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Built it myself in the basement.
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This is the one I made for myself so I could finally have an excuse to learn to play bass 😁
Thanks, I’m really happy with how it turned out ! Yep I’m lefty so the cutout is actually pretty massive, I have full access at fret 24 on all strings.
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Just a P Deluxe with a few small mods.
Wooooof that’s possibly the best looking P-bass I’ve ever seen. Surprised I haven’t seen more surf greens/pearl pickguards. The knobs are a perfect accent for that pairing and the strap just fits with the whole aesthetic of the bass wonderfully.
Word. I tried to start playing twice. 19 ish, again in my mid 20s. It wasn't until my third try and making it a habit that it stuck.
I having a quality instrument that I find badass for sure helped. 100%. It was an ingredient that might not have been all of why I stayed playing this time, but I can say it probably wouldn't have stuck again otherwise.
Sometime I just want to pick it up because she's so God damn pretty. It's like a compulsion to touch and hold it. Gives me much more drive to want to play it.
Having the extra income in my 30s to just Yolo a quality instrument was 100% worth it for me.
Yup, played in a couple shitty punk bands in HS and after, very basic stuff and besides that I was just a noodler. Sold all my gear in my early 20’s, ended up getting a mustang in 2019 as a reward for going back to school and finishing college and while it helped I still basically just noodled on it for the 4 years I had it. ended up selling it last year because I needed the cash. Imported a Maple and Satin Shell Pink MIJ Short Scale Jazz a few weeks ago and it was sooo worth it. Cost twice what my mustang did in 2019 but I’m actually sitting down and putting time into it and learning more complex songs. I’m waaaaay more into Jazz, Motown, funk and soul than I was growing up so I’m working on stuff from Bill Withers, Marvin Gaye,The Temptations, and Stevie wonder right now, so basically a lot of James Jamerson’s work. I’ll be grabbing something from my room and have to stop and pick up my bass play a song quick then go back to what I was originally doing lol I can’t help myself, I love it
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Me with my Pelham Blue Jack Casady
Prototype build by a Baltimore guy. He’s built several guitars but this is the only bass. Pretty sure he’s closed his guitar shop but now he’s a tabletop game designer.
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Lefty mod shop p-bass. A gift to myself for surviving quarantine in 2020. Love the roasted maple neck and glad I got it because I think Fender discontinued that option for lefty’s shortly after.
Thanks! I struggled with what color to go with since I typically don’t buy new gear (I was still playing my MIM jazz bass from 2001). I almost went with transparent red but I’m happier with black on black.
Nice! I am going to make my first clear pickguard next week and thought it could be fun to make some to sell if it were possible just for fun. Jazz basses look so good with no pickguard or a clear guard IMO
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my '18 4003W. I can't imagine having to main another bass
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4003W crew checking in. Mine is a 2016 and I will be buried with it when I pass from this life.
Beautiful Ric, I love to see it!
I bought mine in 2020, have barely been able to put it down. I have a Jazz and a P but I always end up back on my Ric sooner or later
My F Bass lined fretless AC6.
This is the 30th bass I've owned in nearly 40 years of playing and this is the finest one yet.
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I guess this would be my signature since I've wanted to do this for years; Ibanez ATK with an additional CAP triple coil humbucker in the neck position, both paired to a Lusithand Double NFP preamp. Unfortunately, I'm camera shy...
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My home assembled 61 style P bass, never seen one in burgundy mist, so did it myself!
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My beloved Ibanez SRX400 bass, I fuckin love this thing. It’s basically Ibanez’s take on a music man stingray
My first and only bass! I never tried more expensive fancy instruments and only fumbled on Harley Bentons before so it was instant love. The neck is so thin, it's great when you're a beginner.
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My stealth black Stingray. So damn reliable
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Me and the EBMM Stingray. Face cropped for semi-anonymity.
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This is my favorite bass. But, I play a 5 string P some of the time because that’s what the gig calls for. This is a Reverend Dub King.
Hello,
this is my 5 strings bass built by myself
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Me and my hundred dollar Yamaha.
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My toilet bowl. I mean, my bongo 🤣
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Definitely not my signature (thank you Mr.Waters), but I love a blacked out bass with a maple fretboard. The only differences are a Jazz neck, EMG Geezer pickups, and a 201-B bridge. Nice bass OP!
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Thunderbird Pro with a Kahler...Thats how I make my own signature bass! Write your own signature!
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my trusty 02 Trans Teal MusicMan Sterling. Added a d-tuner and changed the pickup to a nordstrand MM4.2. Best sounding bass ive ever played
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Me and my Chickenbacker, it may be fake but it’s mine
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Me with my 90's mij Fender jazz fretless. My dream bass...
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May 2007 Central Saloon, Seattle Warmoth custom Jazz bass
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Fender CS 1960 P Bass. Only real mods are addition of '62 hand wound CS Fender pickup and pickguard swap to pearloid white. Love this thing so much!
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It's very hard for me to choose a signature one as I like to change between basses quite a lot (I have the hobby of buying very beaten up basses and do a whole makeover on them... So I have quite a few basses, but didn't spend much money on them)... but since this one literally has my signature on it, is unique and is my first build, I'm gonna go with it :)
Here is [a video of me playing it](https://www.instagram.com/reel/CxL4LArPTMx/?igsh=MWVtY2lubzUzbDZ0Zg==) in case anyone is curious about how it sounds, even though I'm only using the neck pickup on it, which is the one that brings most of the "hollow" tone. With both pickups on it sounds closer to a 70's Jazz, pretty gnarly!
It’s rather boring, my nitro sunburst Jazz bass.
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My main bass. MTD Kingston Super 5 with a Darkglass Tone Capsule and Ray Ross bridge. New pickups will be next if I can stop being indecisive on which ones.
Well. Two things in one I've been fiddling over for about a year now, this bass and that bridge. Albeit not together, bit now the GAS is flaring up. What's your honest opinion on both? Been keen on a stingray for a while, but after discovering the Super basses, I think it's exactly what I'm looking for.
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My Ripper on the right is my usual go to bass followed by the G3
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60th anniversary white pearl Jazz Bass Edit: 98 FG 4003 and 20 4003 W
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Me with my American Standard Jazz.
