'62 500/5... blonde and gorgeous

Started by ilan, September 20, 2014, 11:53:25 PM

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Pilgrim

#15
September 22, 2014, 05:26:23 PM
Quote from: dadagoboi on September 22, 2014, 04:01:16 PM
I love jokes, especially when nitwits try to tell them.

Gentlemen - and I use the term carefully - let's act like gentlemen.
"A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any other invention with the possible exceptions of handguns and tequila."

dadagoboi

#16
September 22, 2014, 05:39:36 PM
So, sexist and racist (especially about Asians) comments are OK but busting balls isn't.  Got it.

Rob

#17
September 22, 2014, 08:03:49 PM
 :rimshot:
Quote from: dadagoboi on September 22, 2014, 05:39:36 PM
So, sexist and racist (especially about Asians) comments are OK but busting balls isn't.  Got it.

Chris P.

#18
September 23, 2014, 07:45:10 AM
To come back on topic. When I first played a violin bass, I hated it. Too narrow. I kept on making mistakes and pulling the wrong strings (like you guys above;) ) but now I play it a lot without problems. So I got used to it. Still have some difficulties with a 44mm nut but even that's no real problem.

amptech

#19
September 24, 2014, 02:01:30 AM
When I moved to short scale, I immediately clicked with it after playing 34" for two decades. Nut width and neck taper is different,
you get used to it but it takes time. When I completed my first EB0/6 conversion, laying out nut string spacing was tricky. I usually make equal distancebetween outside of strings, but ended up with wider spacing between EADG. Took about a year to play the six stringer properly, but now I have no problem going from EB6 to EB3 - as long as the nut width is the same (about 44mm) but if I pull out my later '67 EB3 it's not comfy at all.. too skinny, at 38mm. 

mc2NY

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September 24, 2014, 06:45:35 AM Last Edit: September 24, 2014, 06:51:14 AM by mc2NY
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ilan

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October 02, 2014, 04:44:41 PM

Pilgrim

#22
October 02, 2014, 05:16:11 PM
That, Ilan, ranks as bass porn. 
"A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any other invention with the possible exceptions of handguns and tequila."

amptech

#23
October 03, 2014, 01:36:24 AM
Quote from: Pilgrim on October 02, 2014, 05:16:11 PM
That, Ilan, ranks as bass porn.

Yup, axes like these can ebonize anyone!

gearHed289

#24
October 03, 2014, 08:55:17 AM
I've got '64 and '02 blondes that are gorgeous.  :mrgreen:

Highlander

#25
October 03, 2014, 04:14:04 PM
Sweet... ;)
The random mind of a Silver Surfer...
If research was easy, it wouldn't need doing...
Staring at that event horizon is a dirty job, but someone has to do it; something's going to come back out of it one day...

Nocturnal

#26
October 03, 2014, 10:42:00 PM
Nice Tom  :thumbsup:
TWINKLE TWINKLE LITTLE BAT
HOW I WONDER WHAT YOU'RE AT

Pilgrim

#27
October 04, 2014, 08:50:35 AM
The resemblance is very clear.  Nice photo!
"A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any other invention with the possible exceptions of handguns and tequila."

ilan

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November 04, 2014, 09:09:55 AM Last Edit: November 04, 2014, 11:36:13 AM by ilan
Will Lee is selling his 500/5. $5K starting bid, $8K BIN. I guess he factored in the celebrity element. He calls it a President but it's not.

Beautiful bass, but the back of the neck is painted black for some reason, and the action looks too high, and the bridge was probably shaved, since the height adjustment screws go through its top. So I assume the bass will need a neck reset and a new bridge.



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