Members Evoken13 Posted January 26, 2012 Members Share Posted January 26, 2012 My Gibson EB-0' alt='>'> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pine Apple Slim Posted January 26, 2012 Members Share Posted January 26, 2012 PAS, do you actually play the upright? Does that upright have a pickup? Stray Cat style bass. Very cool. Yes. I get more gigs on upright than anything else. Not classically trained, I play Bluegrass, Rockabilly, Country, Americana, Blues, even some CCM at church. The pickup is an old Fishman BP100 I got back in the early 90s, along with the acompanying Fishman Bass PreAmp. Normally these are supposed to clip on top of the bridge, but I have mine superglued to the tailpiece side of the bridge in a sweet spot. Its old pickup techology, much better stuff available nowadays, but it works. I use an amp I got at around the same time, a little SWR Workingmans 12. Its fine because most of my gigs do not require a lot of stage volume. The bass is a Romanian made plywood, with an ebony fingerboard. The electric is an SX P/J I keep around if needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sxyryan Posted January 26, 2012 Members Share Posted January 26, 2012 for me, it's his '62 Jaguar..thanks! I consider mine to be a good deal. $578 shipped in mint condition with a nice G&G hard case.I played one of those Gretsches and it was one of the best basses I'd ever played. Felt awesome, sounded great. Very limited production run I think. I agree, very cool. I don't know how limited, but I think they are a Guitar Center Exclusive. Not sure of bass's make, but the pickups are supposed to be real T.V. Jones. Loved it either way. Certainly worth the $799 GC was asking, IMHO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sxyryan Posted January 26, 2012 Members Share Posted January 26, 2012 I love SG basses. What year is that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members aliensporebomb Posted January 26, 2012 Members Share Posted January 26, 2012 This; Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members billythegoat Posted January 26, 2012 Members Share Posted January 26, 2012 A few years ago with my old Ibby What I am slappin' these days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hard Truth Posted January 26, 2012 Members Share Posted January 26, 2012 I enjoy playing bass occasionally. I have two, a six string (low B) Schecter Stilleto and a Squier Jazz 4 string. I had a Bass VI type Schecter also, but didn't find it terribly useful compared to my baritones and the six string with a low B. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Evoken13 Posted January 26, 2012 Members Share Posted January 26, 2012 I love SG basses. What year is that? Hey bro It's a 1970 Had to edit.....noticed your SG Classic....very nice!!!! I have one too. One of my alltime favorite axes. Like the trem, too !!!!! SWEET Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members orourke Posted January 26, 2012 Members Share Posted January 26, 2012 I love playing bass. It's just another type of guitar, 12 string, baritone, alternate tuning there are so many configurations, bass is just one of them. I got this Brice Jazz Bass copy at Rondo when they still had a store in New Jersey. About $400 bucks, gourgous matchbooked swamp ash, great pickups and bridge. The tuners and pots were crap so a changed them. This bass is good. This is my Spector 5 string, it's a pretty nice neck through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Alecto Posted January 26, 2012 Members Share Posted January 26, 2012 I'm a guitarist by trade, but I moonlight on this little beauty: I keep threatening to buy one of those for the wife, and a matching Tele for myself. I still might do it, even though my wife prefers the Jazz Bass neck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members skipstar59 Posted January 26, 2012 Author Members Share Posted January 26, 2012 I LOVE the 70's, and I hope one day to encounter one of these. AWESOME. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members slushpup96 Posted January 26, 2012 Members Share Posted January 26, 2012 I agree, very cool. I don't know how limited, but I think they are a Guitar Center Exclusive. Not sure of bass's make, but the pickups are supposed to be real T.V. Jones. Loved it either way. Certainly worth the $799 GC was asking, IMHO I think select GC's got only 1, and that's it. Not sure how many. I played one in store and saw one on craigslist, but couldn't afford it at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Roy Brooks Posted January 26, 2012 Members Share Posted January 26, 2012 My Gibson EB-3L let me show you it. I also have a 1980s Fernandes Jazz Bass copy and an early 1960s Danelectro