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WeStartToDrift wrote: Fri Aug 27, 2021 8:34 am I like a limited color palette....

From left to right: night black, dark black, rocker black, hobby black, and ...uhm... what's that... mellow black?

Dachshund wrote: Fri Aug 27, 2021 9:16 am

WeStartToDrift wrote: Fri Aug 27, 2021 8:34 am I like a limited color palette....

From left to right: night black, dark black, rocker black, hobby black, and ...uhm... what's that... mellow black?

I believe that one is asphalt black.

I've thinned the herd quite a bit since the last time I posted a family shot. I was up to 9 at one point, I think.

Hats off for the Greco Tele Custom - and what’s that Tele bass?

matttkkkk wrote: Sat Aug 28, 2021 7:57 am Hats off for the Greco Tele Custom - and what’s that Tele bass?

It's one I built about 20 years ago and again about 10 years ago. The body is some unidentified Asian make, originally used in a one-off custom build in 1974. It had that pickup configuration originally. I bought it in 2000 from my dad's coworker for $100. The neck was warped, so I scrapped it, refinished the body, and slapped a jazz neck and badass bridge on it. Played it that way for years, but was never comfortable with it. Ordered that custom Warmoth tele bass neck in 2011 and finished it with aged nitro.

My main and honestly the only one I really use. Carvin DC135, Mojo UK gold foil in the bridge position, Telecaster plate added because I cracked the body at some point and kept breaking the mini switches (and it looks cool). Extra mini-switch bypasses the controls and dumps the bridge pickup right into the output jack which basically starts distorting naturally. Plays great, just a really good fucking guitar.

Nate Dort wrote: Fri Aug 27, 2021 12:54 pm I've thinned the herd quite a bit since the last time I posted a family shot. I was up to 9 at one point, I think.

Nice Mic Locker!!

Moving back to the basement for fall. Yeah, it's a Squier, but it's a Japanese 84 and honestly it plays just as nice as any American made strat I've used. The 335 Epi was a relative bargain for a lefty; bought it from a guy who was moving on to just doing acoustic stuff. The Gibson is a SGJ; totally no frills, no pickguard, no finish. I've had the fretless for about 30 years and I still can't play it well enough to feel confident.

WeStartToDrift wrote: Fri Aug 27, 2021 8:34 am I like a limited color palette....

Did I build that Bronco Bass VI? I made like 20 of those for folks, never kept one for myself...been thinking about making one to resolve that oversight.

kicker_of_elves wrote: Sat Sep 04, 2021 2:25 pm Moving back to the basement for fall. Yeah, it's a Squier, but it's a Japanese 84 and honestly it plays just as nice as any American made strat I've used. The 335 Epi was a relative bargain for a lefty; bought it from a guy who was moving on to just doing acoustic stuff. The Gibson is a SGJ; totally no frills, no pickguard, no finish. I've had the fretless for about 30 years and I still can't play it well enough to feel confident.

What’s the fretted bass in the back row? Greco?

Edit: appears to be the Carvin in another thread