Recent content by Rip Topaz

Re: Show us all your basses then... Current top three. I have several others in various stages of mods.

Show us all your basses then... Thanks. It was repainted from the original butterscotch, which I had grown tired of. Plus the stock pickup sounded terrible. I repainted with Duplicolor Pacific Green Metallic (the same color as my neighbor's Camaro, followed by Duplicolor clear. Already...

Re: Show us all your basses then... My current main players: Several others in various stages of completion/modding (I build my own basses as well.) Fender 2011 MIA 60th Anniversary P, Washburn acoustic guitar, heavily modded Dillion SCPB (now modded with dual humbuckers, renamed the...

I've got a build that I'm planning some fiber optic work. I've don't fretboards already but this time I wanna run fiber optics to light the pickup cavity. Here's my question. Does a bass pickup exist that has pole pieces are hollow? I would to run fibers to each pole, from the bottom of the...

I actually got this a couple weeks ago, but after spending some quality time with her, I've decided she's a keeper. I got this in a trade, and given my track record with fivers, I wasn't expecting to fall in love. Boy was I wrong. Something about that big chunk of fretboard keeps me reaching...

Re: Billy Sheehan Couple others.

Re: Billy Sheehan Saw him a couple months back with the Winery Dogs. Amazing show, and I got tons of great pix because I was front row in front of Billy for the whole show.