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Teleblooz · April 4th, 2009, 05:58 PM

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Originally Posted by TELE_BLUES

Cool kramer does it have the split headstock?

Yes it does. And the bloody thing is neck-heavy as all get-out. That's why I made that extension you can see on the upper horn. Now it balances on the strap. It originally looked very much like this:

I got it used for cheap back in about 1980, so I had no qualms about letting out my inner Dr. Frankenstein. I carved a cavity for a second pickup, wired in a phase switch, wired it for stereo (note the 2 output jacks), swapped out the stock pickup for those EMGs when I went to 2 pups. Plus, it's been 4 different colors over the years, including a very striking Jackson Pollock-style drip job. I finally settled on the natural as the all-around best looking finish of the bunch. Or maybe I just got older and gave up trying - whatever.

For all its shortcomings, it's probably the sweetest-sounding and most versatile bass I've ever owned (yes, including my '71 Jazz Bass).

Then in a fit of Jaco-worship I decided that I just HAD to have a fretless, so I pulled the frets out. It still sounds good, but it's not magical like it used to be. My summer project this year is to re-fret the neck.

psycho gun · April 6th, 2009, 05:12 AM

my XS-2, video :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpsWKTqBGtc

psycho gun · October 10th, 2009, 05:39 AM

my new bass (and the only one... I sold the other) :

the sound :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzGbQyAvlJE

psycho gun · October 16th, 2009, 05:17 PM

first video deleted, new video with better sound quality.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u63U5JG0LBI

I use D'Addario Chromes (45-65-80-100) for E-A-D-G and Rotosound Flatwound (130) for low B.

Tele295 · October 16th, 2009, 08:26 PM

Just scored a fretless neck for my Fender HMT A/E bass! Pix soon!

Fajah · October 17th, 2009, 07:21 AM

Here's my fretless which has been a work in progress for about a year now:

It's a Douglas WEB 825 NA which I originally purchased as a fretted, active bass. I've converted into a lined fretless, passive bass. It sports the stock bridge humbucker and a Seymour Duncan Basslines SJB-5n stacked neck pickup. It's strung with GHS tape wounds.

psycho gun · October 19th, 2009, 06:51 PM

sorry, I want to share a new video and I can't delete or edit my previous posts...

so this is it :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yizbU7q6M8k

I really love my PALMER FB-05.

claudel · October 22nd, 2009, 09:32 AM

The photo of the Bubba Bass seems to have gone away...

New linky.

4mal · October 23rd, 2009, 11:56 AM

QTuners ?

psychetelec · October 23rd, 2009, 02:21 PM

SX

Dean Pace electric upright

Early Steinberger L2, previously owned by the late Dee Murray of the Elton John Band, heard on the hit "I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues".

April 6th, 2009, 05:12 AM	#42 (permalink)
psycho gun Tele-Meister Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Caen (France) Age: 36 Posts: 137 6 Photos	my XS-2, video : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpsWKTqBGtc __________________ "Frets are Evil..."

October 10th, 2009, 05:39 AM	#43 (permalink)
psycho gun Tele-Meister Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Caen (France) Age: 36 Posts: 137 6 Photos	my new bass (and the only one... I sold the other) : the sound : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzGbQyAvlJE __________________ "Frets are Evil..."

October 16th, 2009, 05:17 PM	#44 (permalink)
psycho gun Tele-Meister Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Caen (France) Age: 36 Posts: 137 6 Photos	first video deleted, new video with better sound quality. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u63U5JG0LBI I use D'Addario Chromes (45-65-80-100) for E-A-D-G and Rotosound Flatwound (130) for low B. __________________ "Frets are Evil..."

October 16th, 2009, 08:26 PM	#45 (permalink)
Tele295 Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: St. Latchodrom, CA Posts: 4,028 14 Photos	Just scored a fretless neck for my Fender HMT A/E bass! Pix soon! __________________ "Turn it up and it doesn't need any reverb." - Danny Gatton www.dannygatton.info Tiger Town Aces - Music That Bites Back In Redd we trust! Free Bill Kirchen! If lawyers are disbarred and clergymen defrocked, doesn't it follow that electricians can be delighted, musicians denoted, cowboys deranged, models deposed, tree surgeons debarked, and dry cleaners depressed?

October 17th, 2009, 07:21 AM	#46 (permalink)
Fajah TDPRI Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Toronto Age: 53 Posts: 38	Here's my fretless which has been a work in progress for about a year now: It's a Douglas WEB 825 NA which I originally purchased as a fretted, active bass. I've converted into a lined fretless, passive bass. It sports the stock bridge humbucker and a Seymour Duncan Basslines SJB-5n stacked neck pickup. It's strung with GHS tape wounds. __________________ Mr. Lawrie Mann Toronto, Canada Guitar Gear Bass Gear Band

October 19th, 2009, 06:51 PM	#47 (permalink)
psycho gun Tele-Meister Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Caen (France) Age: 36 Posts: 137 6 Photos	sorry, I want to share a new video and I can't delete or edit my previous posts... so this is it : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yizbU7q6M8k I really love my PALMER FB-05. __________________ "Frets are Evil..."

October 22nd, 2009, 09:32 AM	#48 (permalink)
claudel Tele-Holic Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Further Outside Area 51 Posts: 840 30 Photos	The photo of the Bubba Bass seems to have gone away... New linky.

October 23rd, 2009, 11:56 AM	#49 (permalink)
4mal Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: The Gorge Posts: 2,510	QTuners ?

October 23rd, 2009, 02:21 PM	#50 (permalink)
psychetelec Tele-Meister Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Austin,Texas Age: 51 Posts: 239	SX Dean Pace electric upright Early Steinberger L2, previously owned by the late Dee Murray of the Elton John Band, heard on the hit "I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues". __________________ Proud owner of Dee Murray's Steinberger! http://www.myspace.com/shapedsound http://www.eggmen.com

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