My beautiful Blue Beast Transformed

[higher1]

Back to her original luster ...


...back about a year ago I had to make this bass a fretted instrument because, at the time, I needed two fretted SR5's for a VH tribute that I was playing with here in the SF bay area.

this is a pic of her (with me) as a fretted bitch:

I very recently put her original neck back on her ( if you look very closely you can see her smiling during the operation ) :

AIN'T SHE A BEAUT???

... and so, she is back and I will be stroking her this evening @ my RaiderHed gig @ Ricky's in San Leandro tonite (shameless plug, sorry)

 

[hankSRay]

Sweet bass man! That blue burst finish is Killer with the fretless board.

 

[prickly_pete]

Very nice, that's my favorite MM finish of all time! Does anyone know why that color option was discontinued. I can't believe it didn't sell (eveyone seems to really like it), was it hard to apply or something?

 

[bovinehost]

Any discontinued colors were not selling well enough to keep shooting.

Some of my faves are gone, too - and it's sad, but Forum Ideas On Finishes and What Is Really Popular are probably wrong. And I include me in that group.

Sparkles? Loved 'em. Green basses? Loved 'em.

But on a global scale, no one else loved 'em.

Believe me, they won't stop making anything that sells like hotcakes.

 

[jongitarz]

MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMHotcakes

 

[bovinehost]

Hey, you aren't selling those, are you?

(PS: Weigh that white thing on Monday. I think I got an itch that must be scratched! Do I need to email you at work? I love you, man. *sniffling*)

 

[nspark]

I am jealous of your unlined SR5. Looks to be a beautiful bass, though.

 

[JB1]

A fretted 4 string in that colour was the bass that got me into MM's in the first place around 14 years ago.

She is, indeed, a beaut.

 

[Dr Stankface]

She's a beaut cap'n!

 

[element]

Was about to ask "whats the great big hole at the end of the headstock?" then I remembered it was a five string

 

[Randracula]

I love that color !

 

[higher1]

Thanks for all the nice compliments on this true beauty!

she plays like butta, so the hotcakes comment is spot on for this thread


mmmmm butter, hotcakes and grade A maple syrup mmmmm!!! I just had lunch and I'm freeekin hungry again. thanks guys!

I am wondering who's initials are in the neck socket as well as the back of the neck itself??? And why was the neck made almost a year earlier???

So many questions un-answered!!!
any ideas???
anyone?

 

[higher1]

I am wondering who's initials are in the neck socket as well as the back of the neck itself??? And why was the neck made almost a year earlier???

So many questions un-answered!!!
any ideas???
anyone?

man I was just revisting this thread because shes about ot have a 17th birthday here on the 30th. Damn I'm a lucky mofo!

I am still wondering on these questions... anyone in CS chime in here please???

 

[Figjam]

That bass was born a few months after me

 

[Colin]

The white pick up and guard combination has always made that model. If you like the color blue burst you can still get it... but you'd have to buy a Steve Morse

 

[Father Gino]

You have a workshop after my own heart

Nice bass too.

 

[higher1]

You have a workshop after my own heart

Nice bass too.

nuttin finer than working on the babys in the living room!

and, thank you very much! I am very proud of her.

 

[shamus63]

Hey Jimmie ~ just read through a bit of your original post about you having been in a VH tribute band...'Hot For Teacher'?

 

[higher1]

Hey Jimmie ~ just read through a bit of your original post about you having been in a VH tribute band...'Hot For Teacher'?

yep. I was in that group for 2 years. great guitarist!

 

[higher1]

Welp, yesterday was her birthday. She turned 17.

HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY BLUE BEAST!