BFG Bass

Basvarken · January 05, 2016, 03:22:11 PM

I just picked this up. Bought on impulse...

Highlander · January 05, 2016, 03:27:00 PM

(serial LP collector

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uwe · January 05, 2016, 03:28:53 PM

And about time too!!! You'll never regret it. Finally a manly instrument in your hands. Never have I felt greater kinship with you, Seit' an Seit' ...

uwe · January 05, 2016, 03:32:15 PM

Büt ze knöbs ön yöürs löök äll wröng!!!

Basvarken · January 05, 2016, 03:42:58 PM

Agreed. The knobs have to go. They look too "handcraft-shop-macramé" !

Granny Gremlin · January 05, 2016, 03:45:29 PM

Nice one Rob; I understand that impulse. God help me if I come across one of these locally - even with the long scale and silly quantity of pickups (a 3 way and 4 knobs - how's that even wired?)

TBird1958 · January 05, 2016, 03:58:26 PM

I like it!

uwe · January 05, 2016, 04:04:26 PM

Quote from: Granny Gremlin on January 05, 2016, 03:45:29 PM
Nice one Rob; I understand that impulse. God help me if I come across one of these locally - even with the long scale and silly quantity of pickups (a 3 way and 4 knobs - how's that even wired?)

Utterly sensibly: Three completely independent volume cöntröls (for each püp, geddit?) and a treble control for all. One doth not need more. Le töggle est un kill switch!

uwe · January 05, 2016, 04:10:21 PM

Quote from: TBird1958 on January 05, 2016, 03:58:26 PM

I like it!

Yes, but then you like lots of unsettling things!

Basvarken · January 05, 2016, 04:14:16 PM

What about something like this to replace those wooden knobs?

uwe · January 05, 2016, 04:56:52 PM

What a shameless copycat you are!

The original knobs from my BFG ended up here, that is where they fit:

Before:

After:

Dave W · January 05, 2016, 07:27:45 PM

I think the original knobs fit the raw look of the bass.

Chris P. · January 06, 2016, 04:01:29 AM

Great Rob! A bit jealous!!

uwe · January 06, 2016, 04:46:45 AM

Who let the Warwickster in?

uwe · January 06, 2016, 05:08:25 AM

Quote from: Dave W on January 05, 2016, 07:27:45 PM
I think the original knobs fit the raw look of the bass.

I understand Rob's comment, they look very un-rock'n'roll - dare I say Wishbassy?

-, while the bass itself oozes rock'n'roll. Or RAWk 'n' roll if you like. The disparity bothered me too at the time.

My skull knobs have of course shifted the overall appearance towards Pirates of Caribbean/Marvel prop! But I thought the bass deserves a slightly scandalous/outrageous/hilarious look. I was never too obsessed about being taken serious. Most musicians tend to be, I've seen some pained, sour-puss looks with my BFG from musicians while non-musical people always dig it ( "Are those skulls real?" "Yup, I hunted down little rodent gnomes for them!" ).