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zn_bassman

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Re: Your 'other' basses/guitars...
« Reply #15 on: June 25, 2005, 11:42:13 AM »
Wow, there's some great stuff in this thread.
 
Stoney, what year is your Jazz?  
 
Darkstar, can you give us some details about your collection?

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Re: Your 'other' basses/guitars...
« Reply #16 on: June 25, 2005, 12:13:21 PM »
I'd be happy to :]
The top row left to right is: Modulus Quantum 5, Semi-hollow Modulus Quantum 6, Warrior 7 string, 6 string Rainbow bass built to Claypool's Rainbow's specifications by Darrin Huff.
 
Laying down left to right: '03 Brown Bass, '02 Warwick LTD FNA Jazzman with Curly Bubinga top, '77 Jazzbass with Status graphite neck (which i've since replaced), '03 Warwick Fretless 6 string streamer with Zebrawood top, '75 Precision Bass with Status neck, Warwick Thumb (The fourth ever built, made by Hans Peter Wilfer himself), Zon Hyperbass, and a 5 string fretless Excel with ebony top.
Barely pictured in front is my '96 Meisel upright.
 
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Re: Your 'other' basses/guitars...
« Reply #17 on: June 25, 2005, 06:00:13 PM »
My list
 
1. The Veteran a 1989 Squier Stratocaster Red. Bought new in 1991. Untill very recently, this has been my main guitar for live use. It has Dimarzio humbuckers in both the neck and bridge positions, and a replacement Fernandes neck. I took the original neck off since I wanted to add a double locking bridge on my guitar but didn't want to ruin the old neck by installing a locking nut. That original neck ended up on...
 
2. New Veteran a mid eighties sunburst Fender Japan Stratocaster with the original neck from The veteran, this one has since replaced my Red one as my main stage guitar. I installed a Seymour Duncan Little 59 pickup at the bridge.
 
3. Recent Ibanez RG 220, refinished in Baby blue. Bought to use live as a spare for The veteran But after I left my last band I played that one less and less, I'm currently thinking of selling it.
 
4. My 1998 Squier Affinity Telecaster. This one has been extensively modified, I stripped the body and inlayed the top with contrasting wood strips. Again a guitar that has proven its worth in live use. I also outfitted this one with Replacement pickups, a dimarzio PAF classic at the neck and a Seymour Duncan little 59 (my favorite humbucker) at the bridge.
 
5. 2005 Squier 51. Blonde with a black pickguard, totally stock. This is one of the two Squier 51's which were on display at the Fender stand in the Frankfurter musicfair last April (the other one was a sunburst) I found a music store which had bought the guitars on display and that's how I got it. It's a rare piece, Fender has since discontinued the black guard 51 and mine is likely to be the only one in the Netherlands. It's a sweet guitar.
 
6. The TelePaul. A selfmade telecaster/Les paul Junior hybrid. Sunburst, one of the first guitars I ever made. It always makes heads turn whenever I take it out.
 
7. My Jazzmaster Jr. A selfmade Jazzmaster like solid with a smaller body outline, P-90 soapbar pickups.
 
8. Mid nineties Epiphone Les Paul custom. This one is currently in repair I replaced the neck (the original had snapped off in a very ugly way) and it's being refinished in white.
 
9. Selfmade Nylong string solid. Amber.
 
10. My Martin Sigma DR18H Accoustic, Japanese made. A very well crafted and sounding guitar.
 
11. My mid eighties Aria classical guitar, the second guitar I ever owned. I wrote all my songs on it.
 
12. a Cheap no name Baritone Ukelele. I tune this one in fifths like a mandocello.
 
13. a recent Ibanez Mandolin. Sunburst, no big deal, cheap and resonably sounding.
 
14. Squier Precision Bass. Sunburst, replacment ESP neck. This bass sound much better than I thought it would.
 
15. Selfmade Alt guitar tuned a fourth higher than  normal. Lovely chiming bell-like sound.
 
16. Selfmade Rickenbacker bass copy with Kent Armstrong pickups and a Maple and Platanus body.
 
I also have several incomplete guitars and loose bodies lying around.

son_of_magni

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Re: Your 'other' basses/guitars...
« Reply #18 on: June 26, 2005, 07:57:27 AM »
The beauty and sound of my custom inspired me to try me hand at building.  These are two of my creations that, along with my Alembic, are my main basses.  My profile picture probably shows a few more. Enjoy, SoM  

 

 

 

  And if you have a broadband connection (and you happen to be interested) here's a quick video of me warming up for a jam a couple years ago with my custom... http://www.sonofthor.com/video/SoTBand4July2004.mov  (Message edited by son_of_magni on June 26, 2005)

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Re: Your 'other' basses/guitars...
« Reply #19 on: June 27, 2005, 06:44:42 AM »
Wow Karl. Those are pretty impressive basses. On your profile pic, is that an Eden Preamp? if so, how do you find it? Thinking of the same myself..
 