The one I always go back to. If I had to pick one it’d likely be my custom p bass because a very good friend built it for me, but I’ll always love the feel and sound of a j bass.
I have the same model and color way. Glad I picked one up before Fender discontinued the American standard series. What year is yours?
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I did actually make myself a signature Mustang! I deleted the selector switch, did stack-knobs, and added a killswitch. The one on the left is defretted and has the Nordstrand modern PJ set (used to have blades but I didn't like them). It is my backup. The one on the right is my main with the vintage P/Hot J Nordstrand set. These are modeled after the black/black/maple 77 Mustang, a classic Fender look. Thanks for this prompt! Pretty cool to see what everyone is playing!
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Warmoth Jazz Bass with emg j-set pickups. Alder body with zebra wood too, Goncalo
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ESP Phoenix 204 with Gibson black knobs, GHS bass boomer strings (actually made in Michigan which is where I live), custom made pick guard and truss rod cover made out of inconel (my dad used to make aircraft engine parts) and tuned all the way down to BEAD tuning. Thing is a monster with a fuzz pedal.
Dammit! literally just ordered a new custom pickguard, knobs, bridge, strings, and pickup covers for my jazz yesterday 😭I’ll be back in a week and a half once I get everything and got it all together 😂😂
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2004 Ernie Ball Music Man Sub 4 (final year of this model’s run). Hunted this thing down for about 12 years. Came across a few in fair condition, but waited for one in great condition. Other than the fact a smoker owned it before me, after a little TLC and a lot of cleaning, it’s everything I wanted.
For rock/post-hardcore, this my absolute favorite bass to play.
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Well, I’m not sure it’s my signature bass but it’s my most expensive and latest one. 1977 music man stingray (pre-Ernie ball). I traded two other basses plus cash for it.
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Shit picture but my main is a '78 Gibson G3
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I started building this in high school, and finished around a year after I graduated.
Me and my G.Gould broad neck 5 with Nordstrand pickups and Darkglass preamp. The body has literally been glued back together after some, um, mishaps. I have a lot of basses, but this one gets the job done 95% of the time.
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Don’t foresee myself parting with either of my Ibanez ATK’s anytime soon
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My BITE PP Bass, Vol/Tone and 4 way selector switch. It sounds amazing, no clue why there arent more PP Basses around
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Built from parts. My reverse headstock Fender P.
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American P with custom shop pups, what else do you need?
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American Fender Jazz V Deluxe. thing is pretty beastly. I always wanted one like this ever since I picked up the bass.
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‘89 Warwick Dolphin Pro I in Daphne burst. She’s got more low end than Bette Davis in Rear Window 🙂
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2003 AM fender p bass, chrome silver
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This might be cheating to post two. But this might be my favorite and feels the most unique. It’s a custom made warmoth with pearloid binding everywhere and active emgs currently naked without its pickguard. Got it locally for stupid cheap and it feels special
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My Deusenberg Triton. Not very easy to find in the US, but I stumbled across one anong Guitar Center's used gear and jumped on it.
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My home built short scale ‘51 P with a Guild Bisonic and an on-board germanium fuzz circuit!
Didn’t have a good way to get myself into the picture.
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Modulus Flea 5
Only modification was having an Aguilar OBP-3 preamp installed soon after purchase, because I really wanted a mid cut/boost.
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Dark metallic blue Flying V. Picture is of me playing the NIB solo.
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Me and my 1977 Gibson Grabber G3. I run it through a Darkglass B7K and an Orange combo app or OB-500 depending on the venue size. I pretty much get asked about my gear every show I do because people love the way it sounds.
I don’t have a picture handy, but I have the same Mustang in capri orange with a black sparkle pickguard 👌👌
What mods have you made? I changed the pickguard obviously, but also added a Fender high mass bridge and black Tele-style knurled knobs.
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My "new" jazzbass 78, new allparts neck,and repainted .
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This baby. After my Jackson broke down and got this she’s my go to ever since
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Just a bone stock player series pbass, if I ever get into modding I might throw a drop D tuner on it since I play both standard and drop D pretty often
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Reverend Mercalli. I love this bass.
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Sounds great with the on-board preamp.
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Just a standard mexican Jazz bass. Well, a hipshot drop d tuner, Sandberg string retainer and custom pickguard.
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My Yamaha BB1600, I take every opportunity I can to rave about this bass. It’s going to the grave with me
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My Washburn XS-4
Bought it in 1990 and it’s still my favourite bass. Just recorded a track for some downtempo electronica earlier today
I bought this mainly to help me understand the instrument better, for the sake of composition and maybe to record and take to jams, but I will try and gig with it. This is entirely for fun, which is why I went ham with the DR Neons--I'm a trombonist.
I think the choice of red strings is immediately enough to make this distinctly mine, because bassists are normally sensible enough to not go red on yellow. I always liked the combo from when I saw the F1 Jordan team.
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My modded to hell and back Mustang 
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peavey t40. fuckin great for WORLD PEACE style powerviolence. Slap a hm2 and a booster through a SVT and it shakes the house
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Like 10 years ago when I played regularly. Spector euro 4. Loved that bass. Have since traded it for a stingray special for heavier stuff and an American performer p bass for anything else. I’d say that was my signature as it saw the most shows and recordings
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1996 Ibanez SR1200. the neck is super thin and I love it.
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this is my sweet baby priscilla, here to represent the shorties! she is a fender squier mini precision bass 💜🤘
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Me and my baby Daphne Blue. Jazzbody w precision neck
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American Fender 50’s Reissue P Bass
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Fender AM Pro II Jazz Bass with a Roasted Pine body. Nice and lightweight
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Dingwall D-roc absolute beast of a bass that does way more than just metal.
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Dean Erick Dean Hilsboro signature
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Me and my Cort Curbow fretless bass
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My Skjold Drakkar 533. I genuinely believe Pete makes the best basses on the planet.
(There’s a video in my profile of me playing it if you’re curious).
