Offset with less than 6 strings?

sal paradise · Post by **sal paradise** » Mon Jul 25, 2022 9:45 am

It was noted that basses don’t get much discussion here… Got a cool bass? I want to see it

Larry Mal · Post by **Larry Mal** » Mon Jul 25, 2022 10:52 am

I have a few.

JSett · Post by **JSett** » Mon Jul 25, 2022 10:57 am

MIJ Jaguar bass. The only mods are a Hipshot kickass bridge and some blade pickups (unknown brand but they sound killer).

MattK · Post by **MattK** » Mon Jul 25, 2022 11:32 am

For some insane reason I got TWO JBs in the last 12 months.
2008 SX:

1973 Greco:

Larry Mal · Post by **Larry Mal** » Mon Jul 25, 2022 12:57 pm

It's not clear to me if we are just doing offset waist basses here or what.

Here's a couple more, here's my fretless Jazz bass. It's a Player series and that made a great platform to upgrade, and I basically gutted it.

This is not an offset bass, but it's a great one, it's a G&L SB-1:

timtam · Post by **timtam** » Mon Jul 25, 2022 6:21 pm

Haha when I read the title my first thought was the Warren Ellis signature 4-string tenors ....
https://eastwoodguitars.com/en-au/colle ... rren-ellis
As with Nick Cave on Higgs Boson Blues on ACL ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-XaFi6tWck

One of the tenor models ...

sal paradise · Post by **sal paradise** » Mon Jul 25, 2022 8:53 pm

timtam wrote: ↑
Mon Jul 25, 2022 6:21 pm
Haha when I read the title my first thought was the Warren Ellis signature 4-string tenors ....
https://eastwoodguitars.com/en-au/colle ... rren-ellis
As with Nick Cave on Higgs Boson Blues on ACL ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-XaFi6tWck

One of the tenor models ...

That counts! And is damn cool

sal paradise · Post by **sal paradise** » Mon Jul 25, 2022 8:59 pm

My squier cv jazz. Not thrilling, but does what it needs to for home recording. Sounds exactly like what I want a JB to sound like: a more manageable stingray.

sal paradise · Post by **sal paradise** » Mon Jul 25, 2022 9:01 pm

Another Jag, little brother’s old bass. He didn’t like the active pickups, but it was a handsome thing.

JSett · Post by **JSett** » Mon Jul 25, 2022 9:22 pm

sal paradise wrote: ↑
Mon Jul 25, 2022 9:01 pm
Another Jag, little brother’s old bass. He didn’t like the active pickups, but it was a handsome thing.

Yeah, the active circuitry in these is garbage IMHO. Mines all disconnected and pickups swapped...much much better.

JSett · Post by **JSett** » Mon Jul 25, 2022 9:28 pm

Larry Mal wrote: ↑
Mon Jul 25, 2022 12:57 pm
It's not clear to me if we are just doing offset waist basses here or what.

Which bit isn't clear? Offset or bass? Because it's in the offset section, and says offset in the title.

Seems pretty clear to me Larry

GreenKnee · Post by **GreenKnee** » Mon Jul 25, 2022 10:03 pm

'74 Musicmaster Bass. Came to me with the pickguard chopped up and a jazz bass control plate installed, and some very thick, shiny shellac lacquer covering the thing. Stripped the lacquer and finished with some oil that I can't remember. That was 10 years ago and it's a lot darker shade of brown now than it was then. Original pickup was fun (70s strat pickup) but wasn't ideal. I ended up replacing the lot with a MOJO Musicmaster Bass pickup and new CTS pots. This is one of my favourite instruments and I have some great memories with it from years of gigs and festivals.

fuzzjunkie · Post by **fuzzjunkie** » Mon Jul 25, 2022 10:08 pm

There was a mid-90s band called Idaho that had a bit of a Pavement sound to them. They used custom made 4 string offset guitars. I remember one was a Jazzmaster shape with a Tele style neck and pickups, while the other looked more like a Mustang.

https://www.idahomusic.com/

There are some pictures on their website. I don’t think they were short scale Tenor guitars? They looked to be full scale, just with a thin 4 string neck. They had custom made pickups with 4 poles too. I vaguely remember talking to one of the guitarists (Dan) about them around 1995, but I only remember that some luthier in LA made them.

MattK · Post by **MattK** » Mon Jul 25, 2022 10:59 pm

I guess the godlike genius of Ricky Wilson qualifies then -

sal paradise · Post by **sal paradise** » Tue Jul 26, 2022 12:34 am

My brother’s main bass is a late 90s MIM ‘62 reissue. Sunburst with dots, about as ordinary as a bass comes.

It’s sound, however is unreal. He uses a sansamp live & still manages to get a full, lively sound from it. It’s kinda the perfect JB to my ears. We’ve done so many eps & albums together other the years and it always works.

Here’s a good example of the bass nicely driven (can’t remember what amp this was tracked with): https://devereux.bandcamp.com/track/alaska

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