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Title: new family photo
Post by: SKATE RAT on August 24, 2014, 06:22:07 PM
(http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x120/yrofrat/10574282_10204595659915270_500087321079427965_n.jpg) (http://s184.photobucket.com/user/yrofrat/media/10574282_10204595659915270_500087321079427965_n.jpg.html)
Title: Re: new family photo
Post by: Nocturnal on August 24, 2014, 08:00:37 PM
Nice collection!!
Title: Re: new family photo
Post by: Highlander on August 25, 2014, 02:26:17 AM
Nice shot, Bryan...

Curious about your Vantage artwork - any chance of a close-up of the body...?
Title: Re: new family photo
Post by: SKATE RAT on August 25, 2014, 06:41:15 AM
the Vantage is covered in stickers. strategically cut and fit around each other. then a whole can of polyurethane. i paid $40 for the bass, the body was broken in half. i epoxied it back together and added the DiMarzio pup sounds and plays great. i just need a hard case or any case for it. i may try to make one.
Title: Re: new family photo
Post by: SKATE RAT on August 25, 2014, 06:44:44 AM
(http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x120/yrofrat/vvvvv001.jpg) (http://s184.photobucket.com/user/yrofrat/media/vvvvv001.jpg.html)
(http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x120/yrofrat/vvvvv003.jpg) (http://s184.photobucket.com/user/yrofrat/media/vvvvv003.jpg.html)
i made the Dice knobs too.
Title: Re: new family photo
Post by: TBird1958 on August 25, 2014, 07:26:22 AM


Great stuff!   :)
Title: Re: new family photo
Post by: amptech on August 25, 2014, 07:28:53 AM
You've got good taste! My collection is now mainly 60's EB's, a grabber, SG guitar, P bass, Rick 4001 and, a handful of far east 'oddities'.
Gotta put them together for a shoot one day, I think my 'total' is exactly like yours :)
Title: Re: new family photo
Post by: Highlander on August 25, 2014, 04:57:04 PM
Definitely like the fin... :mrgreen:
Title: Re: new family photo
Post by: amptech on August 26, 2014, 01:20:21 AM
Quote from: SKATE RAT on August 25, 2014, 06:41:15 AM
i just need a hard case or any case for it. i may try to make one.

Of course, you have to have the same finish on the case :)
Title: Re: new family photo
Post by: SKATE RAT on August 26, 2014, 08:10:01 AM
I will if I ever find a case. I might try those goofy coffin cases, they seem to fit weird pointy shapes
Title: Re: new family photo
Post by: uwe on August 27, 2014, 02:43:09 PM
You might want to try one of those Dean cases they use for their models (the basses, not the wimmin'!).

(http://www.bloodyeye.de/contentbilder/musikmesse2008/schenkerdeangirls500-3.jpg)

That Flying V Decal looks like it was made for either The Exploited or The Misfits!!!  :mrgreen:
Title: Re: new family photo
Post by: SKATE RAT on September 03, 2014, 01:55:58 PM
yeah,Uwe. i thought about Dean cases also the Epiphone ones. just not sure if it would fit?
Title: Re: new family photo
Post by: dadagoboi on September 03, 2014, 02:13:10 PM
It will fit in the Dean Metalman case.  They are HUGE...also weigh almost 20 lbs.  I've used them for 2 ExplorerBirds
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/accessories/dean-deluxe-hardshell-electric-bass-guitar-case-for-metalman-v-series

The Dean gig bag will also work.
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/accessories/dean-large-metalman-electric-bass-guitar-gigbag

Great sticker job!


Title: Re: new family photo
Post by: slinkp on September 03, 2014, 10:34:15 PM
Hey, I had one of those univoxes! I thought it sounded pretty good.

I (badly) turned mine into a baritone, sort of ... replaced the bridge, replaced the bridge pickup with a duncan P-90 , added some guitar tuners, cut a nut (badly), and strung it standard guitar tuning, E A D G B E but with the E and A an octave down.  It was a bitch to play but it sounded pretty cool.

I wonder where the hell that instrument is now?  I have no idea!  It went missing during a period where I moved 3 times in one year...
Title: Re: new family photo
Post by: uwe on September 04, 2014, 04:56:03 AM
Quote from: dadagoboi on September 03, 2014, 02:13:10 PM
It will fit in the Dean Metalman case.  They are HUGE...also weigh almost 20 lbs.  I've used them for 2 ExplorerBirds
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/accessories/dean-deluxe-hardshell-electric-bass-guitar-case-for-metalman-v-series

The Dean gig bag will also work.
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/accessories/dean-large-metalman-electric-bass-guitar-gigbag

Great sticker job!

All Gibson and Epiphone cases are short scale, a long scale Flying V won't fit. OTOH, like Dadagoboi says, all Dean Flying Vs (or whatever they call their similar shaped models) are long scale or even extra-long scale, their cases are aircraft carriers even dwarfing long scale Explorer cases. No worries about the bass size then, you might just need a wider car (no joke, my Dean Flying V cases are too wide for even my Volvo V-70's backseat compartment and that is not a narrow car by any means).  Or always transport them lengthwise in driving direction in which case you need a station car. Oh, when I still had the Volvo XC-90, that fit in width, but only barely.
Title: Re: new family photo
Post by: SKATE RAT on September 04, 2014, 05:06:20 PM
thanks. but the Vantage is a short scale. most V basses are. Dean being the exception. i think the old aluminum neck Kramer V's were 32"
Title: Re: new family photo
Post by: SKATE RAT on September 04, 2014, 05:09:40 PM
Quote from: uwe on September 04, 2014, 04:56:03 AM
All Gibson and Epiphone cases are short scale, a long scale Flying V won't fit. OTOH, like Dadagoboi says, all Dean Flying Vs (or whatever they call their similar shaped models) are long scale or even extra-long scale, their cases are aircraft carriers even dwarfing long scale Explorer cases. No worries about the bass size then, you might just need a wider car (no joke, my Dean Flying V cases are too wide for even my Volvo V-70's backseat compartment and that is not a narrow car by any means).  Or always transport them lengthwise in driving direction in which case you need a station car. Oh, when I still had the Volvo XC-90, that fit in width, but only barely.
i love the Univox. such a fun little bass. my bridge pup is dead and after i get that either fixed or replaced i wanna find the humbucker version with a maple fingerboard.
Title: Re: new family photo
Post by: Pilgrim on September 04, 2014, 08:10:49 PM
Quote from: SKATE RAT on September 04, 2014, 05:09:40 PM
i love the Univox. such a fun little bass. my bridge pup is dead and after i get that either fixed or replaced i wanna find the humbucker version with a maple fingerboard.

If that's the Hi-Flyer, Eastwood makes a clone and I think their pickups will fit.
Title: Re: new family photo
Post by: SKATE RAT on September 05, 2014, 06:36:08 PM
yes it is the Hi-flier and those may fit, i think i'm gonna have it rewound though. projects projects projects