Unique and Interesting Basses

[Tattered]

Right this is the thread where you can post pictures of Unique and Interesting Basses, and we can all drool, hurl, or generally comment over them.. etc, heres a picture of a Paul Mcartney Violin Bass, the most disgusting thing ive ever seen instrumentally-wise. :smash:

[MetalPoldi]

Yeah, these basses are really ugly. That design doesn´t work on a bass. Neither the les paul design works.
The rickenbackers are ugly, too. Although they have to outputs for real stereo sound.

[wannabe]

Ohhhh, dudes....That bass kicks. Paul Macartney used something like that. And Tom Hamilton from Aerosmith.

[memnoch]

I hate the body. I hurle everytime i see a picture of the beatles with that travesty of a bass in the picture.

[Tattered]

wannabe you have no taste in bass (damn that rhymes :D )


cheers! to the ugliest bass ever! :beer:

[Katham]

Well... That bass must have a great sounding... Most of that design bass are cool :D

But it looks ugly, yeah.

[walpurgis]

Yep, looks horrid. Only thing I hate just as much is the damn Fender telecaster body style, which I think they've thrown on basses.

[Def]

yeah, that shit that fender came up with, the Sting bass, with telecaster body, NOW that's ugly!

I don't like warwick either though, because of the weird body shape, and I hate the Ibanez ADB or something, that thing looks like an arrow or something
and the world most uglies bass is the DanElectro, dude those things look like airplanes haha

[MetalPoldi]

Do you mean the ATK-series. Yeah, the head looks ugly.
Why is the body design of Warwick weird? Perhaps the thumb-bass. But it isn´t that strange. Ritter (again, i know :rolleyes: :) ) is strange, or the one from DeArmond, this small one with latex-strings.

@ tatter3d
What the hell rhymes there?:confused:

[walpurgis]

Taste and bass dude...

[Def]

yeah but the warwick's headstock looks like a flat turd or something man, I don't like it.
nah I didn't mean the ATK series but the ergodyne A series, those bitches with piezo pickups you know.. ADR or something.

[MetalPoldi]

Yes, i know. This one made out of luthite that looks like the newest generation of the Enterprise. I hate Star Trek (no offense against Trekkies, it´s just my opinion and just an example). The same with those "basslab"-basses.

[Def]

yeah haha, I like StarWars way better, Hanz Einzelganger Rules! (han solo!)

:D

I do like the stingray design, you know MM...
but the warwicks are not for me, marleaux and ritter aren't for me either, fender isn't for me, peavey ain't for me and rickenbaker ain't for me..

ain't I a bitch ;)

[Tattered]

yeah ive seen them star wars ones, they are cool, i mean id prefer something else, like the simpsons or buffy the vampire slayer..ehehe :D


Cheers! :beer:

[MetalPoldi]

Originally posted by *Def-Fx*
yeah haha, I like StarWars way better, Hanz Einzelganger Rules! (han solo!)

:D

I do like the stingray design, you know MM...
but the warwicks are not for me, marleaux and ritter aren't for me either, fender isn't for me, peavey ain't for me and rickenbaker ain't for me..

ain't I a bitch ;)

:confused: Hanz Einzelgänger.:confused: Aha!!! Lame one.;)
:D :D :D

You´re just an ibanez bitch. That´s it.:p

[Def]

yes I am..

and DAMN buffy the vampire slayer, or better said, sarah michelle gellar, she's hot as fucking hell!!! :p :p :p

I would love to dicky-dick her ;)

[Tattered]

yeah dude, have a the buffy vampire design, a picture of her naked on your bass, fucking masturbating and jamming at the same time..ahaha,man.. :D :D



Cheers! :beer:

[memnoch]

Here's one that's bound to beat that piece of garbage.

http://www.espguitars.com/html/t_araya_esp.html

This bass gives me a boner it's so fucking cool.

[memnoch]

I think this one is the same....except it has a little better features.

http://www.islanddefjam.com/www2/contest/slayer/esp_contest.html?d1=

Like double pentagrams on the 12th fret, and i think it says Slayer on the 24th. I love the body...fuck man.....it's a contest too! :cool:

[Freezer666]

meh, have to live in US to be elligible to their contest, like the other 293874298572439583745 cool contests out there...nice body tho

[memnoch]

Well i entered the contest anyways.......i figured it included canada since it asked for "zip code/postal code" and "state/province".

[walpurgis]

Well memnoch, I think District of Columbia is actually considered a province (Washington D.C. for you dumbassses that are reading this) because it isn't a state...so I don't know.

And I don't really like either of those basses, honestly. I'll take a natural wood finish Carvin over about anything, anyways...but to compare the two, Araya's looks better, but barely.

Speaking of, I've never looked at any pictures of Tom Araya up close, he looks kinda fucked up...

[memnoch]

Araya rules man.....no question about it.

[Tattered]

yeah i suppose that tom arayas bass is very nice, but the bc rich widow is flashy..and more catchy..but toms plays much smoother

but check out this fuckin hot dragon carved one i found

[Tattered]

hey this is a picture of a bass with an axe design its wicked


:beer: :D :beer:

[CradleOfFilth]

cooooool!! i want this one:)
but i got a question.... can i kill someone with this guitar???:D

[Def]

damn that bass is ugly haha, where did the old-style went?

