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Sorely tempted by one of these. I'm not big on active basses though.

Just do it. If you're worried about devaluing keep the original fittings. They can always be put back on! I agree that modding is a right of passage. Just do whatever is going to make you happier to play the thing. I learned a lot modding basses about what I wanted as a player. I've ended up with standard basses as a result but the process was a lot of fun!

Charvel basses are awesome if that's your thing. They're well built rock machines.

[quote name='mart' timestamp='1375564673' post='2163048'] If it's good enough for Lee Sklar, it's good enough for me. (Although I'll make do with the Korean version for about a tenth of the price Lee would have had to pay for the German version ) (Ok, it actually arrived a week ago, but I've been too busy to put it up here.) [/quote] You think Lee Sklar pays for basses?!

I love that snot-burst rickenfaker. Good work on the collection! They are gorgeous.

I like that ^^

[quote name='Machines' timestamp='1375266020' post='2158948'] Yes, it also does the Telebass with the humbucker a treat. I'm keeping mine as an occasional rehearsal instrument but I won't gig it again anytime soon. It's unique and dynamic enough for me to keep as a curiosity/possible investment. [/quote] Exactly. They seem to be going up a bit recently. I wonder how the T-45 would fair as a P bass. Its the single pickup in the centre version of the 40

[quote name='Machines' timestamp='1375250776' post='2158743'] My T-40 doesn't get out too much. It does indeed do these sounds but it can't do a decent P bass I find. [/quote] There is definitely an element missing from it for a P bass, but lets not forget it doesn't have a pickup in the P bass position. It can do warm and growly and warm and mellow though, just in more of a Gibson way.

[quote name='FlatEric' timestamp='1375253978' post='2158764'] Ohhh, yyyessssss. Feast your eyes on that! [/quote] I thought rosewood only happened for one year and it was in the blade era? That tan burst is lovely though. Bursts suit the 40 so well!.

[IMG]http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h373/ashrome/null-5.png[/IMG] Rosewood boarded Toasters?!

Makes me proud to own two of these beasts . Good spot Flat Eric. I just don't understand why anyone plays anything else.

Yammy, RBX or BB

I love the SB-2 it's pickups are ridiculous. For me the skinny neck isn't a good thing though. I like a baseball bat.

They must be right next to each other? Pics?!

What if Leo had never sold up? Would the G&Ls and music man gear he designed have fender headstocks?

http://youtu.be/OOLvGYHemPo Spotted this on YouTube yesterday. Found it quite informative. Goes into detail about the electronics, I didn't realise there were capacitors on the volumes! Definitely worth a watch if you're an owner or thinking of buying the most underrated bass in history.

It's not asif three coil humbuckers are a particularly new idea either, the status groove had one nearly 20 years ago.

That is f*** ugly.

I learned on a vintage Stingray copy, it was an okay bass, had a 3 up 1 down headstock, i went through 3 or 4 of the bottom tuner, the slightest impact would snap it. Played my first gig on it. It was a cool bass

Try it and find out they aren't for everyone.

[quote name='Beer of the Bass' timestamp='1374425166' post='2148576'] Well, there are lots of distinctive bass sounds out there that are quite different to anything you can get out of a stock P-Bass. Try getting the burpy mids of a jazz bridge pickup, the sizzle and and zing of a Stingray, the almost hi-fi clarity of a more modern active bass, the rubbery thump of a short-scale hollowbody, the clank of a stereo-wired Rickenbacker, the quirky midrangey thing of a Wal, the range of an ERB (the list goes on...) out of your stock P bass. You might not like any of these sounds, but they exist and plenty of players love them. [/quote] Ahh yeah I'll grant you that. My point was more that the P is a pretty versatile instrument that doesn't really sound out of place in any genre.