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xgsjx
Yesterday, 02:40 PM
Black basses are cool. What's even cooler is stripping the black bass to show some nice wood.


I'm possibly going to spray my project bass (P body, MM bridge pup, J nexk pup and jazz neck) black. It'll have a new B/W/B plate fom the Bass Doc and a maple neck and fingerboard. Black and maple? I should say so!

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[quote name='xgsjx' timestamp='1363725739' post='2016701']
Ok, Black & rosewood with no pickguard & blue strings...


[url="http://www.flickr.com/photos/xgsjx/2607131595/"][/url]

Or with silver strings & pussy magnet...


[url="http://www.flickr.com/photos/xgsjx/3003898456/"][/url]
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My word that is sickenly pornographic :gas: :gas: :gas:

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[quote name='paul_5' timestamp='1363805175' post='2017990']
xgsjx
Yesterday, 02:40 PM
Black basses are cool. What's even cooler is stripping the black bass to show some nice wood.


I'm possibly going to spray my project bass (P body, MM bridge pup, J nexk pup and jazz neck) black. It'll have a new B/W/B plate fom the Bass Doc and a maple neck and fingerboard. Black and maple? I should say so!
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If your project is just wood, have you considered giving it a black stain or even a black ceruse finish (if you have the patience)?

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[quote name='Marvin' timestamp='1363805711' post='2018003']
My word that is sickenly pornographic :gas: :gas: :gas:
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It's not black anymore. :(



It looks like this....




[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/xgsjx/5864441787/][/url]

:D

Though I've since changed the knobs for cream with a black marker & replaced the toggle with a moog style knob (that controls one of my moog pedals).

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Not cool:

[IMG]http://i1158.photobucket.com/albums/p611/jamesyjamesyjamesy/B311FD93-F064-4075-BAD6-805774738E8E-3228-000004E81DC77875_zpsb19bfeb2.jpg[/IMG]

Cool:

[IMG]http://i1158.photobucket.com/albums/p611/jamesyjamesyjamesy/8C6353CF-2343-44BC-8FDA-B1385E847ED8-3228-000004E8239C4223_zps2d727f15.jpg[/IMG]

It's really that simple. Although I think it only really applies to Fender-type instruments, because nothing looks sexier than a black Thunderbird with a white pickguard.

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My opinion:
Black P-Bass/J-Bass with white pickguard is boring. But I saw so many awesome black basses that I vote on "cool". Heck, replace that white pickguard with a tort one and it goes from dull to cool. Black matte lacquer looks particularly awesome in my opinion. Very glossy black finish has this one irritating issue - fingerprints, fingerprints everywhere! But nonetheless - black is cool.

Oh, and if my bass would look dull for me after a while but sounded perfect to me, I wouldn't swap it for the same model in a different colour. Too much at stake, as we know two basses of the same model and year could sound completely different.

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[quote name='TRBboy' timestamp='1363611253' post='2014655']
I've never considered myself to be particularly "vain" about my basses but recently I've been thinking about swapping my gloss black bass for something more colourful. I love playing it, it feels and sounds incredible, and has that nice "played in" feel that my new Virgin White one doesn't yet have.

A replacement would be exactly the same model (possibly), just a different colour: Am I an idiot?

How do you feel about black basses?

This is it below (other two now long gone):


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Ever thought about getting the black bass refinished?

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[quote name='ahpook' timestamp='1363874794' post='2018731']
don't see anything boring here....
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Nice set! Can you tell a noob like me what models they are?
Sabre, Jack Casady?, unknown, something Jazzy?, something Jazzy?
I also see a Korg 700S there. Does it still work? Well built those things were.


best,
bert

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[quote name='BassTractor' timestamp='1363879453' post='2018827']
Nice set! Can you tell a noob like me what models they are?
Sabre, Jack Casady?, unknown, something Jazzy?, something Jazzy?
I also see a Korg 700S there. Does it still work? Well built those things were.


best,
bert
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left to right they are...

you're right about the sabre and the jack casady, then there's a status shark, my trusty japanese fender jazz and finally a status t-bass.

and yes, the korg still works fine - could do with a good clean, but still going strong.

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[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1363614348' post='2014735']
Depends on the bass.

BTW most "black" basses aren't.

IMO for a bass to be properly considered black, the only allowable non-black items are: frets, fret markers and strings
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That makes my Vigier "black".
Even the hole in the jack socket is black... ;)

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