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  1. 06-24-2005, 09:00 PM #1
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    My bottom end

    I just took some pictures of my 3 basses and thought I'd post a few shots for you.

    This is my MIJ 57 RI P-Bass in Candy Apple Red



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    This is my Danelectro Longhorn Bass. It's great for jamming because the shorter 30" scale makes it easier for a guitar player to play bass for a couple of numbers. The light weight body makes it easy to play for hours and between the two pickups you can get some pretty good sounds.



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    This is my GRD Bass built in 1980 master luthier Charles Fox when he was running his Guitar Research and Design company in Vermont. This bass features a Honduran Mahogany body and neck with Indian Rosewood slabs on the front and back of the body. The neck has a brass nut and a phenolic fingerboard. The bridge is mounted on a massive brass block that makes this thing ring for days. There's also a 6 band graphic equalizer built in as well as micro switches to switch the pickups from Humbucking to single coil mode and another to put them out of phase with each other. The 4th switch turns on the equalizer. There's one volume and one tone knob and the pickup selector is actually a fader that lets you fade between the pups and get all sorts of in between sounds.



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  2. 06-25-2005, 05:02 AM #2
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    Re: My bottom end

    I'd say you've got the basses covered:yay
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    Re: My bottom end

    Man, that GRD is stunning. I want a Dano, though.
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  4. 06-25-2005, 07:16 PM #4
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    Re: My bottom end

    Quote Originally Posted by sabby
    Man, that GRD is stunning. I want a Dano, though.
    Yeah the GRD's pretty cool. I also have the matching guitar.

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  5. 06-25-2005, 07:54 PM #5
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    Wow, those are nice. What do they sound like? There are a lot of switches and slides on that guitar. I'd get lost. :hee
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  6. 06-25-2005, 08:27 PM #6
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    Re: My bottom end

    Vince, you got shoes to match that Longhorn? :ahem
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  7. 06-26-2005, 07:19 AM #7
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    Re: My bottom end

    Quote Originally Posted by sabby
    Wow, those are nice. What do they sound like? There are a lot of switches and slides on that guitar. I'd get lost. :hee
    The guitar in it's passive state sounds like a really good Les Paul. When you start playing with the electronics you can get pretty close to a lot of other tones. It's not that complicated of a set up. There's 1 switch for each pickup to change it from HB to SC, there's another switch that puts the pups out of phase with each other and the 4th switch turns on the graphic EQ which is an MXR with 18 db cut or boost at the 6 bands. Other than that it's just a master volume, master tone and a fader/slide control for pickup selection. The really tricky part is getting used to looking at the neck. It has 24 frets and attaches at the 24th so there's a lot of territory/access on the fingerboard and the first time I played it was like looking down a railroad track.
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    Re: My bottom end

    Quote Originally Posted by doc540
    Vince, you got shoes to match that Longhorn? :ahem

    No but my wife has some underwear that does.
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    Re: My bottom end

    I love my MIJ Jazz fretless...but I'm GASsing for one of those Longhorns...what a cool sound they have! And they play easy, even for guys with stubby fingers like me!

    What a nice bass collection!

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    Re: My bottom end

    Very nice :yay
    My head seems to be stuck sideways from looking at those pictures.
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  11. 06-26-2005, 09:03 PM #11
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    Re: My bottom end

    You could just turn your monitor.
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