What about stingrays and fenders?

what about REAL stuff?

man why does everybody like modern painted stuff with handlebars and shit.. fashion basses SUCK!

[MetalPoldi]

That´s the bass of the KISS-bassist, isn´t it?

[memnoch]

Yeah that's just what i was thinking too.

[Tattered]

cool, havent heard any of kiss..so i wouldnt know

[Def]

don't listen to kiss haha :D

[Tattered]

they split up didnt they? ...i know nothing...:D




:beer:

[memnoch]

You've probably heard at least 1 or 2 songs of theirs.

Does "I.....wanna rock and roll all night!!! And party everyday!" sound familiar?

[MetalPoldi]

A friend played in a KISS-cover-band. I thiunk it´s a bit gay...
But "God gave Rock´n´roll to you" is a great song. It´s from this Bill& Ted-movie.

[Tattered]

look at this its an AB2 TAYlor acoustic bass, and its fucking gigantic

[Tattered]

These are german basses, and are not very popular...

they have many different genres of this bass, this one is called the ''Esh Stinger'' there are lots of gothic designs, so i will post some more up on here later


cheers :beer:

[walpurgis]

Alright guys...there have been lots of threads made that just have a few replies in them, showing different basses, and mostly added by tatter3d. I'm merging them all to lower the number of threads, and just make it easier to view multiple ones...so I ask that if you're going to throw a picture of something up just for a "Hey, check this out!" sort of thing, please put it here.

[MetalPoldi]

Zack, a 3-string.
When does it come to an 1-string?!?!?

[Def]

ueuuhm, SORRY mister uberstormfuhrer Walpurgis! I didn't do that on purpose, but I was talking about posting those photos for ages, so I guess I got a little carried away....

anyways, I don't like those german basses, those esh thingies, but then again i don't like marleaux and ritter either!

[walpurgis]

Don't worry about it man, I'm not mad, just figured I'd let you guys know why a bunch of threads were just thrown on top of each other.

[Tattered]

Originally posted by walpurgis
Alright guys...there have been lots of threads made that just have a few replies in them, showing different basses, and mostly added by tatter3d. I'm merging them all to lower the number of threads, and just make it easier to view multiple ones...so I ask that if you're going to throw a picture of something up just for a "Hey, check this out!" sort of thing, please put it here.




yeah thats cool man, im sorry about stuffing up the bass forum, with my pictures




:beer:

[walpurgis]

Like I said, don't worry about it, just post them here from now on.
Thanks

[Tattered]

Will do, thanks again..:beer:

[Tattered]

Ritter bass, in gold quite sweet!

[Tattered]

Lemmy from Motorhead, pretty sweet bass..looks like a tanglewood but isnt..
:p

[Lord Arioch]

good to see that someone else likes the rickenbackers'

[Katham]

Oh god! My fav. trademark!!!

[Katham]

I NEEEEEED THAT ONE!!!

[Katham]

Also... This one...

Double-neck 2x7string bass, lower neck is fretless...

I wonder how much would it cost...

[Katham]

Could you handle this bastard?

[Tattered]

that must kill your wrist..having to bend round that fat fucker

[walpurgis]

Yeah, how the holy shit are you supposed to play that thing?

[jacob_xt]

:sickface: that is the most gayest thing i've ever seen:drunk: :mad:

[Katham]

On the two lowest strings, you can't use your fifth little finger (dunno how it's called) only the middle three... That's the only negative, after a time you'll get over with it... :)

[MetalPoldi]

I would just play barree (sp?) chords on this bass.;)

[walpurgis]

Originally posted by Katham
On the two lowest strings, you can't use your fifth little finger (dunno how it's called) only the middle three... That's the only negative, after a time you'll get over with it... :)

1st Finger: Index/Pointer
2nd Finger: (my favorite) "FUCK YOU!"/Middle
3rd Finger: Ring
4th Finger: Pinky

[Katham]

Ok, then you can't use your pinky..:scatter: :)

[Tattered]

Check out this Yahama TRB4II

[walpurgis]

Fucking nice...got a price range for it?

[Tattered]

No unfortunately, the site didnt have it. all the specifications and all, but no price, im guessing around 400-700 quid.

[Tattered]

check out this ugly beatles paul mccartney bass guitar on sale, at ebay!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=914003405

[Def]

aw damn that thing is ugly, I would slam it into a stage monitor or something, the only thing ugly basses are good for :D

[Tattered]

yeah place it under a marshall 500 watt amp, and 'accidently', give it a very hard push, lol..crunch...!!!

[Def]

yeah that would be pretty cool

though I dislike marshall bass amps ;)

I would just like to give it a throw and see it splatter into a stagemonitor, that would be awsome :D

[Tattered]

Hehe, yeah, but this is quite a cool bass, but i wouldnt buy it..:confused:


dont know what make it is found it on some bass site

[Def]

that thing looks like a toy, haha

[Tattered]

lol, like something that gene simmons would use.

