Baloney Balderdash Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 (edited) One of my absolute favorite finishes for basses and guitars is matte black, in fact all up on the first place, shared only with metallic deep purple finish (of which I unfortunately own no basses or guitars). So this thread is for posting pictures of those of your basses that got a matte black finish! The only instrument I own in matte black finish however is my Ibanez Mikro Bass, which is currently my main instrument of choise, technically Ibanez call it Weathered Black finish, but it's basically just an open pore matte black finish. So here it is, my Ibanez GSRM20 neck + GSRM20B body Mikro Bass, which I named "Dud Bottomfeeder", and which I added a Jack Skellington (from Tim Burton's "The Nightmare Before Christmas") skull sticker, two transparent lampshade knobs, and some respective red and green electrical tape (also known as insulation tape) to, as well as swapped the stock side mounted barrel type jack output socket for a regular front mounted one, pulled out the stock J pickup all together, replaced for a folded piece matte black cardboard, and swapped the stock P pickup for an EMG Geezer Butler P pickup, strung with Elixir Nanoweb nickel-plated roundwound steel core guitar strings, gauge .080 - .062 - .046 - .036 (using cut off ball ends from old bass strings to thread the strings through in order for them to be able to mount in the bridge holes and not slip through), to accommodate the F# standard tuning, that is 2 half steps above regular 4 string E standard tuning, I use for this just 28.6" scale bass : Edited December 20, 2022 by Baloney Balderdash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor J Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterMute Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 One matt, one shiny... Bongo 5er in Stealth Black. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madein1962 Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 Apologies for the other one but, this is the only photo I have on my phone. The one on the right is my matte / satin black Jaydee Series ii 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 23 hours ago, Doctor J said: Doctor J has been waiting for just the right moment. This thread has clearly hit his sweet spot. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikay Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 Mmm, matte black. Here's my Ric. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyJohnson Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul S Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 Just to lower the tone, here is my old West9one Thunderjet 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sifi2112 Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jezzaboy Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 My lovely Sandberg Central that will sadly be going out the door as soon as a mod sorts out my marketplace sub 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AScheck9 Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 Well, one is matte! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fretmeister Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 My Sandberg TT4 Super Light. Pic from before the ramp was fitted. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingBollock Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 Finally ready to show off my Thunderbird. It’s cheesy and I love it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 Never owned a black bass that wasn't shiny. Fingerprints are a pain.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cocco Posted March 12, 2023 Share Posted March 12, 2023 My Geddy inspired matte black Sandberg California TT passive. As far as I know, the only one in this finish. Commissioned by @ead of this parish then I liberated it from eBay. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cocco Posted March 12, 2023 Share Posted March 12, 2023 On 01/01/2023 at 09:18, NancyJohnson said: These are incredible. I particularly like the 5er. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvickey Posted March 12, 2023 Share Posted March 12, 2023 My Warwick masterbuilt on the right... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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