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| blazer
Intermediate Member Username: blazer Post Number: 177 Registered: 12-2003 |
A few weeks ago I made myself the owner of the Carcass of an Ibanez GAXB medium scale bass which came without pickups and any kind of hardware and it has a chip of finish missing at the lower bout of the body. In short I had bought myself THE perfect mod platform. And it only set me back 50 Bucks. http://www.ibanez.com/guitars/GAXB150BK.png A GAXB as the model should look when in perfect shape which mine OBVIOUSLY wasn't. To get this Ibby playable again I routed the pickup cavity so it would accept a P-Bass pickup but not just any P-Bass pickup: a Magnetics P-Bass pickup. Which I wired to EMG electronics. I then installed the Bridge of a Guild Starfire which I had lying around and put on a mis-match of tuners to make it a playable bass. http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/guitarman91/100_0409.jpg And with the bass in this state I actually used it in the studio. This clip is one of the songs I used it on. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3KNL_GlOG0 But because I'm the kind of guy who wants his instruments to be dependable, I couldn't live with the none adjustable bridge so it just had to go. And while I was at it I also substituted the mish-mash of tuners for a matched set of Gotoh's which improved the bass greatly. http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/guitarman91/100_0417.jpg And just the other day I stumbled across a Schaller Bridge for an Eight string bass and being a big fan of Doug Pinnick I figure that I would convert my Ibby into an Eight string bass. So I drilled the headstock for four guitar tuners and fitted the bridge and this is the result. http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/guitarman91/100_0429.jpg http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/guitarman91/100_0428.jpg http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/guitarman91/100_0426.jpg As you can tell there's a little "Whoops" at the tuner of the octave G-string. And here's a soundfile on which I played it. I played a little Kings-X style rock based on "It's love" the guitar is my SG/Telecaster Hybrid which is my main guitar for recording since it's so versitile. The Drums are MIDI. http://www.sendspace.com/file/pbsm3a | ||
| alembic_doctor
Advanced Member Username: alembic_doctor Post Number: 380 Registered: 8-2002 |
Being a big fan and a good friend of Doug Pinnick, I finally broke down and traded a strat for a Dean 8-string a couple of weeks ago. I only did this because I have been wanting an 8-string for years and have not been able to affor an Alembic 8 yet. This is my first non-Alembic Bass. It does not suck. It'll be better when I put the Alembic electronics in it. But it is a lot of fun. I've used it at Church for the last couple of Sunday's on the songs that it was appropriate for and it's a lot of fun. One of the guitarists at Church is also a big King's X fan. So we jammed a little on Summerland, It's Love and my personal favorite, We Were Born to Be Loved. I'm running it through a Sansamp Bass Driver DI. It has a "King's X" setting that really sounds good. So I'm having fun. | ||
| inthelows
Senior Member Username: inthelows Post Number: 406 Registered: 11-2006 |
That sounds cool, over-drives my little monitor speakers like crazy. How's the playing on the neck? NLP |
