Nibody Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 I think I have a problem. This started as a natural finish P bass body on Ebay that "I don't really need but was too good a price to pass over". Then someone on here was selling some Greco pickups... "I dont REALLY need but too good to pass over"... then an Omega Badass clone on ebay - you guessed it "FAR too cheap to let it slip away"... Then a 1991 Samick made Squier neck fitted with wilkinson tuners... yup... "must have that"... Then "oh look, I have an orange drop cap and a couple of CTS pots in the parts bin..." I already have a Cort made 1996 Squier p bass.. and I have virtually stopped playing,, but I really think I have a problem/addiction...!? I have named her "The Dood" in honour of our very own Dood who I saw just after putting it all together playing a very similair looking (albeit actual Fender) p bass in a video demoing the Steve Harris Tech 21. Somebody stop me please, I am supposed to be downsizing... 14 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geek99 Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 Needs tort .... 2 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nibody Posted April 10, 2021 Author Share Posted April 10, 2021 13 minutes ago, Geek99 said: Needs tort .... Noooo... I can only stand Tort plates on Burst basses....get thee behind me satan! 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daz39 Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 @Dood: it’s an icon. Or an effigy, depends how well it plays! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geek99 Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 (edited) 18 minutes ago, Nibody said: Noooo... I can only stand Tort plates on Burst basses....get thee behind me satan! Tort and natural was a thing once, you know - now, in my new found role of Satan I’m off to recruit some guitarists to join here 😈 Edited April 10, 2021 by Geek99 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dood Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 I am genuinely touched! I've been having really rubbish day today and this has absolutely brightened it up. Yeah, still have a leaking sink and my To Do list is longer than my arm and I can't remember what free time feels like, but this.. THIS! has made my day 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dood Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 This is my first natural P bass that I stupidly sold about 25 odd years ago and apparently lives in a studio in Suffolk somewhere. If anyone sees this bass, please let me know!! Note the pickups and the holes drilled near the E String. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dood Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 And here is current "Dood" from that very session recording the SH-1 review. It's a 1976 precision, Ash body and a very skinny slip of rosewood for the fretboard. I'm gonna have to agree, I'm in the "black pick guard" camp, even though my passion for natural P basses does stem from John Deacon's sunburst model that he stripped the finish off. He left the original tortie guard on it all the way up to the point of having the refinish in black with gold hardware around 1985. (Yes John did also have a second precision that he stripped the finish off too, which is often identified by having a silver Fender logo rather than the black "TV script" style logo of what became his "main" bass. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dood Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 4 hours ago, Nibody said: [snip] I have named her "The Dood" in honour of our very own Dood who I saw just after putting it all together playing a very similair looking (albeit actual Fender) p bass in a video demoing the Steve Harris Tech 21. Somebody stop me please, I am supposed to be downsizing... It's a beauty! I love it!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewblack Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 Nice bass! You can never have too many. Bonus points for cheering up @Dood 😊 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2020Jazz Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 3 hours ago, Nibody said: Noooo... I can only stand Tort plates on Burst basses....get thee behind me satan! TRUTH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2020Jazz Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 4 hours ago, Nibody said: I think I have a problem. This started as a natural finish P bass body on Ebay that "I don't really need but was too good a price to pass over". Then someone on here was selling some Greco pickups... "I dont REALLY need but too good to pass over"... then an Omega Badass clone on ebay - you guessed it "FAR too cheap to let it slip away"... Then a 1991 Samick made Squier neck fitted with wilkinson tuners... yup... "must have that"... Then "oh look, I have an orange drop cap and a couple of CTS pots in the parts bin..." I already have a Cort made 1996 Squier p bass.. and I have virtually stopped playing,, but I really think I have a problem/addiction...!? I have named her "The Dood" in honour of our very own Dood who I saw just after putting it all together playing a very similair looking (albeit actual Fender) p bass in a video demoing the Steve Harris Tech 21. Somebody stop me please, I am supposed to be downsizing... Wait a minute... "(and Im not about to buy another Schaller 5string 3D in black and Gotoh tuners in black! Mr Nibody is all spent up)" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulThePlug Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 (edited) Real Nice... Simply P... Natural, Single P, Black Plate and a Thumb Rest... Edited April 10, 2021 by PaulThePlug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nibody Posted April 10, 2021 Author Share Posted April 10, 2021 33 minutes ago, 2020Jazz said: Wait a minute... "(and Im not about to buy another Schaller 5string 3D in black and Gotoh tuners in black! Mr Nibody is all spent up)" errr... 😬😏 early birthday present.. until Friday it had a cheap chinese no-name maple board neck on it - perfectly serviceable but... the Jones's kicked in (before I saw the blinking black schaller 3-D 5 string bridge in the classifieds. I have owned (to my vague recollection) about 14 p basses over the years - and of those I thing about 2/3 I put together from parts on a whim and a moment of impulse spending "well.. I bought a body so.... may as well get a neck.. and pickups.. and tuners.. and a bridge..." Yep I have a serious addiction. "P Bass Bitsers Anonymous" anyone? My past NOT self built were.. 1976 US refinished in Purple burst (I miss it so bad) 1996 MIM "Black Logo" in black 1990's MIJ 62RI Photoflame in Blueburst 2012 US FSR in hand stained wine red (reappeared in the classifieds a month or so back) 1996 MIK Squier in Midnight Wine SECOND 1996 MIK Squier in Midnight Wine (it may be the one I sold in the late 90's above... cant remember the serial number but some dinks look VERY familiar!) 