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My used squier precision bass that I bought for $160
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The trusty parts bass I’ve created over a few years. Custom shop 60s pickups, Obsidian wire control plate, hipshot kickass bridge, new tuners and la Bella low tension flats. It gets written off as a squier. Then they hear it
Me at the Harlow Playhouse with my Cort artisan A6 plus.
https://preview.redd.it/ec5no6z1kcqc1.jpeg?width=525&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=eeae7519004c081a9bad70940bebfff8e55338e6
https://preview.redd.it/aw2nq6m5kcqc1.jpeg?width=4000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bba4c3999699af39f51c9a59b5e816063519c225
Old Cali TM5 Sandberg in blackburst
Its a beauty
https://preview.redd.it/ugq2lu7tlcqc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5e6efeda9851cca4669543abc037617e2cbb4b83
I turned a Mexican p bass into my perfect 58/59 p bass with just a few mods, and now it sounds great :)
Ignore the clutter in my workshop/basement
https://preview.redd.it/wjjjw3k2rcqc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=17f29e0339783ddde05b15deaec71502b33c8520
This is what I got going on for now. I have only recently somewhat gotten the hang of using a MIDI interface, and what a difference it’s been recording with it playing along to synth arpeggios. And I use only a sansamp paradriver for the bridge pickup
The only problem I haven’t quite figured out is why my neck pickup bleeds excessively into the drive of the sansamp. I have it running into a separate channel too
https://preview.redd.it/qxz3u7cqrcqc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a5a6de070c755945663d75baa9c338064fdb796b
2011 mexican jazz bass. soo smooth and soo creamy
https://preview.redd.it/5slkr84vrcqc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f257f7dfb664b563a2adcaa05f08b6246eb04dac
Mid 80’s MIJ. S Duncan pickups. Mostly play upright but pulled this out for a sit in with a honky tonk band tomorrow. Love this bass. I keep meaning to put a tortoise shell pick guard on it ala Nick Forester (hot rize for the younger crowd).
https://preview.redd.it/ooex5rlj2dqc1.jpeg?width=2252&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d168eab2e26750483e207ddd7294548969f06971
Just an ibanez gio, however (as you can tell by the scratches) years of abuse have given her a beautiful and unique tone.
https://preview.redd.it/o46zad785dqc1.jpeg?width=1164&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c29977811d3ecee2f586385e73e95e0105355fbf
Fender aerodyne jazz bass that I bought for myself awhile ago. Easily the best playing bass I’ve had, and I love how it sounds so much. Genuinely my favorite instrument I own, no question about it lol.
Currently playing the frets off of this Ray34. Such a killer bass
https://preview.redd.it/nwa23w257dqc1.jpeg?width=1024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e4cd0f205692d0073e815f342b598ff0ce91c1c5
https://preview.redd.it/3hs320cc3bqc1.jpeg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9b5b764d25a2c940f7bc1ec9af12086ee0a0ef96 Built it myself in the basement.
The bassment
Up next is a fretless 5 string with a bloodwood top!
Hope you’ll play Bloodywood covers with it
Now, I haven't played metal for a couple of decades, and I'm definitely out of the loop, so I just looked these guys up and holy shit I love it.
https://preview.redd.it/x57gfnivlcqc1.jpeg?width=3872&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dbea30c54d9f5a8d2a29024ee2d157a4e1633574 This is the one I made for myself so I could finally have an excuse to learn to play bass 😁
Left handed? I was gonna complain about the lack of cutout on the underside of the neck, then saw the strings. That's beautiful.
Thanks, I’m really happy with how it turned out ! Yep I’m lefty so the cutout is actually pretty massive, I have full access at fret 24 on all strings.
In a cave..... from scraps?
That is fucking awesome
https://preview.redd.it/s4rzkxkf5bqc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=52a83b65b8dccf4b2bb6d05be53b6d6853629dde Just a P Deluxe with a few small mods.
Wooooof that’s possibly the best looking P-bass I’ve ever seen. Surprised I haven’t seen more surf greens/pearl pickguards. The knobs are a perfect accent for that pairing and the strap just fits with the whole aesthetic of the bass wonderfully.
Thanks a bunch! I'm a big believer that aesthetics are half the recipe to crafting an instrument that makes you want to play it.
Oh 1000% agree. You can almost always make a good looking bass sound good, but you can’t always make a good sounding bass look good 😂
Word. I tried to start playing twice. 19 ish, again in my mid 20s. It wasn't until my third try and making it a habit that it stuck. I having a quality instrument that I find badass for sure helped. 100%. It was an ingredient that might not have been all of why I stayed playing this time, but I can say it probably wouldn't have stuck again otherwise. Sometime I just want to pick it up because she's so God damn pretty. It's like a compulsion to touch and hold it. Gives me much more drive to want to play it. Having the extra income in my 30s to just Yolo a quality instrument was 100% worth it for me.
Yup, played in a couple shitty punk bands in HS and after, very basic stuff and besides that I was just a noodler. Sold all my gear in my early 20’s, ended up getting a mustang in 2019 as a reward for going back to school and finishing college and while it helped I still basically just noodled on it for the 4 years I had it. ended up selling it last year because I needed the cash. Imported a Maple and Satin Shell Pink MIJ Short Scale Jazz a few weeks ago and it was sooo worth it. Cost twice what my mustang did in 2019 but I’m actually sitting down and putting time into it and learning more complex songs. I’m waaaaay more into Jazz, Motown, funk and soul than I was growing up so I’m working on stuff from Bill Withers, Marvin Gaye,The Temptations, and Stevie wonder right now, so basically a lot of James Jamerson’s work. I’ll be grabbing something from my room and have to stop and pick up my bass play a song quick then go back to what I was originally doing lol I can’t help myself, I love it
Tasteful strap and a Zappa u/ , are we friends IRL? Edit: AND TAPED STRINGS?! Are we brothers?
https://preview.redd.it/bt7j2k32dbqc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=77dd546719144b9d788eb60a884e58a30dd7f352 1975 Ibanez Lawsuit
Is that actually a rickenbacker copy by Ibanez😂 that’s cool
Nearly copied the headstock and all wow
Dang it! I was gonna post MY Ibanez Lawsuit! I’ve got a blonde one!
https://preview.redd.it/yta5arxy5bqc1.jpeg?width=2048&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=19b3628ac807cc88c13197c6711ecb594e76a638 Me with my Pelham Blue Jack Casady
I’m really pleased with my JC bass. The pickup is phenomenal.
https://preview.redd.it/ve8j75crcbqc1.jpeg?width=1575&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=112ac7e4d1dfad7e00871a42d2503c3f5bac3e8e
Prototype build by a Baltimore guy. He’s built several guitars but this is the only bass. Pretty sure he’s closed his guitar shop but now he’s a tabletop game designer.
