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21 basses and three amps in just over 1 square meter.

It's all about height!

They are normally in their cases, but still in the rack.

Cream!

Because of the maple fretboard.

A Gibson Les Paul bass!
Tried a number of them but the neck makes my wrist hurt after a few minutes.
My wrists are bad because of work so I need necks to be shallow front to back.

I always bring two identical basses.

On gigs both are plugged in via  an A/B box.

They have never failed me, but I use padded straps and sweat a lot!

So its nice to swap basses when one strap is all damp. 😁

For me its simple:

Rick Springfield's Tao album.

I was so heavily into RS that I still listened almost daily to his Human Touch-album from 83.

2 hours ago, Rayman said:

Ever since seeing Chris Glenn with one in the 80s, I’ve often wondered if I should try one.

Saw him live with MSG.

Into the Arena bass solo with his 3-pickup explorer. I wanted an explorer since that day! 

I can relate! 😄

But i went the budget route and opted for a DIY kit.

And like you i found not omly surprisingly comfortable, but i really like how it hangs on a strap.

On 04/07/2023 at 09:47, Woodinblack said:

Digging this back up, I have an interest in getting a bongo done as a flip flop colour, so I asked someone local and for a complete head to toe flip flop of the coloured parts (not the fingerboard as above!) its £450. I was wondering if that would seem like a normal ballpark figure for these sort of things.

Currently wondering if it is worth it for me!

You might wanna talk to a sign-shop or car wrap place.
There are some nice flip vinyls.

I'm a signmaker and have done it to guitars and basses, for myself and customers.

To do just the front of the bass would be much cheaper (here in Sweden anyways)

And its totally reversible if you find you don't like it or want to sell it in the future.

I have seven Vantage VP-710B's with two identical pairs.

I started with one, then a spare for it, then one for BEAD, then a spare for that.

Then I found one in better shape, and then one in even better shape!

And one to donate spare parts.

I know most won't understand, but what can i say... I'm obsessed with them 🤣

I watched the video and liked it so much that I ordered his book 😀

29 minutes ago, KingBollock said:

Love that!
 

When you say cheap… How much and where from?

The Mockingbird was like 320 euros from some Alibaba site. Big Johns or some other strange name 😄

Playable but not really enjoyable.

The explorer is this kit:

https://guitarkitfabric.co.uk/bass-guitar-kit-explorer-rosewood-7141269436247-en.html

I have a fascination with pointy basses!

Never have and probably never will play one in public, but I have bought two cheapies just to look at at home 😎

That's a beautiful build!

5 minutes ago, sprocketflup said:

Errrr..... I beg to differ.......there's plainly 4 on one side and only 3 on the other  ......

Didn't think about that.

My vantages are symmetrical 😀

I I just had to update with an updated "circle of friends"'-photo 😀

14 minutes ago, uk_lefty said:

Double P basses 😍

There is something both the  look and sound of double P that makes me happy 🥰

15 minutes ago, TheGreek said:

I keep seeing these for sale but the prices range from about £100 to several hundreds so I'm never sure what a fair price is. 

 

Neck thru 70s Matsumotu basses were amazing - good buy sir!!

They are actually set-neck.

I have paid between about €80 and €260 for mine, but seen them for sale for up to €800.

1 hour ago, Lozz196 said:

 Don’t know anything about these basses, but why have 6 when you can have 7?

Supply and demand.

I demand more than is supplied 😎

I couldn’t resist.
Got asked if I wanted to buy it, and almost said no, since I already have six Vantage VP-710B's.
Then I saw that it was in better shape than any of my previous...

so say hallo to "lucky number seven"! 

It was fun!

Played outdoors at a camping site where the guitarist has a caravan permanently parked.

We played as a favour to the guitarist and site owner.

Singer started with five songs as a trubadur, and then we played 2 x 6 songs.

After 3 encores we passed a bucket and made roughly half of a pub-gig 😃💰

I know shorts are sometimes frowned upon, but I played in cargo-shorts and bare feet! 🤣

On 15/06/2022 at 12:13, Rich said:

I've always loved the cool, functional simplicity of the Aria/Westone headstock. I definitely prefer 2+2 or 3+2 to 4 inline. 

I think we have similar taste 😀
 

3 hours ago, Archy said:

That's a gorgeous collection!

I had a few vantages (VS600B, VS696B, VP795B), loved them all to a certain extent, but in the end only the VP710B stayed.

 

I'm having some issues with it however, the bridge pickup is suddenly very quiet (hadn't played it for ages).

Would you by any chance have a wiring diagram you're willing to share?  

Sorry, but i have never seen a diagram of a Vantage. 
I imagine that it is very similar to the wiring of a les paul, since they have the same pickups/controls/switch setup.

17 hours ago, Stub Mandrel said:

Well done, looks good. Back in the 80s someone could have made a fortune selling black ash guitars 🙂

 

I wrapped my Hohner B2 in 'carbon fibre vinyl'. Shall we say it 'looks good from a distance'?

 

Mind you it wasn't an expensive experiment, and reversible.

 

I found so many tutorials online but noting that really explained how to do 'sharp corners' like those on your explorer. Any tips?

Thank you 🙂

The trick is to have enough vinyl "outside" of the guitar. So when you heat and pull it over the edges, you get all the wrinkles and stuff away from the body.

i usually have 30-40 cm more on each side.

Carbon, i think, is more difficult. I find it less easy to work with.

I like that it's so easy to reverse, if you want to change color or just bring it back to original.

I have done it to some of my Vantages. I did one in orange for a gig at a club for dutch people and removed it the day after.

I wrapped one to hide holes from an experiment, and then wrapped my main to match.

58 minutes ago, MichaelDean said:

It looks like you had good supervision at least! 😸

Seems to me like it came out nicely. How does the bass sound now it's done?

I forgot to install the grounding to the bridge, so right now it is buzzing very much.

But other than that it sounds pretty good.

Not the best in the world, but I could gig with it.