The Bass Picture Gallery

[CrispyEgg]

wow it has certainly exchanged many hands, but still looks obiang as ever. muahahhaha... during mosaic music fest i saw a jazz bassist with a US lakland, maple fretboard awesome quilted maple honey orange gloss finish, AWESOME.

mm... but for 2.4k i can get an EBMM SR, the US lakland is wayy much more than that...

 

[Ken]

Hi ya all! I just joined the club!!! My very own Fender Jazz! a 1977! thanks to some very good friends who alreted me to the bass.

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[exin]

let's all buy Laklands! ... man .. 2K for a new one ah .. i'm seriously wondering ...

 

[Ken]

And this is a belated post for all the thunderbird fans who PMed me previoiusly. My collection.. do enjoy.

 

[purplehaze3691]

Wow very very lovely Jazz bass and it's vintage too May I know what is that black piece of thing just below the bridge pick up ?

 

[exin]

Wow very very lovely Jazz bass and it's vintage too May I know what is that black piece of thing just below the bridge pick up ?

they call it a thumb rest .. but i have no idea why the heck it's placed there for anyway ...

 

[purplehaze3691]

I thought it was a thumb rest but also wondering why it is placed there

cheers
purplehaze3691

 

[Ken]

hahaha... bloody idiot of the previous owner nailed the thumb rest there where the bridge cover sup to be... i just closed one eye to it cos it played like butter... tested it for a good 4 days before i made the purchase

 

[rottenramone]

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[qwerty]

Thumb rests are usually placed closer to the neck pickup. if you look at vintage fender jazzes or re-issues, they have the same thumb rest but closer to the neck. if i'm not mistaken this was done cos they thought the bass players would play the bass with their thumbs exclusively, thus needing a place to rest their fingers while using their thumbs to play. So the "thumbrest" wasn't really a thumb rest. :wink:

 

[3notesAbar]

Wah damn nice! Is it a Tobacco Sunburst?

 

[wyldeboon]

Wah damn nice! Is it a Tobacco Sunburst?

blardy nice leh.... want to buy oso la...if kena toto

 

[exin]

Thumb rests are usually placed closer to the neck pickup. if you look at vintage fender jazzes or re-issues, they have the same thumb rest but closer to the neck. if i'm not mistaken this was done cos they thought the bass players would play the bass with their thumbs exclusively, thus needing a place to rest their fingers while using their thumbs to play. So the "thumbrest" wasn't really a thumb rest. :wink:

enlightenment ...

 

[Z3r0_G]

wow. the thinderbirds' wings all seem to fit nice and snug into each other. v nice collection ken. i luv ur j bass especially. beautiful man..

 

[RentaBass]

Sweet JBass! what year is that from? Looks like it's from the '70s.....

Don't mind me asking, but it looks like the bridge pickup has been swapped out for something else....what's that?

 

[jbarks]

Looks like a Bart or a DiMarzio.

 

[RentaBass]

Feel like a dumbass now, just read the post again and realised that it's a '77

And superkicky, I think you're right.....it does look to me like a Bart.....

 

[CrispyEgg]

damn i'm gas'ing for:

either an Ibanez 605 (the MIJ one)
or a LAKLAND 55-02 dlux (i cant afford a US one )
AND
a fender vintage!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Ken]

Its a 1977 J bass, swamp ash body with maple neck. Bridge pickup was swapped out and lost. Current one is a lace sensor.

 

[jbarks]

And superkicky, I think you're right.....it does look to me like a Bart.....

Oooo, looks like we're both wrong here!