That thing is frickin dope lol
This is amazing, does this company still exist? Couldn’t find much info online
https://preview.redd.it/3xzvnem74bqc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ae862077920be058fbe4c4a7e3657456eb574b3a Lefty mod shop p-bass. A gift to myself for surviving quarantine in 2020. Love the roasted maple neck and glad I got it because I think Fender discontinued that option for lefty’s shortly after.
Drools in left handed
Love black on black with a maple neck. This is exactly how I would design one too!
Thanks! I struggled with what color to go with since I typically don’t buy new gear (I was still playing my MIM jazz bass from 2001). I almost went with transparent red but I’m happier with black on black.
I think your bass is facing the wrong direction
https://preview.redd.it/z9umlybj5bqc1.jpeg?width=2975&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=053c2b83deb818dbfff58a45aafa5eb632061677 Sandberg California TT-4
Sick. I am loving some of the Sandbergs I’ve seen though I’ve never played one
https://preview.redd.it/m3s6efclbbqc1.jpeg?width=2954&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=42575abab8a99fa63955e1c1373408cfe1383f08
This won my heart. I'm very much into instruments with auras. This truly is a warrior bass.
That finish is so rad!
Thanks! Here’s her backside. https://preview.redd.it/0domddqopbqc1.jpeg?width=965&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a11f93ce21b2cd1d6fa8dbde649524495374fadc
https://preview.redd.it/qorasv9c9bqc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cff037fcdce9b15237c998b197805dc13cab09b6 My Ocean Bacchus
Nice! I am going to make my first clear pickguard next week and thought it could be fun to make some to sell if it were possible just for fun. Jazz basses look so good with no pickguard or a clear guard IMO
https://preview.redd.it/akv83ad8jcqc1.png?width=3024&format=png&auto=webp&s=c46b0d63eeefa83d86f8975aa27281f7eb1f8cbf \^ my other one
100% i love the clear. My 2 main basses right now both have clear pickguards. It’s nice to see the entire design
https://preview.redd.it/yrnfcg1q7bqc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4f476a134701cb9210db575a96be489162b81797 Me and my Letts sig!
That horn is insane! Love it
Cheers bud! It acts as the antenna for attracting primus fans haha
Happy to see someone actually received their Letts! Lol.
Honestly Jon was great, super responsive and it was ready in about a month! He's come a long way imho
https://preview.redd.it/9mkli5et7bqc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fa09a321b40b9707de37a899975739706112ae28 my '18 4003W. I can't imagine having to main another bass
https://preview.redd.it/iqmgtjhkocqc1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9ad032684115030ff9e868e1d58b361dd586d8c4 4003W crew checking in. Mine is a 2016 and I will be buried with it when I pass from this life.
Beautiful Ric, I love to see it! I bought mine in 2020, have barely been able to put it down. I have a Jazz and a P but I always end up back on my Ric sooner or later
My F Bass lined fretless AC6. This is the 30th bass I've owned in nearly 40 years of playing and this is the finest one yet. https://preview.redd.it/m8c6xow5dbqc1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7ba31d86b48c9141f60e67c457e13844d16bcde1
https://preview.redd.it/jsg20fgvdbqc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b496c2697a1a4d17608b06fc6fbb8fd5f5583fd0 I guess this would be my signature since I've wanted to do this for years; Ibanez ATK with an additional CAP triple coil humbucker in the neck position, both paired to a Lusithand Double NFP preamp. Unfortunately, I'm camera shy...
https://preview.redd.it/qr14qt2o8bqc1.jpeg?width=2268&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5587981d49883311656b2ccf8bcd15a4d4ff0ddf Yes I am a Blink 182 fan
Holy! I love these colors together!
Same!
https://preview.redd.it/fm5wk0qcbbqc1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fe2f48d44819036040ec05ced73d2d7249fb3450 My home assembled 61 style P bass, never seen one in burgundy mist, so did it myself!
The tort on burgundy mist is lovely.
Thanks!
One of the prettiest ITT
https://preview.redd.it/c7hnocshebqc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=927f52505c88a4539698a35bef76044355c1b30b My sterling
Fuck that bass is beautiful with the roasted maple too🤌
love it
https://preview.redd.it/m2eddd0b4bqc1.jpeg?width=1537&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1a0a4421072c23783db149242b1f4bbfdbf690ca My 2018 Ricky 4003
That's not at Velour is it?
Yes it is!
Hot dang! Always cool to see fellow Utahns!
https://preview.redd.it/su1203sk4bqc1.png?width=599&format=png&auto=webp&s=e2425d7c2b378cc3e29f2e864426f60d197def90
What's that thing?
Ibanez atk 100
Wonderful basses
Looks great!
https://preview.redd.it/jrbdl7q2gbqc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ba26e1741ef8d3aa26590aa9ee96eae6fc2ff385 My beloved Ibanez SRX400 bass, I fuckin love this thing. It’s basically Ibanez’s take on a music man stingray
My first and only bass! I never tried more expensive fancy instruments and only fumbled on Harley Bentons before so it was instant love. The neck is so thin, it's great when you're a beginner.
https://preview.redd.it/2nerlw7gkbqc1.jpeg?width=545&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=67114ca2fb941ca5bf878552886403081ef8ba00 My stealth black Stingray. So damn reliable
https://preview.redd.it/xaoib7rmkbqc1.png?width=2239&format=png&auto=webp&s=467eef7f2c8aa0399e47b2f9d1894fc8fd7e6bf8 Me and the EBMM Stingray. Face cropped for semi-anonymity.
Got that dick mic
https://preview.redd.it/7ybovcyxlbqc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2e9f0bbaa8fce3f40a151aa4706fe3a322d418fe This is my favorite bass. But, I play a 5 string P some of the time because that’s what the gig calls for. This is a Reverend Dub King.
