Ten years ago I sold my Gibson Triumph (Les Paul Bass with built-in impedance transformer).
It was my back-up bass. I made the pragmatic choice to sell it because I was closing my graphic design studio and getting ready for a new collaboration. Selling the bass helped me to bridge that period.
But I did kinda miss the bass a bit.
Each time when I saw one up for sale I got a little itchy. But never enough to actually buy it.
Until today…
She’s not as blonde as the one I had. But still very pretty.
Does need a proper set-up. And new strings.
This bass has not been touched in 20 years!
Does anyone know what brand those strings are?
I have never seen these ball-ends before.
Brass barrel with the core of the string sticking out a little bit.
After closer inspection they appear to be brass pipes with two torx screws on either side.
Plus two tiny holes where the core of the string goes through.
You fasten the torx screws on both sides to secure the string core.
Pretty nifty little device. Basically a ModBar avant la lettre.
No double windings over the saddles anymore.
I tried a used set of strings to see if I could use them with these barrels. Works pretty good, but it is kinda labour intensive. Took me an hour to replace four strings…