Immo

Hayden Lil' Mofo 2 to be used as a preamp and driver.

[quote name='Prime_BASS' timestamp='1391079946' post='2352930'] Fender have that listed as Caribbean mist. [/quote] Yeah, I see this on my other monitor (@work). Ocean Turquoise Jazz Bass, this time for sure Anyway, in my "drawer" I have a lefty P-Bass neck with headstock in intense turquoise colour and rosewood fingerboard. Gonna find a decent body for that baby, it looks awesome.

Amazing how the colour perception depends on the person and the monitor

Turquise JB

Certainly not turquoise. Seafoam green or mint green maybe.

[quote name='Bassman Sam' timestamp='1390782038' post='2349563'] That looks great with the white p/g and white knobs. I'd go with that. [/quote] True.

Here's my TwinSplit. Immo Custom Shop modified and improved Encore P-Bass copy. With all the work and parts, costed an equivalent of about 100 quid, which is a ridiculously low price for an instrument that awesome. Powerful beastie, way better than I expected it to be.

Maybe it's because the strings are roundwound, neck is unadjustable and so is the bridge?

Once again surprised how great effect can be achieved by using a can spray, even if it's designed for guitars. I have a P-Bass body needing a nice refin, now I'm tempted even more, however I'm afraid I won't be able to buy "Manchester Guitar Tech" canned nitro lacquer in Poland

Cool find! May we all have such unexpected NBD's

[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1390514780' post='2346414'] tax? I thought there was no import tax between EU countries... [/quote] And I thought the tax collectors from revenue service can't barge into your home and take all your computers, USB flash drives and girlfriends But more seriously - yeah, silly me, it ain't no tax indeed. We've been talking about the taxes, revenues and repo-men that I see taxes everywhere! I'd say more about it, but more than 370 letter texts are taxed here.

[quote name='Annoying Twit' timestamp='1390495025' post='2346031'] Why wouldn't you buy one in Poland? [/quote] No direct distribution, I'd need to order it from the site linked in the OP, however it's a bit risky and, of course, we have ridiculous tax policy recently, those freakin' bloodsuckers would take a last penny from a woman dying of hunger and trying to save her baby from gangrene. Maybe later

Gorgeous bass. Congrats!

Today it's easier to:[list] [*]Obtain an instrument [*]Build a set of gear that will bring exactly the sound one would want [*]Find an idol or inspiration [*]Find a teacher and/or learning materials [*]Fix or mod your gear [*]Play anywhere [/list] More difficult to:[list] [*]Not copy anyone [*]Master all the techniques [*]Decide which bass to buy [*]Spend time training playing skills instead of lurking on the bassist web forum [*]Own just one bass [*]Keep it simple [/list]

Beautiful bass! And it looks like the Tele-shaped headstock mod is quite possible to do with it as well and I instantly thought about some lipstick pickups on it. Petty tempted, but I won't buy one in Poland, unfortunately.

I was hyper-enthusiastic about Squier VM Telecaster Bass Special, but when I finally got my hands on one (in music store), it was a huge disappointment. Uncomfortable neck, not too impressive sound, mediocre finish. About the basses I bought, it was always lucky to buy something that was even better than I expected.

The Ramones. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maS68s9jpYo[/media]

On Basoofka.net we have a possibility to enter a piece of gear into system and record it's S/N. Nice feature. However, writing down my bike's S/N haven't helped me with recovering it.

You want to have 4 pickups in one bass? You must be aware of some serious wiring issues, comb filtering effect (pickups dampening each other because of generating similar frequencies) and other problems. In general, to insure proper sound, you can run two PUs at once. Some time ago I was wondering about a 3+ PU configuration, but now I know about the problems it can deliver. Besides, each pickup = magnetic force at work with the metal in strings, which means a slight sustain reduction. It's better to have two tonally different basses than turning one into a 3+ pickup platform. I bought an Encore P-Bass copy and [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/223971-immo-custom-shopencore-twinsplit-p-bass/"]modded it by adding a second split coil PU[/url]. It added to versatility and tone. Adding another PU would only complicate things. For muddy tones I have my Tele bass with neck humbucker. [b][/b]

Most of the bands I now love I discovered with video games. As video games are often considered "wrong" and many people get really pi**ed by YouTube comments like "GTA San Andreas brought me here" under Boston's "Smokin", I may say that I discovered a lot of bands for wrong reasons

Yup, it's an early Blazer alright. [quote name='yorks5stringer' timestamp='1390392156' post='2344788'] If you look at this it shows a Cimar one that looks very similar ( Cimar were an Ibanez brand I think) from 1980 [/quote] Yes, Cimar was sort of an Ibanez'es knock-off company, a Squier of sorts.

I was considering a PJ bass some time ago, but hearing about some balancing issues and other fuss made me think more practically (and aesthetically). The result is my PP bass. I consider the effect well worthy as two matched type pickups together deliver a real change of tone and they really do the trick when they work together with volume maxed. Consider that mod also out of vanity - there aren't that many PP's around If you'd need a wiring diagram, here's mine (A500K pot for tone might be better):

[quote name='Si600' timestamp='1390310710' post='2343833'] '68 GT, in green, like the one in Bullitt [/quote] I'd go with 65' Fastback with Cammer S plant in dark graphite blue w/ white stripes, but yours is nice as well

Okay, she's finally fixed. My buddy and I took a soldering iron and a lot of determination and we finally forged a properly working electronics. [quote name='Shockwave' timestamp='1388495917' post='2322631'] Switch the bridge pickups wires with each other.[/quote] Bingo! Middle pickup is connected normally. Bridge pickup's polarity is reversed: original hot wire is connected to the ground and original ground wire to the VOL pot's middle terminal. That pot's hot input and hot output terminal was also connected by matching capacitor and resistor (treble bleed filter) and the bass works as she should. Really love all of the tones. Two pickups at once give a nice midrange honky sound with a lots of MM's punchiness. The bridge PU itself brings a nice, clean and glassy sound. I love that bass. Now I only need a new set of strings. I strung it with the strings the bass came to me with: they were nearly new when the bass was left alone by previous owner for a year or so, so they're bright sounding and punchy, yet covered with rust. But still, they're better than a set of flatwounds I bought - it has the muddy and dull E, but manufactured will send me a replacement set. Those guys GHS are decent blokes. EDIT: Current, great working wiring: When I get my hands on a decent A500K pot, I'll try to use it as a tone pot to check whether the effects are any better.

Mk.2 4 string fretted = the best overall sounding bass in my book. Congrats!