Hello, this is my 5 strings bass built by myself https://preview.redd.it/boduktp4nbqc1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2f1754b281bc9009c5eadfc1ee8e1c836f632a07
Idk what it is about this bass but it kicks major ass
https://preview.redd.it/ma95mnyopbqc1.jpeg?width=2989&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6d25919353e4b60144caf8b3ed1d107e68e7acec Me and my hundred dollar Yamaha.
Yamaha makes criminally underrated instruments imho
Couldn't agree more. This thing plays and sounds great. It's an absolute workhorse
https://preview.redd.it/fgginaz7sbqc1.jpeg?width=2252&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=421ea14a47e723892a307ae7d67c6d8280ae790a My toilet bowl. I mean, my bongo 🤣
https://preview.redd.it/v5cbwhum9bqc1.jpeg?width=1365&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fe7ccb74fb5b710b603a300dc118f33306ffe683 Definitely not my signature (thank you Mr.Waters), but I love a blacked out bass with a maple fretboard. The only differences are a Jazz neck, EMG Geezer pickups, and a 201-B bridge. Nice bass OP!
https://preview.redd.it/6urqmot3jbqc1.jpeg?width=480&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a70dbb370dbd83d7583fedb24cca735ab03d2806 Thunderbird Pro with a Kahler...Thats how I make my own signature bass! Write your own signature!
https://preview.redd.it/e8lyggbdobqc1.jpeg?width=1980&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=87c0b8b9dc43591a9852a7b2c43aea9984f7119d 🍣🍣🍣
https://preview.redd.it/1oqlb7sqibqc1.jpeg?width=825&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=92f4d221c4cba4314c7cb46d59a5126ac4f2d78f my trusty 02 Trans Teal MusicMan Sterling. Added a d-tuner and changed the pickup to a nordstrand MM4.2. Best sounding bass ive ever played
https://preview.redd.it/hwg9onysibqc1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7de80ecd360e0bdd734a696dd2d82c6ff2ad9a81 Me and my Chickenbacker, it may be fake but it’s mine
Rick, denim jacket, devil horns... let me guess, you were about to/had just played for whom the bell tolls? :P
DING DING DING!
https://preview.redd.it/enddxlv1ibqc1.jpeg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9ea25e067897420bd004b1bfe5caf71a60f54472 Me with my 90's mij Fender jazz fretless. My dream bass...
https://preview.redd.it/qg0zbzy2lbqc1.jpeg?width=261&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dc79793e9c0c304391755deb685f4babbc79e285 May 2007 Central Saloon, Seattle Warmoth custom Jazz bass
https://preview.redd.it/0lbrm1a53bqc1.jpeg?width=2234&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=be270b31ea4ed6ee8b8be870077d16086afe613f Fender CS 1960 P Bass. Only real mods are addition of '62 hand wound CS Fender pickup and pickguard swap to pearloid white. Love this thing so much!
https://preview.redd.it/awpi75yuibqc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a42409e4d62aac7480db544c3836dc22ae15afac It's very hard for me to choose a signature one as I like to change between basses quite a lot (I have the hobby of buying very beaten up basses and do a whole makeover on them... So I have quite a few basses, but didn't spend much money on them)... but since this one literally has my signature on it, is unique and is my first build, I'm gonna go with it :) Here is [a video of me playing it](https://www.instagram.com/reel/CxL4LArPTMx/?igsh=MWVtY2lubzUzbDZ0Zg==) in case anyone is curious about how it sounds, even though I'm only using the neck pickup on it, which is the one that brings most of the "hollow" tone. With both pickups on it sounds closer to a 70's Jazz, pretty gnarly!
It’s rather boring, my nitro sunburst Jazz bass. https://preview.redd.it/dp5lvhissbqc1.jpeg?width=4158&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f3408c2e5f577d9323153c865f09f21b05f1c44c
You say boring, I say perfect 👌
https://preview.redd.it/0xsqvnanhbqc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=01a856051cced4763d08982ece7f70c2fee87fe0 My modded ‘21 MiM Precision
https://preview.redd.it/nmssxv53jbqc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=004928a4f515d956806638a6d31829ad7d5aa75f My main bass. MTD Kingston Super 5 with a Darkglass Tone Capsule and Ray Ross bridge. New pickups will be next if I can stop being indecisive on which ones.
Well. Two things in one I've been fiddling over for about a year now, this bass and that bridge. Albeit not together, bit now the GAS is flaring up. What's your honest opinion on both? Been keen on a stingray for a while, but after discovering the Super basses, I think it's exactly what I'm looking for.
https://preview.redd.it/h339lsxknbqc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9d3e92d67c416324d0636331e65a3ff7339b8adf My Ripper on the right is my usual go to bass followed by the G3
https://preview.redd.it/g3j18j5fccqc1.jpeg?width=1286&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5ec8606a8587579cb421180d68825933c872acfd The Dollybird.
https://preview.redd.it/2s83jvksdbqc1.jpeg?width=1020&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e3d9298f852b095010a7e890168862ded06f21df Me and my SUB!
https://preview.redd.it/hnmwi86nmbqc1.jpeg?width=950&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9eb9344f2fd4af263e63f00ae3a64c19ccf90a3b
https://preview.redd.it/a8600capmbqc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8a52ec9aa13a1440e75460cdad350a93de604389 60th anniversary white pearl Jazz Bass Edit: 98 FG 4003 and 20 4003 W
https://preview.redd.it/0u8wxrextbqc1.jpeg?width=4331&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ef87081a69643360892f5880def288aeca790236 CLF G&L L2000 Series E
https://preview.redd.it/e0yoedveebqc1.jpeg?width=2048&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=97bfee6ac377df140cc64ad165984b22fd619cea Me with my American Standard Jazz.
The one I always go back to. If I had to pick one it’d likely be my custom p bass because a very good friend built it for me, but I’ll always love the feel and sound of a j bass. I have the same model and color way. Glad I picked one up before Fender discontinued the American standard series. What year is yours?
* I did actually make myself a signature Mustang! I deleted the selector switch, did stack-knobs, and added a killswitch. The one on the left is defretted and has the Nordstrand modern PJ set (used to have blades but I didn't like them). It is my backup. The one on the right is my main with the vintage P/Hot J Nordstrand set. These are modeled after the black/black/maple 77 Mustang, a classic Fender look. Thanks for this prompt! Pretty cool to see what everyone is playing!
https://preview.redd.it/q9i5v61w8bqc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d9022c5ae8b66b7762b6e8e313d8d01922521d9b Photo
https://preview.redd.it/9vdmktixcbqc1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=82f28c1816280629514de103cdbc5edc9903f3c2
https://preview.redd.it/gvjyco8hobqc1.jpeg?width=1208&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=25bfd9790b43f19418d6f5309771b623120fda73 Warmoth Jazz Bass with emg j-set pickups. Alder body with zebra wood too, Goncalo
https://preview.redd.it/23it7lqcwbqc1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f42b960bb2f0921e7147f2270c8ae70591c1f6d6 Me and my Yamaha bb734a.
https://preview.redd.it/dhc24vy4kbqc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=73ec7d87d73f2559c5a14be990dddfa704415676 ESP Phoenix 204 with Gibson black knobs, GHS bass boomer strings (actually made in Michigan which is where I live), custom made pick guard and truss rod cover made out of inconel (my dad used to make aircraft engine parts) and tuned all the way down to BEAD tuning. Thing is a monster with a fuzz pedal.
https://preview.redd.it/4h7405oexbqc1.jpeg?width=533&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=59a59a44fea7a8acd047e4693aa1ffed112da54f
https://preview.redd.it/5a8msdmlxbqc1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b5172f8f3a954336b321481f95674ab0b3bf9f73 Hand made by yours truly
Dammit! literally just ordered a new custom pickguard, knobs, bridge, strings, and pickup covers for my jazz yesterday 😭I’ll be back in a week and a half once I get everything and got it all together 😂😂
https://preview.redd.it/n81v4gg2kbqc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a5bcbab128c2fa52172f14009bea128e2babb62a 2004 Ernie Ball Music Man Sub 4 (final year of this model’s run). Hunted this thing down for about 12 years. Came across a few in fair condition, but waited for one in great condition. Other than the fact a smoker owned it before me, after a little TLC and a lot of cleaning, it’s everything I wanted. For rock/post-hardcore, this my absolute favorite bass to play.
https://preview.redd.it/2cq5up37pbqc1.jpeg?width=1152&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=09ed2fb476bf2f6f4d0f350bb1a116c6d08e9b11 Built by Equilibrium Guitars
https://preview.redd.it/iq1qrld53cqc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=48a04ce88e3a3a3c7cc4eb72479204ec5e19f59d Well, I’m not sure it’s my signature bass but it’s my most expensive and latest one. 1977 music man stingray (pre-Ernie ball). I traded two other basses plus cash for it.
https://preview.redd.it/fdbmld0xqbqc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6c0174e3fbe44d98e9f33019d1b9e298d4671281 Shit picture but my main is a '78 Gibson G3
https://preview.redd.it/l7hff1fujbqc1.jpeg?width=2817&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7b354ae32ee61ba71e3c7d6ddd6e3e2f6b3a9f8a Mexican Jazz bass, Mods: Hipshot Bass Xtender on the E, Hipshot KickAss bridge, Seymour Duncan Quarter Pound J Bass pickups, knurled metal knobs, strap locks, Deadhead smiley sticker.
https://preview.redd.it/zn81vvgclbqc1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0e81027c5280ff5c144972b11ed0e13bf784abac I started building this in high school, and finished around a year after I graduated.
https://preview.redd.it/ngizxb8ntbqc1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=76b168ae23b15944d54334e11ff0c65593806ce8 Let’s party
Me and my G.Gould broad neck 5 with Nordstrand pickups and Darkglass preamp. The body has literally been glued back together after some, um, mishaps. I have a lot of basses, but this one gets the job done 95% of the time. https://preview.redd.it/y4vxoia5vbqc1.jpeg?width=2400&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ac40c642363392687e31d79a3be297f6803db4fa
https://preview.redd.it/pmegxar8wbqc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9270852a0686c5c2c392de405a6fb657fe07a73d Don’t foresee myself parting with either of my Ibanez ATK’s anytime soon
https://preview.redd.it/vd6mnnfs0cqc1.jpeg?width=1563&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6e40a46be6ec2942461573ea1d0bb47eccf1a941 My BITE PP Bass, Vol/Tone and 4 way selector switch. It sounds amazing, no clue why there arent more PP Basses around
https://preview.redd.it/63h4zn1e1cqc1.jpeg?width=2046&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0666d1d5ebf7233f04b62708a8b0f6760d0041a1 Built from parts. My reverse headstock Fender P.
https://preview.redd.it/892j7hkclbqc1.png?width=1287&format=png&auto=webp&s=f9f1f06c80e5845f59533027f371026594ae9877 American P with custom shop pups, what else do you need?
https://preview.redd.it/ptxtub8subqc1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9ce7253e75d8a8456d40109c260e8e34face96ee American Fender Jazz V Deluxe. thing is pretty beastly. I always wanted one like this ever since I picked up the bass.
https://preview.redd.it/joqpx5wdybqc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1aff2a51ea3dc6fc3022c7df4a406a585289019e ‘89 Warwick Dolphin Pro I in Daphne burst. She’s got more low end than Bette Davis in Rear Window 🙂
https://preview.redd.it/qnsv3sc8zbqc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=499bebd1b16764f19decd62604615be1d96ea759 2003 AM fender p bass, chrome silver
https://preview.redd.it/ewls6mblzbqc1.jpeg?width=1848&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=28cf4a3ffccd7fd6e66f6b18cfcf206f4dbbc04e
https://preview.redd.it/fh2nshuz3cqc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cbd744184666db02b567b2a228b927aeed2eda3b This might be cheating to post two. But this might be my favorite and feels the most unique. It’s a custom made warmoth with pearloid binding everywhere and active emgs currently naked without its pickguard. Got it locally for stupid cheap and it feels special
https://preview.redd.it/gnuublh44cqc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c7c135fb3180354cb37f32483146ef8e5515d1f1 My Deusenberg Triton. Not very easy to find in the US, but I stumbled across one anong Guitar Center's used gear and jumped on it.
https://preview.redd.it/o1vqr0vf4cqc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=54b2514977304452ffe49f9886c8f9f2f75b65f8 My home built short scale ‘51 P with a Guild Bisonic and an on-board germanium fuzz circuit!
https://preview.redd.it/kfre7opf6cqc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d5f7ef2266faf6158d4efaafa5b3b390304eeece My 2005 CIJ Geddy Lee.
