Lighter weight bass finished, some pics of the basses I play

[AprioriMark]

If this is an inappropriate place to post this, I apologize.  I just wanted to thank everyone who's answered my silly questions over the last month or so, and post some pics.  I'm afraid that these aren't super exciting, as I'm much more into playability than wood-sexiness for its own sake.  Also, I'm sorryt he pics aren't the best. 

These are (left to right):
1) The new bass: P-style with a quarter pound bassline pickup, black basswood Fender body, Warmoth pau ferro/pau ferro neck
2) My fretless: J-style with basslines pickups (quarter pound in the neck, classic style in the bridge), maple/ebony Warmoth neck (tung oil on the back of the neck and poly on the neck joint and headstock), alder body finished in a DEEP blue that these pics don't do justice... it's amazing under stage lights.  Jack from JP guitars finished this and put it together for me.
3) My 70s Jazz bass.  It weighs a ton.  I broke the neck once.  I put Basslines pickups in it.  Yay.
4) My HEAVY awesome bass.  Yes, I use the MM pickup as a passive pickup without the active circuit.  I wanted a fat, Gibson bass sound, and combined with that J pickup, I get some stupid good tones out of that thing.  Bloodwood neck with an ebony fingerboard.  Inca silver J body. It weighs as much as some small children, and it has the tone to prove it.

Annnnnd from the back, because some things are just better from behind...

The new bass from behind so you can kinda see the neck...

 

[boaty]

How do you like the pau ferro?  I have a classical with pau ferro sides, back, and fretboard and it's an interesting guitar to say the least.

 

[Nando Vallart]

Nice collection!

 

[SlingBass]

VERY nice stable of beauties (BTW - it's always about playability and TONE in my book)  :icon_thumright:

I've done bubinga/ebony, bubinga/bubinga, bloodwood/bloodwood necks......I think it time for a pau ferro/pau ferro fretless next  :glasses10:

 

[AprioriMark]

How do you like the pau ferro?  I have a classical with pau ferro sides, back, and fretboard and it's an interesting guitar to say the least.

Well, it's beautiful for sure.  I like the tone of the bass, I'm just not sure about how the feel will end up.  I didn't treat the neck at all, and played it for 4 hours in rehearsal last night (getting ready to go on the road), and it felt like I was knocking off dirt or something, though I never saw anything.  It was just like there was some substance between my hand and the neck.  Should I have oiled it?  I never did with the bloodwood neck, and that's been smooth as anything over the years. 

By the way, I have another half dozen or so basses, these are just the 4 I play regularly, and the 3 Warmoth ones I have.  I also have quite a few guitars that are at least part Warmoth.

-Mark

 

[Soylent]

I sir, would like to see a full collection.

Those basses look great.  :rock-on:

 

[boaty]

How do you like the pau ferro?  I have a classical with pau ferro sides, back, and fretboard and it's an interesting guitar to say the least.

Well, it's beautiful for sure.  I like the tone of the bass, I'm just not sure about how the feel will end up.  I didn't treat the neck at all, and played it for 4 hours in rehearsal last night (getting ready to go on the road), and it felt like I was knocking off dirt or something, though I never saw anything.  It was just like there was some substance between my hand and the neck.  Should I have oiled it?  I never did with the bloodwood neck, and that's been smooth as anything over the years. 

By the way, I have another half dozen or so basses, these are just the 4 I play regularly, and the 3 Warmoth ones I have.  I also have quite a few guitars that are at least part Warmoth.

-Mark

The neck on my guitar is actually cedar, and the pau ferro has a gloss finish on it everywhere except the fretboard which is bare.  The board was dry when I got the guitar and oiling it did make it feel smoother, although it already had an ebony-like feel to it.

 

[DangerousR6]

That black P-bass is sweet, I love the green PG, and the neck is just beautiful......Nice collection... :icon_thumright: