OK, get yer long'ns out!

Jimbro66

Basses that is. I'm tired of seeing the same old Strat/Tele/LP blah blah blah porn.

Let's see yer basses. The wackier the better.....

(Precisions and Jazzes tolerated even though they are just Strat/Jag variations ).

octatonic

Main bass is a Musicman Stingray 4:



I also have a Mexican Jazz roadworn:



I need to get a 5 string quite soon.

Jimbro66

Only octatonic? (nice basses BTW).

I know bass players are a shy retiring lot (@Bridgehouse being a good example ) but if you've got 'em you've gotta flash 'em! Don't let the guitar players get all the porn

Bridgehouse

I’m out at the moment. I’ll post some pics later on 

Winny_Pooh

Sterling Ray 35 with hipshot tuners and refinished neck tuned DGCFBb


Fretless Squier Bullet with 2 band EQ and flats tuned down a step.



And an old Czech ply upright

ICBM

'73 Rickenbacker 4001.



I've now replaced the HB1 in the neck with a 'toasterbucker' which sounds - and more importantly looks - much more like the original, without losing the hum cancellation.

Jimbro66

Oh boy, some really nice basses here.

Keep ‘em coming

Rocker

I have a sunburst Precision, same as just about every sunburst Precision out there. If anyone is interested I can try and post a picture.....

guitarfishbay

My favourite is my Dingwall Combustion.

I’ve since restored it to being a 2 pickup (neck and bridge) model. I also tried the FDV and P-Tone pickups and honestly prefer the stock pickups. 

Dontgiveupyourdayjob

https://www.basschat.co.uk/uploads/monthly_2018_12/IMG_4112.JPG.e49da2062ea2d0f12b847f062e066b82.JPG

Ibanez SR500 fitted with Thomastik Flats 

(Can't figure out how to post images in a thread, I'm a moron I'm afraid!) 

mart

Just in case anybody missed this last week - @GSPBASSES ; build, finished beautifully by @lamf68.
https://i.imgur.com/LdFIR7S_d.jpg?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium
Which leaves this relegated to back-up: https://i.imgur.com/PRDjlgg_d.jpg?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium

bloodandtears

Ibanez SR300E w/ Dr Neons on..

Sterling Sub 4.

blobb

John Birch

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/32788909147_15a667236c_k.jpg

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/32788904717_a1c2218837_k.jpg

Kramer

https://live.staticflickr.com/4697/27930594819_5e18c119ca_k.jpg

Bridgehouse

Boring sunburst Precision. 

Bridgehouse

Slightly less dull semi-hollow Precision

Bridgehouse

Definitely not dull Shuker Fretless

Bridgehouse

Sort-of Precision, but it's a 5'er and has some really wacky features on it, but I love it

Jimbro66

Wow! Brilliant basses. They confirm my feeling that bass players a generally less conservative than guitarists when it comes to instrument designs. Bring them on!

I’ll bet @HarrySeven has more than a few interesting basses too.

Bridgehouse

Wacky 51 Precision style but with a one-off custom single coil rick-o-like pickup from Oil City..

Bridgehouse

Not actually mine - I borrowed it for a few months - It's a one-off hand made job by a Belgian guy who just sent it off in packaging to a bunch of geezers on Basschat. 

It's utterly wacky - the knob and switch config is mental. It's also rather cool and really nice to play

Bridgehouse

Jimbro66 said:

Wow! Brilliant basses. They confirm my feeling that bass players a generally less conservative than guitarists when it comes to instrument designs. Bring them on!

I'd agree with you there.

I've got a fretless 5 in build by a custom maker - it's basically a precision with a load of extra features, but looks completely different and will sound different too. I know a lot of bass players who prefer to go custom and have something specced out rather than by an off the peg bass from one of the big manufacturers. Maybe we know what we want/like more than guitarists.