Show your custom built basses.

teb · Post by **teb** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 12:12 am

My old Gibson. The only original parts are the bridge, tuners, neck pup and the back of the neck. I had a local luthier who had built some guitars for REO replace the fingerboard and body about 1972 and modify other stuff over the following year. At the time, it was pretty radical. We added a Precision pickup under the hand rest, stereo-wired it with two separate circuits, jacks, cords, etc., added a rotary five-way pickup selector switch and a switchable cap on the humbucker to cut the bass when desired and finally put in a master volume control. It will still do some things that none of my other basses can do. It needs a re-fin when I get around to it, but it still sounds great. I replaced the strings in 1975 or '76 with these ultra-smooth Guild tape-wounds. They don't ever seem to corrode and still sound just like they did 30 years ago. I recorded a few commercials on these very strings that some of you probably heard when you were little kids sitting around the TV watching Saturday morning cartoons.

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jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 10:20 am

here are some of my my custom basses ...

http://www.3dentourage.com/425/c5pbass.htm

http://www.3dentourage.com/425/fender-bird2.htm

http://www.3dentourage.com/425/fender-bird3.htm

http://www.3dentourage.com/425/striped.htm

http://www.3dentourage.com/425/1990%204003s5%20mg.htm

http://www.3dentourage.com/425/93-4004L-5.htm

http://www.3dentourage.com/425/98-4004ci5.htm

http://www.3dentourage.com/425/5%20string%20p%20bass.htm

http://www.3dentourage.com/425/jazz5.htm

telebob · Post by **telebob** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 2:55 am

Awesome bass collection Jeff!

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 4:43 am

Thanks

soundmasterg · Post by **soundmasterg** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 11:45 am

I won't post pics of the one I built anymore. Got in trouble for that one and don't want to get in any more trouble now that I understand how trademarks work.

Nice basses Jeff!

telebob · Post by **telebob** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 12:28 pm

pffffffff! Don't let them scare you Greg. Just don't sell or misrepresent your work and it's a non-issue. Tap me a line with some photos. I'd love to see it.

No disrespect to anyone here. I just love to see good guitar work.

will_nesbitt · Post by **will_nesbitt** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 2:08 pm

Jeff, I'm guessing you're a fan of Eddie's guitar artwork.....?

Nice looking collection.

Still a bit un-nerved by the flamed Fander-Bird... Just doesn't look right to me, but horses for courses and all that...

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 2:47 pm

Yep ... I love the look of the red guitar with black and white stripes ... but I am not a huge Van Halen fan ... I like a few of their songs ... I think they were a pretty good cover band ...

telebob · Post by **telebob** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 6:11 pm

That 5 string Fender Bird is cool as the other side of the pillow!