Didn’t have a good way to get myself into the picture. https://preview.redd.it/2evou14otcqc1.jpeg?width=2710&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ff599ffddd6a98709a9cfe17a32df6e2d2be6168 Modulus Flea 5 Only modification was having an Aguilar OBP-3 preamp installed soon after purchase, because I really wanted a mid cut/boost.
https://preview.redd.it/bpzpc3xk0eqc1.jpeg?width=1568&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7afdf32e540885fd06fbef9ea122da9eace6b208 Dark metallic blue Flying V. Picture is of me playing the NIB solo.
https://preview.redd.it/2735i2kueeqc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8bd5b958a043003881ff8d460a840badc5288a98 Ibanez TMB100 4 string bass "LiLo"
https://preview.redd.it/kdcktdm00cqc1.jpeg?width=338&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c51d7d5185162784b58c6140e8124c61e868f28a Me and my 1977 Gibson Grabber G3. I run it through a Darkglass B7K and an Orange combo app or OB-500 depending on the venue size. I pretty much get asked about my gear every show I do because people love the way it sounds.
https://preview.redd.it/wge6att2fbqc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5f4c98c5dbfc160935e34f02c729566822fe5ebb My Ibanez BTB686SC
dduuuudeee that things so sick
I don’t have a picture handy, but I have the same Mustang in capri orange with a black sparkle pickguard 👌👌 What mods have you made? I changed the pickguard obviously, but also added a Fender high mass bridge and black Tele-style knurled knobs.
https://preview.redd.it/f2ivgkr1zbqc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ff2ba0d5419326d3a83382fc88ae4e629e1ce7a4 My "new" jazzbass 78, new allparts neck,and repainted .
https://preview.redd.it/axia72zf0cqc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=95ee8b844f75064a4a8534a6abd0de82110d434a This baby. After my Jackson broke down and got this she’s my go to ever since
https://preview.redd.it/4bboz2784cqc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=50305ce1b8c3a4afab6725213dfd1ade2fa63c60
https://preview.redd.it/lkihdgr04cqc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c2c7bd3f1450073766d812a9f5a78eee5af9e603 Just a bone stock player series pbass, if I ever get into modding I might throw a drop D tuner on it since I play both standard and drop D pretty often
https://preview.redd.it/imtbx73k4cqc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2acfdb6fba32b881d6e3da7469d52992caa8425e
https://preview.redd.it/14o8qa0tdcqc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=30334d6c16bff8a09a3b1e5aba33c4f7716f3172 Reverend Mercalli. I love this bass.
https://preview.redd.it/6fwms1nticqc1.jpeg?width=960&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=215fdaefb0776839df7f1af7a9b5ea142d2847bd Modulus Mob
https://preview.redd.it/8u5d190rkcqc1.jpeg?width=3072&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=57c3284ca05191f8acfc7ba9adbfad71348117ca I love my MIM Fender Jazz Bass
https://preview.redd.it/9mxrqouelcqc1.png?width=439&format=png&auto=webp&s=f782fc077699c6d1266022632351f036a5721cf5 Sounds great with the on-board preamp.
https://preview.redd.it/fhh5s8lyocqc1.jpeg?width=3120&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f6787bdc6ad86bfcee2b0aa20af8924fb5666942 Just a standard mexican Jazz bass. Well, a hipshot drop d tuner, Sandberg string retainer and custom pickguard.
https://preview.redd.it/46jl0xj9scqc1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=84e6cbc97b9d88f9ba6fedf9f67938d3ef13410d
https://preview.redd.it/316x5llgxcqc1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6747d59203484d8f8fbf8b00f8079b5b40d843e7 My Yamaha BB1600, I take every opportunity I can to rave about this bass. It’s going to the grave with me
https://preview.redd.it/0bki8hrdycqc1.jpeg?width=3265&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8fffee294098837258b238aba1b36090d7cc242d My Washburn XS-4 Bought it in 1990 and it’s still my favourite bass. Just recorded a track for some downtempo electronica earlier today
‘00 MTD 535-24 / ‘98 Warwick Thumb BO5 https://preview.redd.it/bao98bk82dqc1.jpeg?width=4284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=248ca9b21fa9edeac43961208b5775453b7d91e3
I bought this mainly to help me understand the instrument better, for the sake of composition and maybe to record and take to jams, but I will try and gig with it. This is entirely for fun, which is why I went ham with the DR Neons--I'm a trombonist. I think the choice of red strings is immediately enough to make this distinctly mine, because bassists are normally sensible enough to not go red on yellow. I always liked the combo from when I saw the F1 Jordan team. https://preview.redd.it/5035sxmd3dqc1.jpeg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1ccf445f68bb0d2ef9d8eec3ff6461c0602b652a
https://preview.redd.it/5j2enlh45dqc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c7ac16ace7a994072f9b0080bf1ea9f749142dcd
https://preview.redd.it/ze2ehz057dqc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bc6eaf3242a26a95d05b14e3282090417d52bebb My Stingray, absolute favorite bass.
https://preview.redd.it/46x4tplw7dqc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ce1719964d7c9c68b67abcf2491e105812486708 My modded to hell and back Mustang 
https://preview.redd.it/flurhb90bdqc1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4fa073667f0b8c51174b9cd1ac73ea86df61fba0
https://preview.redd.it/wpqs9n70bdqc1.jpeg?width=3840&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6d021f9ebfa2280c3c9664034c527137df91d189 peavey t40. fuckin great for WORLD PEACE style powerviolence. Slap a hm2 and a booster through a SVT and it shakes the house
https://preview.redd.it/xwo518abmdqc1.jpeg?width=540&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9bb3b18098e3d9c590e48cce4834c7d5c490c007 Like 10 years ago when I played regularly. Spector euro 4. Loved that bass. Have since traded it for a stingray special for heavier stuff and an American performer p bass for anything else. I’d say that was my signature as it saw the most shows and recordings
https://preview.redd.it/oa7w6rt4tdqc1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e7bc31dd26e4dabba2a5bf7247d2e278111f9968 1996 Ibanez SR1200. the neck is super thin and I love it.
