This topic is meant for pictures of basses with a lot of mojo. Preferably your's, but others are also allowed.
I'll start with this one:
(http://blaat.net/bass/plaatjes/4005/IMG_9915-800.jpg)
(http://blaat.net/bass/plaatjes/4005/IMG_9910-800.jpg)
Next:
(http://blaat.net/bass/plaatjes/800/full-back-4000-800.jpg)(http://blaat.net/bass/plaatjes/800/full-fr-4000-800.jpg)
More mojo from Holland ........ ;)
(http://www.mijnalbum.nl/Foto-FCHCGW8K-D.jpg)
(http://www.mijnalbum.nl/Foto-TDPVCLEI-D.jpg)
(http://www.mijnalbum.nl/Foto-EQIVO3Q4-D.jpg)
(http://www.mijnalbum.nl/Foto-KPM37QHV-D.jpg)
Both former basses of mine. A '66 Jazz that was made fretless.
(http://i31.tinypic.com/2lm9qnd.jpg)
And a '78 Stingray Bass.
(http://i28.tinypic.com/289g1zm.jpg)
SX Precision I reliced with hand painted PG
(http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/ae241/cata1d0/Chrome%20Soapbar/CHROMED/Charlie/PRECISE-FRONT.jpg)
(http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/ae241/cata1d0/Chrome%20Soapbar/CHROMED/Charlie/DSC01365.jpg)
(http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/ae241/cata1d0/Chrome%20Soapbar/CHROMED/Charlie/SANY1251.jpg)
Chinese Squier
(http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/ae241/cata1d0/Chrome%20Soapbar/CHROMED/Charlie/SANY2157.jpg)
64 TB II:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v615/uwehornung/IMG00236-20100729-1823.jpg)
69 EB-1, not so mojo'ed from afar ...
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v615/uwehornung/IMG00238-20100729-1825.jpg)
... but look at the checking:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v615/uwehornung/IMG00237-20100729-1825.jpg)
... and the back of the neck:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v615/uwehornung/IMG00239-20100729-1827.jpg)
Does butchery and abuse count as "mojo" ...?
The only thing holding a lot of her together at this point were the stickers... ;D
(http://i655.photobucket.com/albums/uu280/kjrstewart/Peter%20Cook%20Custom/1982aAslan-1.jpg)
This is just going to get a polish up and the TRC is just plain lost...
(http://i655.photobucket.com/albums/uu280/kjrstewart/RD%20Artist/20100420003.jpg)
My White '89............
It gets a lot of backside lovin'........... Note the color change on the neck due to sweat stain.
(http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd306/veronicasteed/thunderbirds011.jpg)
The front has it's share of dings and sweat stain too, it just doen't photograph well.
(http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd306/veronicasteed/thunderbirds009.jpg)
And my '77, just nicely worn in, no big nasties here - just a pleasant assortment of dings. I love this bass, it's a total player and comes along to almost every show as a primary or backup.
(http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd306/veronicasteed/thunderbirds008.jpg)
Uwe, the '64 is my Holy Grail! Thanks for the close up................... Now I have to go clean up ;)
I'm too young (or not punk enough) to have mojo'd bass(es)! Does my pee count?
(http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k286/kwstas79/hope-bass/hope09.jpg?t=1280426981)
Here was an old '79 Stingray of mine.
(http://i25.tinypic.com/2i94b5l.jpg)
Quote from: exiledarchangel on July 29, 2010, 12:10:18 PM
I'm too young (or not punk enough) to have mojo'd bass(es)! Does my pee count?
(http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k286/kwstas79/hope-bass/hope09.jpg?t=1280426981)
You're an artist!!!
Close up please - she deserves a thread of her own - B... E... A... Utiful... 8)
Quote from: Kenny's 51st State on July 29, 2010, 01:11:02 PM
Close up please - she deserves a thread of her own - B... E... A... Utiful... 8)
You are pretty close, right now its tuned B-E-A-D :P
:mrgreen:
Here's some I've owned ....
