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Posted: **Thu Nov 02, 2006 3:58 pm**

Let's show off our one of a kind, superdeluxe, custom built basses.

I'll start off with the fruit of working for eight years and counting with the Jan Knooren workshop.
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/guitarman91/My%20musical%20instruments/fivestring.jpg
My Custom Jan Knooren five string bass with aguilar electronics, custom Haussel pickup, body made of a sandwich of flamed maple top and Cherry wood back. The picture doesn't do it justice, it has a really great figured top.
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/guitarman91/My%20musical%20instruments/basses.jpg
My Five string and my self made "Ricky-rethink" bass and my HH amp.

This is my baby. The bass I always wanted to have.

Posted: **Thu Nov 02, 2006 5:07 pm**

awesome!

oh-oh...

Posted: **Thu Nov 02, 2006 6:02 pm**

This may not be super deluxe but Joe Zon did build this for me to my specs.

Posted: **Thu Nov 02, 2006 6:08 pm**

"oh-oh..."

LoL!

Posted: **Fri Nov 03, 2006 11:03 am**

When we became endorsers I had Jack at Phantom Guitars make me a Phantom with 3 pickups, 6-way switch and "upside-down" logo
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v383/iamthebassman/ouchnbc040.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v383/iamthebassman/ouchnbc041.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v383/iamthebassman/ouchnbc038.jpg

Posted: **Fri Nov 03, 2006 12:04 pm**

Here's the bass I built myself. It sounds wonderful with the heavy ash body and the Bartolini pickups.

Oh, and a little off-topic, but it's OK if I slip the guitar I made in as well, right?

Posted: **Fri Nov 03, 2006 2:46 pm**

Really cool, Sven. I like the vintage vibe. Nicely done.

Posted: **Sat Nov 04, 2006 3:37 am**

Beautiful work guys! I build a few myself but not basses. Since Sven opened the door for guitars, (awesome piece by the way), here's one I scratch built a few years ago.

I made it from quartersawn mahogany and then book-matched the maple for the top. Lots of carving! I will never carve another maple top! Too much work!

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2004-7/774043/NCT1.jpg

btw, is it acceptable to scratch build Ric style basses but not guitars? I have no personal issue with this but have taken some heat over some of my other scratch built guitars.

Posted: **Sat Nov 04, 2006 4:06 am**

Well, so far I haven't gotten a lawsuit coming from Rickenbacker over my Ricky-rethink bass. But I guess that they know that I have no intentions of making a series of those.

So I don't pose a thread.

Posted: **Sat Nov 04, 2006 4:49 am**

My new Carl Thompson. Took 2 1/2 years to get this:

Posted: **Sat Nov 04, 2006 7:05 am**

oooooooooooooooooooooh

Posted: **Sat Nov 04, 2006 8:32 am**

Nice CT Les! Oops, I meant Mike!!!

Posted: **Sat Nov 04, 2006 6:33 pm**

Who is Les, Jeff?

Posted: **Sat Nov 04, 2006 6:40 pm**

Les Claypool, who is real big on CT basses.

Posted: **Sat Nov 04, 2006 7:37 pm**

Ahhhh, yes! Didn't catch that.

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Show your custom built basses.

Show your custom built basses.