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Re: Your 'other' basses/guitars...
« Reply #20 on: June 27, 2005, 08:10:37 AM »
Here are mine .... sorry about the pic quality .. I've got to learn how to use my digital camera a bit better.  Enjoy,  Alan






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Re: Your 'other' basses/guitars...
« Reply #21 on: June 27, 2005, 04:28:10 PM »
Graeme, thanks for the encouragement.  Yes, it's an Eden Navigator.  It is very nice, I don't even regret spending all that money on it.  There have been some changes since that picture though.  The SWR 4x10 is replaced with an Eden 2x10 and the Mesa 400+ is replaced with an Ampeg SVT Classic.  Each of those changes were big improvements.  If anyone wants to make a compact rig that really sounds awesome, the Ampeg with the Eden cab is a great combo.  But my full stack is bi-amping with the Navigator into the Ampeg SVT-CL/Eden cab for the highs and into an Ampeg B2R with a 1x18 for the bottom.  It is sweet...

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Re: Your 'other' basses/guitars...
« Reply #22 on: June 29, 2005, 06:54:23 AM »
Karl.  
I've been looking at the WP100 navigator myself. Probably put it through a QSC PLX2402 into Eden 1x15 and 2x10 cabinets, I have a friend over here who's going to let me try out his rig - Very similar except he uses an alembic F1X pre amp and 2 210s, still sounds amazing though.
 
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Re: Your 'other' basses/guitars...
« Reply #23 on: June 30, 2005, 06:14:33 AM »
This is an excellent oppurtunity to show my new Giffin (it arrives tomorrow).  Now to set its signal coursing through my sf-2 . . .
 
 

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Re: Your 'other' basses/guitars...
« Reply #24 on: June 30, 2005, 12:31:26 PM »
Umm,
I will have to get a family shot and post it.  However, my current collection consists of:
 
Guitars:
DeTemple '56 Spirit Series strat (amazing)
Goodfellow custom telecaster (and again)
PRS Singlecut with solid brazilian rosewood neck (err, amazing)  
PRS 10th Anniversary (beautiful)
PRS Santana
Martin D45
Rodrigo Moreira Classical (Hauser style - Brazilian Rosewood)
 
Basses:
Alembic MK Signature (well, shall we say amazing)
Icene Zoot Bass
Warwick Thumb Bass
1978 Musicman Stingray

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Re: Your 'other' basses/guitars...
« Reply #25 on: June 30, 2005, 02:23:53 PM »
To paraphrase from another recent thread, my other bass is also an Alembic.

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Re: Your 'other' basses/guitars...
« Reply #26 on: July 08, 2005, 08:28:20 PM »
Here's something that's almost identical to my bass, a 1982 Daion Power Mk. XX-B. Very Alembic-esque, very rare, and very high-quality. I've been thinking about dumping the original electronics and replacing them with a Bartolini setup, or I might build my own filter set for it(yeah right!) They are really good basses, and it's a pity they didn't catch on, but at almost $900 less case in 1982, they were a bit much. It's nice having something that almost no one else has(kind of like Alembics). I wish I could flesh out my collection with an Alembic, but with c-o-l-l-e-g-e coming up, that's not likely, unless I take out a student loan or something.  
 
Here's the bass:
http://www.diamondstrings.com/daion%20mxII%20bass%20-1.jpg

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Re: Your 'other' basses/guitars...
« Reply #27 on: July 12, 2005, 02:35:19 PM »
The stick was traded. The Ric, Tbird, and possibly the Ripper are for sale. $800, $800, $500. Ripper has no case but a lovely framed Gibson ad and 2nd set of tuners.
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Re: Your 'other' basses/guitars...
« Reply #28 on: July 13, 2005, 05:21:24 PM »
Hmmm.  I suppose I should add my list.  No pics yet, but this might encourage me to take some:
 
Basses (all years unknown):
 
  Hohner B2 (Steinberger clone)
  Sierra P-Bass
  Guild Starfire IV (Hagstrom pups)
  Tobias Acoustic Tenor Bass (highly custom)
 
Guitars
 
  1961 Gibson ES-335 (PAFs, highly modified)
  1971 Gibson SG
  1972 Gibson ES-345
  1978 Ovation Glen Campbell 1118-4 12-string
  1970s Regal Archtop (mfd. for Fender)
  1981 Hondo (Strat-clone prototype)
  1980s Martin D-16K  
  2005 Niles OM-C #1
 
  1980s Chapman Stick
 
Under construction:
 
  Niles Spaltline Bass prototype #1
  Niles Spaltline Fretless Bass prototype #2
  Niles PX-1 Parlour #4
  Niles JP Kincaid Signature prototype #1
 
(I need more stands...)
 
(Message edited by sfnic on July 14, 2005)

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Re: Your 'other' basses/guitars...
« Reply #29 on: July 14, 2005, 11:44:46 AM »
Hi Nic, quite an impressive list! If you want to know the year of birth of your Guild Starfire, you could post or PM me the serial number. I own the Guild reference book written by Hans Moust (Dutchman, great guy BTW) and I will be able to help you...
 
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