1970's Maya Lawsuit copy One of those German Copies with the "butcher board" body and the wierd plastic plug on the back (name escapes me...) 1988 Encore Thats just the P's/ Add about 4 J's, 2 Spectors, Three Warwick Rockbasses (Vampyre, 5 string Streamer LX and Streamer standard), Washburn XS4 and XS5, Cort action 3/4 size, Some odball Charvell copy, A couple of Ibanez (1980 RS900 and SR305B), Two Epiphone T Birds (Thunderbird IV and a Tbird Pro IV)... I DEFINITELY have a problem. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2020Jazz Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 4 minutes ago, Nibody said: errr... 😬😏 early birthday present.. until Friday it had a cheap chinese no-name maple board neck on it - perfectly serviceable but... the Jones's kicked in (before I saw the blinking black schaller 3-D 5 string bridge in the classifieds. I have owned (to my vague recollection) about 14 p basses over the years - and of those I thing about 2/3 I put together from parts on a whim and a moment of impulse spending "well.. I bought a body so.... may as well get a neck.. and pickups.. and tuners.. and a bridge..." Yep I have a serious addiction. "P Bass Bitsers Anonymous" anyone? My past NOT self built were.. 1976 US refinished in Purple burst (I miss it so bad) 1996 MIM "Black Logo" in black 1990's MIJ 62RI Photoflame in Blueburst 2012 US FSR in hand stained wine red (reappeared in the classifieds a month or so back) 1996 MIK Squier in Midnight Wine SECOND 1996 MIK Squier in Midnight Wine (it may be the one I sold in the late 90's above... cant remember the serial number but some dinks look VERY familiar!) 1970's Maya Lawsuit copy One of those German Copies with the "butcher board" body and the wierd plastic plug on the back (name escapes me...) 1988 Encore Thats just the P's/ Add about 4 J's, 2 Spectors, Three Warwick Rockbasses (Vampyre, 5 string Streamer LX and Streamer standard), Washburn XS4 and XS5, Cort action 3/4 size, Some odball Charvell copy, A couple of Ibanez (1980 RS900 and SR305B), Two Epiphone T Birds (Thunderbird IV and a Tbird Pro IV)... I DEFINITELY have a problem. At least it's not methamphetamine, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nibody Posted April 10, 2021 Author Share Posted April 10, 2021 1 minute ago, 2020Jazz said: At least it's not methamphetamine, right? Sometimes I think Meth would be cheaper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nibody Posted April 10, 2021 Author Share Posted April 10, 2021 1 hour ago, Dood said: I am genuinely touched! I've been having really rubbish day today and this has absolutely brightened it up. Yeah, still have a leaking sink and my To Do list is longer than my arm and I can't remember what free time feels like, but this.. THIS! has made my day Considre it payback for the uplift your unpretentious laid back, informative video's give me when I watch them 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horrorshowbass Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 @Dood do you have a YouTube channel? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geek99 Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 (edited) 6 hours ago, 2020Jazz said: At least it's not methamphetamine, right? The German brand might be Musima? Edited April 10, 2021 by Geek99 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dood Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 2 hours ago, horrorshowbass said: @Dood do you have a YouTube channel? I have over 350 review videos in Guitar Interactive Magazine - which is a free mag every month delivered to your inbox (subscribe for free) . http://guitarinteractivemagazine.com - a lot of the video reviews are also shared on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/iguitarmag My own YouTube channel, I had planned to start working on but life has a habit of getting in the way. You can find it at http://www.YouTube.com/DanVeallBassist and I would really appreciate some subs. For those who like a tech read, I write every month for Bass Player Magazine in my own column called The Last Note. Anyone wanting video demos, voice overs or reviews recorded, well I can do that too and I'm freelance and well cheap inquire within, as they say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldon Tyrell Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 Man, I ❤️ the "Dood", I mean the bass 😉 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horrorshowbass Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 46 minutes ago, Dood said: I have over 350 review videos in Guitar Interactive Magazine - which is a free mag every month delivered to your inbox (subscribe for free) . http://guitarinteractivemagazine.com - a lot of the video reviews are also shared on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/iguitarmag My own YouTube channel, I had planned to start working on but life has a habit of getting in the way. You can find it at http://www.YouTube.com/DanVeallBassist and I would really appreciate some subs. For those who like a tech read, I write every month for Bass Player Magazine in my own column called The Last Note. Anyone wanting video demos, voice overs or reviews recorded, well I can do that too and I'm freelance and well cheap inquire within, as they say. Excellent ah I know who you are now Great reviews 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dood Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 27 minutes ago, horrorshowbass said: Excellent ah I know who you are now Great reviews Thank you, that's kind of you to say! I'd love to be able to step it up and get more creative with them, maybe when budget allows! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete.young Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 8 hours ago, Nibody said: Noooo... I can only stand Tort plates on Burst basses....get thee behind me satan! Oh, I don't know. I'm quite fond of this: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krispn Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 (edited) And I have Dood’s old Roger Taylor inspired P bass. It’s a wonderful bass! Edited April 11, 2021 by krispn 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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