Show Us Your Basses (Part 2)

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3688

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Tummy Contours is a great band name.

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3689

I donā€™t doubt that. But I would find it both funny as well as a good idea if they would offer DIY sets.

It would be like one those replica DIY sets for cars, like the Chamonix Spyder or those Superformance cars.

I will never buy a car again, but I like the ideaā€¦

3690

Youā€™ll never buy a Mayones, either. :rofl:

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3691

Only if they make an exact Fender P-bass copy, so I can be cool :slight_smile: :slight_smile: :slight_smile:

3692

Dusty used a reverse tele neck by the way, tuners on the bottom. lengthens the E for better tension, never tried it

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3693

Yeah I know. I priced out a reverse neck. Probably not going for it.

3694

Donā€™t hold your breath on that one.

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3695

Yeah!

Wait! On second thought hold your breath for it, :rofl:

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3696

:face_with_peeking_eye: :joy::rofl:

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3698

Donā€™t blame you.

3699

Yeah the Warmoth will end up a really nice bass. Not my choice of pickup but I understand why you guys love them.

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3700

I had a moment when I though about buying a vintage neck to put on the Warmoth body.

I changed my mind pretty fast.

https://reverb.com/ca/item/39230131-fender-telecaster-bass-neck-maple-usa-vintage-1972-3-bolt-tele

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3701

Wow! Thatā€™s a great deal. Usually itā€™s $4000+

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3702

Warmoth used to have a reverse tele neck option. Went through the options a couple years ago and ended up buying a site d5 and putting a stinger in it

3703

I have done plenty of this but if you buy a good enough instrument to start, thereā€™s no need, beyond perhaps personal preferences/trivial swaps like strap locks or tuning machines.

No desire at all to change anything on my BBā€™s, and the only reason I changed the tuners on my SBV is that the design is so light it has a little dive with the stock ones (which are otherwise excellent). Everything else, especially the pickups, are fantastic on both.

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3704

Modding is platform dependent and not price point to me. @howard sent me a link for the Yamaha motion bass and I jumped on that. Itā€™s a few hundred bucks but it requires no modification only string changes.

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3705

So cool :slight_smile:

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3706

This is good advice for beginners too; buying a proven, high quality older bass used can be a way better plan than buying a new entry level model, and cost the same or less for a much, much better instrument.

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3707

You said it.

Itā€™s probably my top 5 bass. I put the 90-35 strings set on it itā€™s extraordinary funky.

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