(http://www.deayton.com/guitars/eb2dbodyback.jpg)
(http://www.deayton.com/guitars/76pheadstock.jpg)
(http://www.deayton.com/guitars/66pbody.jpg)
(http://www.deayton.com/guitars/66pbackbody.jpg)
(http://www.deayton.com/guitars/83sr%20body.jpg)
(http://www.deayton.com/guitars/83sr%20back.jpg)
(http://www.deayton.com/guitars/fretlessbody.jpg)
(http://i35.tinypic.com/254vlzk.jpg)
(http://d.yimg.com/kq/groups/3417010/sn/1516864214/name/face.jpg)
(http://d.yimg.com/kq/groups/3417010/sn/859849048/name/frets.jpg)
(http://xa.yimg.com/kq/groups/3417010/sn/1879525781/name/serial.jpg)
I think The Hulk may have used it on tour for 20 years or so. The strings have worn channels in the bridge pickup, frets, and fretboard. The detailed pics are mine; if I had seen them in the ad I wouldn't have bought it, thinking there's no way it would even function. Amazingly it does, sounds great and still takes a low action. I've since turned the bridge pickup around, taken the rear strap button off (amateur install, drilled through the thin hollow graphite, looked like a disaster waiting to happen) and come up with a homemade replacement for the missing (of course) original pivot plate. Plan on relocating the output jack back to the stock location and putting the tone control back in eventually.
People seem to actually like the worn paint, but I'd like to get the scratched-in "RAMPAGE" off of it. Seller swore it was stock white, I didn't know much about Steinbergers so it wasn't until recently I looked it up in the SN list online and saw it wasn't.
That does look like a battle warrior - nice!
My '75 Mustang/'78 Musicmaster hybrid bass:
(http://65.23.158.135/userphotos/photo.php?id=68709)
You fought in the Six-Day-War with it? :mrgreen:
This is for Uwe- I ordered it new back in 78.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v104/Fenderbird/MY%20BASSES/rd.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v104/Fenderbird/MY%20BASSES/P1000451.jpg)
Has yellowed to a wondereful grainless color - Dave would be proud!
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v104/Fenderbird/MY%20BASSES/family.jpg)
Quote from: Aussie Mark on July 29, 2010, 05:32:55 PM
(http://www.deayton.com/guitars/76pheadstock.jpg)
I miss the bougainvillea pics, Mark.
;)
I've posted these (and some other detailed shots) HERE (http://bassoutpost.com/index.php?topic=3927.45)
but I'll repost these in the name of "Mojo".
My beloved XP2-
(http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w61/GonzoBass/Front001-1.jpg)
(http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w61/GonzoBass/Front002.jpg)
(http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w61/GonzoBass/Back001.jpg)
Quote from: uwe on July 30, 2010, 01:07:24 PM
You fought in the Six-Day-War with it? :mrgreen:
;D My bandmates call it the Katrina bass.
Quote from: GonzoBass on July 30, 2010, 02:25:19 PM
I miss the bougainvillea pics, Mark.
;)
Me too, my mortgage at that house was half what it is here in Sydney.
Got my mojo workin'
(http://gallery.me.com/vdbroekrob/100061/P7311872/web.jpg?ver=12805822400001)
(http://gallery.me.com/vdbroekrob/100061/P7311873/web.jpg?ver=12805822480001)
(http://gallery.me.com/vdbroekrob/100061/P7311874/web.jpg?ver=12805822020001)
(http://gallery.me.com/vdbroekrob/100061/P7311876/web.jpg?ver=12805822450001)
(http://gallery.me.com/vdbroekrob/100061/P7311877/web.jpg?ver=12805822180001)
(http://gallery.me.com/vdbroekrob/100061/P7311878/web.jpg?ver=12805822220001)
(http://gallery.me.com/vdbroekrob/100061/P7311879/web.jpg?ver=12805822360001)
(http://gallery.me.com/vdbroekrob/100061/P7311880/web.jpg?ver=12805822310001)
I love that Les Paul Bass! I passed on one for really cheap about 20 years ago because it was so heavy. I like the "Made In West Germany" tuners too.
Of course. Why settle for anything less? Made rom the finest Dutch bicycle scrap etal. We had a surplus stock once.
I actually hate them.
I prefer large string post tuners over those flimsy small ones.
Stringing (and precise tuning) those shorties is way easier with large post machine heads.
It's the smartest modification the previous owner did on my "prototype" Les Paul Bass...
(http://www.superfloor.net/prototype.jpg)
That thing is so cool! I know a good place for it too ...
What...!?!? Rob has something Uwe has failed to acquire...!?!?!?
(Rob... batten down the hatches, open up the floodvalves in the dykes, blockade the borders, and FAST...! He may instigate a Fourth Reich... :o
Presence of that bass beyond German borders is a constant provocation.
Casus Beli it is.
Quote from: Kenny's 51st State on August 02, 2010, 08:44:03 AM
What...!?!? Rob has something Uwe has failed to acquire...!?!?!?
