NBD - G&L JB with silver metal flake sparkle

[80Hz]

My inner magpie wouldn't stop chattering since seeing this...

 

I've wanted a bass with one of these metal flake finishes for years... I'd considered going the custom finish / build route but this ticked all the boxes.

 

Really happy to have a G&L back in the stable. It's a great sounding bass too, loads of sustain and zing. 

 

All being well it will be making it to the 2025 North West & Scotland Bass Bash 😀

 

[rwillett]

Perhaps we need a glam rock theme...

[80Hz]

2 minutes ago, rwillett said:

Perhaps we need a glam rock theme...

 

More like glamb rock... we might risk dazzling the sheep 🐑

 

[I'll see myself out 🚪]

[BassAgent]

That is brilliant! Love it. It looks fretless, is it?

[80Hz]

Just now, BassAgent said:

It looks fretless, is it?

 

Funnily enough it started life that way, but was fretted by the previous owner.

[cocco]

Ooooh that looks lovely, I like the contrast of the really dark and plain fretboard against the silver flake. 

[80Hz]

1 minute ago, cocco said:

really dark

 

Thanks 😄 - according to G&L that's rosewood, but it's the darkest rosewood I've seen on any modern production instrument, outside of builders with special / choice blanks. The seller listed it as ebony and I can see why.

 

 

 

 

[joel406]

Finally got me some G&Ls. Really loving em. Nice specimen you have there. 

[SurroundedByManatees]

Excellent! 

[cocco]

48 minutes ago, 80Hz said:

 

Thanks 😄 - according to G&L that's rosewood, but it's the darkest rosewood I've seen on any modern production instrument, outside of builders with special / choice blanks. The seller listed it as ebony and I can see why.

 

 

 

 

I'd have guessed ebony too. 

[Grooverjr]

That is tasty. I don't think you can play that in normal footwear, though. Platforms, sparkly Adidas shell toes or at the least teddy boy suede numbers. 

[Geek99]

HOLY f*** 

[Geek99]

I totally “gentleman’s fancy” one of those. I know what the lady who runs my local OM night’s reaction would be 

 

@Nail Soup

 

[80Hz]

7 hours ago, Grooverjr said:

Platforms, sparkly Adidas shell toes or at the least teddy boy suede numbers.

 

Hmm... flamboyant basses I can manage, but the rest of my look tends towards grandad-core!!

[rwillett]

21 minutes ago, 80Hz said:

 

Hmm... flamboyant basses I can manage, but the rest of my look tends towards grandad-core!!

I've just brought 100 aluminium emergency foil blankets for first aid use. I will donate, nay happily donate with joy in my heart, a dozen for you to use in your new look

[80Hz]

5 minutes ago, rwillett said:

I've just brought 100 aluminium emergency foil blankets for first aid use.

 

What on earth might happen at this bass bash that would require 100 emergency foil blankets?? 😆

[rwillett]

Hell of a party... Best kept secret on Basschat 😉

[rwillett]

15 minutes ago, 80Hz said:

 

What on earth might happen at this bass bash that would require 100 emergency foil blankets?? 😆

We might theme the Bass Bash as the "North West and Scotland Bass Bash, Petting Zoo and Glam Rock Fest" now.

[neepheid]

4 hours ago, rwillett said:

We might theme the Bass Bash as the "North West and Scotland Bass Bash, Petting Zoo and Glam Rock Fest" now.

 

You rang?

 

Edited January 27, 2025 by neepheid

[80Hz]

Love it - purple sparkle occupies a strata all of its own 🤩

[Owen]

Hubba hubba!

[neepheid]

Oops, didn't mean to derail the NBD thread with a completely unrelated bass.  So, how about that silver sparkle JB, eh?

[80Hz]

1 minute ago, neepheid said:

completely unrelated bass

 

Derail away, there are no rules in sparkle culture 😆

[MartinB]

Ooooh... sparkly! 🤩

[rwillett]

1 hour ago, neepheid said:

 

You rang?

 

I do like that... I'm very surprised I'm saying it but I do. This and @80Hz's basses will be the stars of the show.

 

I might order some more aluminium foil and try and find my dads old high heeled boots (he was quite short).

 

Rob