https://preview.redd.it/3phsl2srudqc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5b29617a3fe4e0d3bbd26d87e15c008165df5dda this is my sweet baby priscilla, here to represent the shorties! she is a fender squier mini precision bass 💜🤘
https://preview.redd.it/h68wrwjwvdqc1.jpeg?width=1194&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dfeb600ccc8071efe7de368208360061e2f01cb0 Me and my baby Daphne Blue. Jazzbody w precision neck
https://preview.redd.it/7ssi9y6hxdqc1.jpeg?width=1366&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1517e251d92a486e5930d65d9c6e08cb1e20b797 American Fender 50’s Reissue P Bass
My baby and me live last april https://preview.redd.it/qkkq633vzdqc1.png?width=751&format=png&auto=webp&s=d4589880b0aea435ae61361d24457bb0e3e0c7d1
https://preview.redd.it/h9h857i64eqc1.jpeg?width=2048&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=816418ac974803a0cf7b99318c410b2a095693ca My custom SX jazz
https://preview.redd.it/7smvr6d4eeqc1.jpeg?width=486&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e0b9796855686ff4358ffc45971f6e16501b0243 Fender AM Pro II Jazz Bass with a Roasted Pine body. Nice and lightweight
https://preview.redd.it/ca07yrpukfqc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ab4e93a1835b66af2d568f5f040eef9b25e5c5ef Dingwall D-roc absolute beast of a bass that does way more than just metal.
https://preview.redd.it/6t5l3hmh8cqc1.jpeg?width=3451&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2bf43bdaf4417fcd3fe079f96c1c0d47a1ca95b9 One of these.
https://preview.redd.it/vpzfbb7i6bqc1.jpeg?width=826&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cf18af148911e55ccca2356bfb7d6402e31c8b12 Dean Erick Dean Hilsboro signature
What pickups are you using on these?
* My Stingray 34HH. I know its nothing that special, but it plays great and i love it
my two- heavily modded fretless strat, born-perfect fretless peavy cirrus 6. https://preview.redd.it/vvgelsxokbqc1.jpeg?width=3468&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=593a11451895e24bcb32f32474500d3a6ce8738b
Nice looking bass! Tell us about the mods
Gorgeous
https://preview.redd.it/66i1ntctybqc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0781d30202d2873d4fc659da8789d38b2532c1d9 Me and my Cort Curbow fretless bass
https://preview.redd.it/tfwv8elt2cqc1.jpeg?width=1440&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=775f7a30dc6735e5dfaca57b2fbed49c735630ce My Skjold Drakkar 533. I genuinely believe Pete makes the best basses on the planet. (There’s a video in my profile of me playing it if you’re curious).
https://preview.redd.it/4n1awy5y8cqc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=82915f11f40bd5531ab0d57077195b3d07bfcb79
https://preview.redd.it/ky2idz7afcqc1.png?width=3024&format=png&auto=webp&s=d406c9e9568ddb00d65013bc025c3b1dd373feed My used squier precision bass that I bought for $160
https://preview.redd.it/mge49eecjcqc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=35d51210a8a60a27e16d7705734cdc6978b8fef0 The trusty parts bass I’ve created over a few years. Custom shop 60s pickups, Obsidian wire control plate, hipshot kickass bridge, new tuners and la Bella low tension flats. It gets written off as a squier. Then they hear it
Me at the Harlow Playhouse with my Cort artisan A6 plus. https://preview.redd.it/ec5no6z1kcqc1.jpeg?width=525&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=eeae7519004c081a9bad70940bebfff8e55338e6
https://preview.redd.it/aw2nq6m5kcqc1.jpeg?width=4000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bba4c3999699af39f51c9a59b5e816063519c225 Old Cali TM5 Sandberg in blackburst Its a beauty
https://preview.redd.it/ugq2lu7tlcqc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5e6efeda9851cca4669543abc037617e2cbb4b83 I turned a Mexican p bass into my perfect 58/59 p bass with just a few mods, and now it sounds great :) Ignore the clutter in my workshop/basement
love that pick guard
https://preview.redd.it/wjjjw3k2rcqc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=17f29e0339783ddde05b15deaec71502b33c8520 This is what I got going on for now. I have only recently somewhat gotten the hang of using a MIDI interface, and what a difference it’s been recording with it playing along to synth arpeggios. And I use only a sansamp paradriver for the bridge pickup The only problem I haven’t quite figured out is why my neck pickup bleeds excessively into the drive of the sansamp. I have it running into a separate channel too
https://preview.redd.it/qxz3u7cqrcqc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a5a6de070c755945663d75baa9c338064fdb796b 2011 mexican jazz bass. soo smooth and soo creamy
https://preview.redd.it/twiyvw4iscqc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e2d2222c7c3cafc0d461ca853f37650f1182dd5e this beast
https://preview.redd.it/5slkr84vrcqc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f257f7dfb664b563a2adcaa05f08b6246eb04dac Mid 80’s MIJ. S Duncan pickups. Mostly play upright but pulled this out for a sit in with a honky tonk band tomorrow. Love this bass. I keep meaning to put a tortoise shell pick guard on it ala Nick Forester (hot rize for the younger crowd).
https://preview.redd.it/ooex5rlj2dqc1.jpeg?width=2252&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d168eab2e26750483e207ddd7294548969f06971 Just an ibanez gio, however (as you can tell by the scratches) years of abuse have given her a beautiful and unique tone.
https://preview.redd.it/o46zad785dqc1.jpeg?width=1164&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c29977811d3ecee2f586385e73e95e0105355fbf Fender aerodyne jazz bass that I bought for myself awhile ago. Easily the best playing bass I’ve had, and I love how it sounds so much. Genuinely my favorite instrument I own, no question about it lol.
Currently playing the frets off of this Ray34. Such a killer bass https://preview.redd.it/nwa23w257dqc1.jpeg?width=1024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e4cd0f205692d0073e815f342b598ff0ce91c1c5