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Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2007 6:21 pm
by jwr2
Todd ... when I saw you guys perform the ship album in Woodstock Illinois back about 73 it was a really enjoyable concert ...
Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 7:21 am
by Tylendal
Man, That 72 AZG 4001 looks so sweet! I am searching high and low for a LH 4001 AZG with checked binding, you right handers get all the good basses
Right now my favorite bass is my 80 LH AZG 4001, although i'm having trouble finding a good compressor for it, so far i've got a Boss CS-3, and it's ok, but it's not quite what i'm looking for
I'm also excited for the 2006 LH MID 4003 I ordered last year, i wonder if it will take the 4001's place, i'm hoping that it can take heavier gauge strings than my 4001, i miss the tone that heavier strings give
Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 9:02 am
by stts64
Yes, I like to give equal attention to all of my basses (18 total), but if it comes to the absolute favorite, it is my 82 4001 JG (third from the left)
Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 12:05 pm
by jwr2
that is a lot of pickup covers!
Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 1:03 pm
by stts64
Yeah, I like them just the way the original designer intended them to be.
Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2007 3:04 am
by 12stringbassist
This has been my #1 since 1995...
The rest of my menagerie are at
http://www.crazeeworld.plus.com/pages/kerbcrawlers/basses.htm
Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2007 3:07 am
by 12stringbassist
As to my Ric's, it's still the 'blue bleed'.
Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2007 7:37 pm
by walker
Todd - fascinating read on that 'Frankenstein' bass. I dig the DIY aspect. Great sounding tunes, too, and the vocals sound fine to me.
Devin - have you tried a tube head or pre-amp as a means of compressing your signal? I find that the tubes are far superior to any compressor/limiter I've ever used.
My fave basses to play -
the 1968 4001 MG has the warmest tone and nicest feeling neck of all my basses:
the 1979 4001V63 JG which I have tuned B-E-A-D, and have pickups wired for phase in/out, series/parallel, and low-cut cap in/out. By far the most versatile of my basses, and the pickups are the loudest, too, which makes for some sweet distortion.
However, I still play my own 'Frankenstein' bass the most for gigging and rehearsing. It has a 1968 toaster in front and a pre-WWII horseshoe pickup at the bridge. The tone caps have been bypassed so I don't turn the treble down when I inadvertently hit the pots with my arm. (Stylin' ain't easy, kids.)
Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2007 8:08 pm
by brianeharmonjr
I'm actually more of a guitar player, but my Fender Mustang Bass gets more play than anything else. It took me a while to get used to the short scale, but I just love everything about it. That is, until I get enough scratch for a Ric.
Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2007 8:29 pm
by aceonbass
My favorite bass to play right now is a heavily modified 4004TR that I call a 4004V63. The unbuttoned high gains sound really good in this bass....ya, my photography sucks but you get the idea.
Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2007 8:39 pm
by walker
Cool, Dane. Looking forward to seeing close-ups of that one.
Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2007 8:45 pm
by aceonbass
It sports your bridge pickup surround. The pickguard is a tracing I made from the one I made for your RM1999 before I sent it off to you.
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 4:09 am
by jps
Cool concept, Dane!
Currently my favorite is my 'new' 4001:
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 11:49 am
by walker
Cool, Dane! Good to see that project finished.
Jeff - as others have said, SWEET bird's eye maple on that bass!
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 1:29 pm
by jps
The back is just as nice as the front, it just has a few extra "bird's eyes" added to it!
But those will get taken care of some day.