(Rob... batten down the hatches, open up the floodvalves in the dykes, blockade the borders, and FAST...! He may instigate a Fourth Reich... :o
Better: Uwe acquired it
for me!
Now
that is a friendly neighbour.
1984 Destroyer X with exclusive rare 'Rachel Crosby' hand engraved Neck Plate. Would love to have seen it when it was ALL gold sparkle.
(http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/ae241/cata1d0/Destroyer/DSC01804.jpg)
(http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/ae241/cata1d0/Destroyer/DSC01809.jpg)
HIDDEN MOJO
(http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/ae241/cata1d0/Destroyer/SANY1244-1.jpg)
Quote from: dadagoboi on August 02, 2010, 12:03:53 PM
1984 Destroyer X with exclusive rare 'Rachel Crosby' hand engraved Neck Plate. Would love to have seen it when it was ALL gold sparkle.
(http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/ae241/cata1d0/Destroyer/DSC01804.jpg)
Someday I want an Explorer. But I'm not sure if just maybe I want a Destroyer even more. I like this design a lot.
Quote from: Bert on August 02, 2010, 03:31:12 PM
Someday I want an Explorer. But I'm not sure if just maybe I want a Destroyer even more. I like this design a lot.
Yeah, I keep thinking about smoothing out the body lines if I do a refin but they're growing on me. 32" scale is not bad either.
Quote from: Basvarken on August 02, 2010, 10:31:42 AM
Better: Uwe acquired it for me! Now that is a friendly neighbour.
Nah... that just means he has an excuse to sent the troops in any time he pleases... ;D
Quote from: dadagoboi on August 02, 2010, 12:03:53 PM
HIDDEN MOJO
(http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/ae241/cata1d0/Destroyer/SANY1244-1.jpg)
Now
that's my kind of abuse... ;)
My 66 Jazz ....
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v605/blackrosecustom/66%20Jazz/66JazzBodyFront.jpg?t=1280803472)
82 JV
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t253/Freuds_cat/82%20JV%20Squier%20Jazz/82-squier-jazz-body-b.jpg)
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t253/Freuds_cat/82%20JV%20Squier%20Jazz/82-squier-jazz-neck-b.jpg)
Quote from: Basvarken on August 02, 2010, 07:16:35 AM
I actually hate them.
I prefer large string post tuners over those flimsy small ones.
Stringing (and precise tuning) those shorties is way easier with large post machine heads.
It's the smartest modification the previous owner did on my "prototype" Les Paul Bass...
(http://www.superfloor.net/prototype.jpg)
I'd always thought that this one was the prototype bass.
(http://i36.tinypic.com/5jxlc1.jpg)
... but there's two in the pic, unless I need to change my occular prescription... :P
Quote from: Kenny's 51st State on August 03, 2010, 04:45:16 PM
... but there's two in the pic, unless I need to change my occular prescription... :P
Ok, it's the one on the right. :mrgreen:
Thank goodness for that, I've already broken one set trying to figure it out... 8)
My '73 Hobbit had the holes for the origional two post bridge plugged & a BadAss bridge installed before I bought it. Not to mention a poor frontal refin. (Looks better in picture?)
(http://i999.photobucket.com/albums/af119/Grog_03/1973LPT.jpg)
My '65 EB-0F was sort of refinished before I bought it. My intent is to have it refinished back to its origional color someday.
(http://i999.photobucket.com/albums/af119/Grog_03/1965EB-0F.jpg)
My "68 Precision:
(http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c297/jazzbo58/PBassFull3.jpg)
(http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c297/jazzbo58/PBassHead3.jpg)
(http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c297/jazzbo58/d090835b.jpg)
Cheers,
Jim
Ok here we go don't know how I missed this theread ! My '67 Thunderbird II(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v102/godofthunder59/67TBthumbrest002.jpg)'69 Thunderbird II(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v102/godofthunder59/69TBnewtailpiece001.jpg)the back(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v102/godofthunder59/e350ec68.jpg)hows this for a relic?(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v102/godofthunder59/100_1979.jpg)now looks like this(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v102/godofthunder59/restrored67TB003.jpg)
A few more. '76 Thunderbird VI(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v102/godofthunder59/77tbird004.jpg)(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v102/godofthunder59/Pauls80thBirthday003.jpg)'73-'74 Pbass(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v102/godofthunder59/74pbass003.jpg)'65 Hofner(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v102/godofthunder59/100_1723.jpg)'76 Triumph(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v102/godofthunder59/triumphbassfrostbite001.jpg)
Show-off... ;)
A life time of collecting................................boy is my kid going to make out when I'm dead and gone.