All of blablas basses

[blablas]

Given the fact most of my pictures were on PhotoF*cket and are gone now, and also after looking through Carmine's collection I think it might be fun to post my collection here as well.

More lefty bass porn!

Starting off with my DIY projects.
The mk1's:

This is the first bass I built in the early 90's with some donor parts from a Hohner B2A. Rebuilt it in 2012.


This was my second built, again early 90 and no donor parts on this one, I made everything myself. Rebuilt in 2011.

The mk2's:

Third built, halfway 90's and rebuilt in 2011.


Fourth built, halfway 90's, rebuilt in 2011.


Started on this one halfway 90's, finished it in 2010.

All the following basses I built between 2010 and 2016
The mk3's:




The mk4's:








The mk5:


My Tribute to Leo Fender:

This one started out its life as a 'quick and dirty' build to see if could do a fanned fingerboard, what pickups to use and if could play on it.

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The basses I bought - Most have undergone some sort of customizing (by me).
Four strings:

Squier VM Jazz Bass


Squier VM Jazz Bass


Squier Precision Bass


G&L Tribute L-2000


BaCH BPB-60 butterscotch


OLP MM2


Vintage LEST96


Ibanez ATK (PGBL1)


Ibanez SR300


Rockinbetter RG4001


Chinabacker R4005


Richwood Jocker Pro


Westone Thunder I
My first serious bass, I modified the crap out of it over the years.

As you can see I prefer cheap ones, everything that was wrong with them I fixed.

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Five and six strings:

Warwick Rockbass Corvette


Warwick Rockbass Fortress


Warwick Rockbass Starbass


Sandberg Basic 5 Ken Taylor


Ibanez SR305EBL-WK


Spector Legend 5 Classic


MusicMan StingRay5


Sire Marcus Miller V7 Alder-5


Sire Marcus Miller V7 Vintage Ash-5


F(ake)ender Jazz Bass V


F(ake)ender Jazz Bass V fretless


Steinberger Spirit XT-25


NS Design NXT 5 LH


Warwick ProSerie Corvette Std 6 FL

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The Shortscale's:

Höfner Ignition


Danelectro Longhorn


Harley Benton PB-Shorty (converted to PJB-Shorty)


Harley Benton PB-Shorty (converted to JB-Shorty)


Harley Benton PB-Shorty (converted to RiB-Shorty)


Harley Benton PB-Shorty (converted to MMB-Shorty)

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The acoustics:

Eko BA4


Harley Benton B30 NT


Dimavery AB-500

And finally, the Uke basses:

Chinese unbranded electric style uke-bass


Harley Benton Kahuna Bass

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If you want to know any specific details feel free ask.

[paulo]

Holly Molly that's an awesome collection!
Thanks for sharing!

[pjmuck]

Holy moly! Outstanding collection. And most impressive are all those instruments you built yourself.

What PUPs did you install on that Squier VM Jazz?

[tim]

Mother of God. I have too many favorites to be worth mentioning :^)

[blablas]

What PUPs did you install on that Squier VM Jazz?

Hanson Chi-Sonic pickups.

[bobjones2260]

So what are your top 5 favorites?

[donahue]

Holy moly what a collection! Your built basses are very impressive!

[blablas]

So what are your top 5 favorites?

That's a tough question, I play them all, most of the time the mood I'm in and the feel and/or sound I want decide which one I choose. I prefer the five strings.
There are few I like less (primarily the feel factor) and because of that don't use them that often.

[leftieray]

awesome collection blablas

[gravesbass]

You and I might be the only 2 on this board that owns a NS Design NXT5 in Left Handed. I have a 2012 CZECH made one in Matt Black, Ebony FB. They stopped doing the Ebony for Phenowood type material.

BIG collection there blablas.

[NoXX]

Fantastic!! Great collection. So, I’ve spent a lot of time in The Netherlands, and I’m pretty sure that most of my pals over there would have a hard time fitting all of those basses and cases into their houses, without making them into furniture by stacking them like LEGO and covering them with a sheet . How do you do it?

Miss the people, the beers, and the food

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I only have three cases and a five or six gig bags.

The electrics are in my work/hobby/office room:


The acoustics and three cases are in a section of my living room:

The EUB is in another corner in the living room.

[superheavydeathmetal]

Really, your collection is simply incredible.

[NoXX]

Most excellent!!

[blablas]

One more: Warwick Rockbass 6.

This one came by as B-stock at Thomann at a price I could not resist, it was cheaper than the Fortress 5 string I bought recently.