bass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Texas Noise Factory Posted January 26, 2012 Members Share Posted January 26, 2012 My Gibson EB-3L let me show you it. I also have a 1980s Fernandes Jazz Bass copy and an early 1960s Danelectro bass. Nice... I love long scale. She's a beauty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members skipstar59 Posted January 26, 2012 Author Members Share Posted January 26, 2012 My Gibson EB-3L let me show you it. I also have a 1980s Fernandes Jazz Bass copy and an early 1960s Danelectro bass. Sweet bass Roy. I'd hit that for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mistersully Posted January 26, 2012 Members Share Posted January 26, 2012 used to gig as a bass player i enjoy playing bass as much as, if not more than guitar my two basses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Evoken13 Posted January 26, 2012 Members Share Posted January 26, 2012 My Gibson EB-3L let me show you it. I also have a 1980s Fernandes Jazz Bass copy and an early 1960s Danelectro bass. HAWT :eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JTEES4 Posted January 26, 2012 Members Share Posted January 26, 2012 I play bass for my own recordings (never said I was great!). I currently use a Hohner B2A and love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 7PlaGues Posted January 26, 2012 Members Share Posted January 26, 2012 I do have a bass as well for laying down some funky tracks. Plus it makes me feel like I'm in Parliment Funkadelic at times. I have one of these but in black.Ibanez SRXEX2. I dig the active pickups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jelloman Posted January 26, 2012 Members Share Posted January 26, 2012 ...yep... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members richey888 Posted January 26, 2012 Members Share Posted January 26, 2012 Thanks for yor kind comments. The RD on the left was my first bass. I got it out of a pawnshop in '93 for $300. It's a great bass and has seen many, many miles. It's still my number one. I got the Iby back when they released it. I have owned a couple of Gibson EB hollow bodies, but I really longed for a long scale semi hollow. This one fits the bill for me. The SX I ended up giving to a cousin who expressed interest in playing. I still have a hole in my collection waiting for a good Jazz bass. Preferably a Fender in the same dress as that SX. Actually, I always wanted a Ric bass in white. Mine is silver. I've never seen another one like it, and I understand they are pretty rare. Either way, when I stumbled into this one, I had to have it. Here's a better pic that shows its color. Wow I thought in the 1st pic it was white too. Here's mine (lousy pic) 1980:Dig the silver....factory paint? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members skipstar59 Posted January 26, 2012 Author Members Share Posted January 26, 2012 Besides wanting to try to score a Fender Jag,Ricky,or Gibson EB bass, the only other bass I hope I can score would be this. I think this is such a killer looking bass: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bsman Posted January 26, 2012 Members Share Posted January 26, 2012 I'm an embarrassingly bad bass player with an embarrassingly bad rig (Ibanez GSR-200 into a Peavey Minx 110) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Control_67 Posted January 29, 2012 Members Share Posted January 29, 2012 My two. The slab partscaster is a one piece ash semi with ebony board, Schaller tuners, badass bridge and musicman/p bass pickups wired thru a 3 way and vol/tone. I defretted it after a few of the original frets popped out and filled the fret salts with basswood and epoxy. Looks like {censored} but sounds and pays well. The upright is a German made laminate bass with a 'bulletproof bassworks' lexan bridge, custom mounted Schaller magnetic PU with piezo 'clicky' behind the fingerboard to pick up the slap tones. I use solo gauge pirastro flexocor strings, they are steels but have nice, dark, gut like tone and no harsh twang on the slap. Although I started on guitar I have pretty much always been a bass player in bands, my rockabilly 3 piece is hibernating at present but we were pretty busy for a few years, paying some reasonably high profile gigs on the UK rockabilly circuit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Texas Noise Factory Posted January 30, 2012 Members Share Posted January 30, 2012 Wow I thought in the 1st pic it was white too. Here's mine (lousy pic) 1980: Dig the silver....factory paint? Yep. It's factory. Your white one was what I had been looking for before I found my silver 4003. Very nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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