down to clear wood, except maybe the dark grain filler. And if not, what the hell, it's fire damaged!
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It's not warped at all, is it? I suppose even if it was you could plane it flat again, but it might be a hassle.
Nah, it's a five piece glueup with grain orientation swapping and the actual heat damage only seems to have hit the shellac-ish finish. Not sure how wet this piece got, but water damage from the fire fighters was about half the total hit insurance wise. Marco's been burning duff bodies in his wood stove lately, and this model is discontinued anyway, so he just went through 4-5 bodies and picked this one as the best of what's left. If nothing else, this could be a good test of the whole solidbody tonewood debate, I reckon. The bass as-is sounds so frickin' good that throwing another 30-40 hours of hand work at it wouldn't really faze me, but hopefully it won't take quite that long.
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semioldfart
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Thinking about selling the ministack (700rbii/2x Hartke hd112's) Not a Real Bass Player, don't need a 212 stack, its 20" of wall space in the bonus room. Main thing keeping it here is not wanting to be insulted.
Putting effort into my bass playing seems like a useful thing but honestly I'm a guitar player thru and thru. Keep a bass and record direct seems the practical thing to do
Putting effort into my bass playing seems like a useful thing but honestly I'm a guitar player thru and thru. Keep a bass and record direct seems the practical thing to do
That's a lot of rig for a non gigging player!
The bass rig I used to gig with works very well for acoustic guitar and vocals too, and I just might still want to do a few gigs on bass again someday, although doing some on guitar actually is a lot more appealing to me by now. I have zero interest in recording at the moment, but never say never.
semioldfart
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Oh but it's fun. Selling it though would free up wall space for the Marshall 2204S/1966A build that also doesn't go anywhere, but would be more fun.
Andyman
Royal Repurposer
I have a few things I could sell, but not for what I can get for them.
Jim C
Royal Corn
I just sold a rackmount pre, DI box, and filter on TB. Shipping is stupid pricey.
I've got about 5 basses to sell at my local used shop along with a couple amps and more pedals.
The Quilter and the tube Plush cover a lot of ground.
I've got about 5 basses to sell at my local used shop along with a couple amps and more pedals.
The Quilter and the tube Plush cover a lot of ground.
ficelles
Unicorn Ninja
I sold a bass on consignment at my local store, went in less than a month.
ponchonlefty
Royal Corn
yours is well taken care of from the pics you posted.
ficelles
Unicorn Ninja
I have a couple of guitar tube combos I want them to sell but backline doesn't move quite as quickly
ficelles
Unicorn Ninja
It was my last Rickenbacker 4003 FL, in really nice condition but I just wasn't using it. Shame they never did a fretless 5.
ponchonlefty
Royal Corn
hows things? you getting to play much?
ficelles
Unicorn Ninja
It's been quiet with main singer out of action for the last month but two rehearsals this weekend. Already Thursday and I haven't decided what to wear yet...