Rumple Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 (edited) Well it's finally got to the point where I have no choice but to adopt a 'one in, one out' policy and having picked up a new 5 string on Thursday something has to go! I have two 32" scale basses so........ Medium scale SX Gypsy Rose that started life as an orange and yellow colour until a few years ago I decided to re-finish it, I got so far in with the stripping and decided in my opinion it looked rather cool as it was so I added a couple of coats of varnish an old decaI I had left over and a Road Runner sticker and left it at that! not to everyone taste I know 😄 there is a bit of a split along a glue joint in the body near the neck plate, see pics, not sure if I caused it with the heat gun but it's remained the same over the years so I don't see it as a problem. It has Hipshot tuners, a pair of nice sounding Calig Neodymium pickups, one of Kiogon's solderless VVT looms and a no name black bridge. Slight earth hum, never bothered me enough to do anything about it. Strung with D'addario nickels, I think they must be a long scale set as I noticed while doing the photos that on the A string the bit where the string thins out starts before the nut 🙄 Easy to play, not heavy, balanced, sounds bright and punchy. I'll probably part it out and keep the pickups and tuners which is a shame as it's a really cracking little bass. Any questions feel free to ask and I'll do my best to answer them. Collection from SE26 preferred or failing that I could do a meet up at one of the main London train stations. R. Edited February 18, 2022 by Rumple typo 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sambrook Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 Funky looking bass there... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumple Posted February 11, 2022 Author Share Posted February 11, 2022 8 minutes ago, Sambrook said: Funky looking bass there... Sounds quite funky too 😊 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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