Mr. T saying “quit your jibber-jabber” is one of life’s ultimate blessings.
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Hey Everyone! I just started the B2BA course but I’ve been noodling around on the Bass since the early 00’s
This is my Ibanez Gio (I’m guessing GSR100). I bought it in the early 00’s and I haven’t seen any others with a single split pickup. It was a kit with a practice amp.
As far as modifications go I added:
- EMG P-X Active Bass Pickups
- Hipshot KickAss High-mass Bass Bridge
- KAISH Black with White Pearl Cap Knobs
The hipshot bridge was my last addition, boy was I sweating drilling 5 new holes but it turned out really well. I’m thinking of replacing the tuners in the future.
I also recently bought a Fender Rumble 40 amp which I really love. What a difference it makes over my little practice box.
I really love the Rage/Audioslave sound and this is as close as I can get without buying a Stingray.
Anyway I hope you folks enjoy the picture I’m really happy to join this community. I’m only on the first week of lessons but already it’s really helped with my confidence and I can’t wait to grow my skills!
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Welcome to the forums @MattyD !
Love the high gloss on your bass! So shiny.
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I’m just glad I got most of the finger prints off. I’m a greasy dude I guess but this thing shows every little smudge.
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Welcome, @MattyD. You should consider popping over to the Introduce Yourself! (2024) thread so tell the gang about your bass journey and goals. 
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Thanks @MikeC I’ll check it out.
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That’s a beautiful bass. I love woodgrain basses. 
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This is my lovely bass. If I don’t end up being a badass, I don’t think it’ll be the bass’s fault
I’ve heard the cirrus a couple of times over the years, and always loved the look and sound of them. Somewhere around 2013-2014-ish… I was offered a position on a cruise-ship (as a keyboard player, not a bassist) so I was looking up some stories online about that kind of life and ran into some videos from Josh, whom had already done that. Loved that content by the way, and ultimately it got me back to a great bass course!
I didn’t end up taking the gig because I got a better offer, but it was another run-in with the cirrus. So when I saw this one for sale about 10 years ago I just knew I had to get it.
It already came with the modified knobs, but I like them, so no love lost there. Sounds and plays like a dream.
I kinda want to add a nice passive J-bass to my arsenal in the future, but I’ll have to become a badass first.
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Thanks! I love woodgrain basses and guitars
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Beautiful!! I love the look of those!
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My new Bacchus is here.
It’s a beautiful bass. and excellent fit and finish. Roasted maple neck and fretboard, rolled edges I think, narrow neck, everything is fabulous. Like a Sire fabulous.
Not sure I like the pickups, they look like Bartolini sized pickups to me but my caliper’s battery is out. So a change may be coming. But for $300 easy to do an upgrade. Pretty happy overall
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Love the pink @Wombat-metal
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Congrats, Wombat. Glad it arrived safe and sound.
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Thank you @soulman
Here is the new G&L Tribute Kiloton. This is the Yin to my Reverend’s Yang. I got to sit down with it for about a half hour before I started on dinner. So far I’d have to say it has a throaty, growly sound but in a smooth and sophisticated sort of way. I wouldn’t say it’s necessarily aggressive sounding (which is exactly what I needed as a counter to the Triad). I wish I’d had this last week for the Steven Wilson song I covered. It would have been perfect.
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Congrats @faydout well it’s tough to say as MFD pickups is different than a large pole pickup like MM. I had a Kiloton for a short while. It’s a nice twins to the EBMM Sterling. Fast comfortable, narrow neck, smaller lighter body but the Sterling is much, much more aggressive, even more aggressive tone than the Stingrays.
The Kiloton is a lot more civilized and very articulate. I think it’d fit your picking style very well. I can see that it sits comfortably in the mix with your genres of music.
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I’m glad it got here safe too. It was packed horribly. It was put into a box in it’s soft case which has as much padding as a rain poncho, and some bubble wrap but most of the box was empty air. I didn’t have to pull any packing out or anything, bass came right out.
But it was in perfect condition.
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That’s scary as shit, but I’m glad it’s unscathed despite the craptastic “packing” effort by the shipper.
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Japanese person verified, spoiled by the local shipping.
Every bass and guitar I have bought or sold here was shipped in its soft case wrapped in bubble wrap. No box. It’s standard, and completely safe domestically.
You could hand Kuroneko Takkyubin a cupcake wrapped in saran wrap to ship and it would get where it’s going completely fine, the next day. You could have them chill it for you too. You’d have to be careful with Sagawa Express though, they might eat it.
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Completely unacceptable for international shipping. I don’t care how they do it domestically. It still blows dead bears.
I’m glad the bass gods looked after @Wombat-metal on this one.
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Oh completely. No argument there, just saying I can see how it went down.
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