[Def]

yeah man I was thinking exactly the same!

I played on a bc rich bass once, it made me feel like I was playing a red lego guitar, haha it had this plastic red color, absolutely fucking marvellous :D

[Tattered]

lol yeah they all have that thick bold colour, looks like pure plastic, what was it, one of them pointy bc rich basses, or them smooth virgin ones..

[Def]

ehm I don't know for sure, I don't like bc rich, It was a pointy one, a warlock if I am correct.

[Tattered]

check out this warwick jazzman - Gold frets, gold pickups, gold bridge gold volume knobs gold machine heads its lush.

[Tattered]

A pretty fucked up bass!

5 string.

[walpurgis]

That's just fucked up...it'd be too weird to play, lol.

[MetalPoldi]

I like it. Seems like already Beethoven could've played on it.

[Def]

damn that thing is ugly, it looks kinda violin like. but it's pretty damn ugly, it does look expensive because of all that carving done to the body (probably a hand job or something)
somehow it does not look like a bass :D hehe..

last week I played on a buzzard II, a full grafite bass, it was really sturdy but expensive as hell (not to mention ugly)

[MetalPoldi]

Originally posted by *Def-Fx*
buzzard II, a full grafite bass

Isn't that the John Entwistle-Bass? Looks quite weird. It's from Status, isn't it?
I played on a Status with graphite neck, but i was disappointed. There was nothing special about it, in fact it had a quite bad tone. :(

[Def]

yeah that's the bass!

it's also in the musikproductiv catalog I think!

I did like the feel of the bass, real sturdy but light in weight, the tone was a bit neutral, but I think that's because of the graphite stuff...

I wouldn't buy such a bass, it lacks warmth and depth, and its fucking expensive

[MetalPoldi]

I played yesterday on the Yamaha John Myung bass.
It's awesome. It has a quite small string-spacing, but it was comfortable to play on it.
Normally i dislike these stringspacings. Perhaps it was ok, becasue i was quite drunk. :D

[Def]

I still feel drunk now

worked yesterday, soundtech for a hc show. man my head is beat up

I've played on that yamaha myself, but 6 strings aren't my thing, I'll stick to 5, the string spacing is to small for me (got big hands) and that bass is fucking heavy man.

[MetalPoldi]

I felt anything at that time. :D:drunk:
I hate small string-spacings, too. But anyhow it was ok. The guy, who had thE bass told me, that it's a very small stringspacing even for six-strings.

[Def]

Yeah man, thats true but I still think it's a big motherfucker!

it even has twin thruss rods!

[MetalPoldi]

Two thruss rods are cool. You can do a very funny neck-shaping with two of them. :D

But this sign (this horizontal-8; "eternity-sign") on the fretboard is bullshit. You suppose that the middle of the sign is at the 12th fret. But it isn't. It's at the 13th fret. So i played a lot of crap this day: because of this displaced sign and the alcohol. :D

[Def]

ahhahah :)

yeah I didn't even notice it was displaced I always have a 'feel' for the 12th fret so I don't look down on the fretboard much (except for the frets above the 14th, then you need to watch your fingers really often)

[killingismybiz]

Looks like a freakin' violin. I've seen fat chicks that look better than that bass...Yeah, some of these companies make some fugly basses/guitars. I wonder who buys these deformed pieces of wood, probably blind people. Then again - looks aren't everything, some people buy for quality of tone and durablity.

[Tattered]

Originally posted by killingismybiz
I've seen fat chicks that look better than that bass


hahahaha, true.

[Def]

ah well it's just taste.

I don't like warwicks either, they look to turds to me.


ah well..

I'm a phreak :D

[Tattered]

Originally posted by *Def-Fx*


I don't like warwicks either, they look to turds to me.




haha your just saying that to annoy deifiler

:D

[Def]

no, seriously, if I would like their body shape then I would probably have bought one of those warwicks with musicman style pickups. they slap really nice.

It's just the design I don't like and they are pretty expensive I really prefer my ibanez to any warwick, but I've tried other -non prestige- ibanez's and they where pretty bad... mine's handmade :)

If I would ever buy another bass it would be a musicman stingray.

[se7enth joker]

if you wanna see a REALLY ugly bass, look for the Daisy's, i forget who makes them but they are HORRIBLE, a big gay yellow flower :kaioken:

i want to use it to play "bass-ball" with some drummer's toms because its so ugly


:beer:

[Def]

Haha, a big gay yellow flower?

what the fuck is that!

a fucking hippie guitar?

torch it! :flame: :eek:

[se7enth joker]

lol, ill look for a picture later just so we can butcher it


:beer:

[Def]

haha here it is.

[Def]

I kinda like the widow headstock but BC rich allways seems a bit gay to me.

[Def]

And the Rex Brown signature spector bass, only $4999,-!


:angry:

http://www.ssdbass.com/images/usrex4bkslrg.jpg

[se7enth joker]

Originally posted by *Def-Fx*
haha here it is.


hahah yeah there it is, if they can even call that crap a bass, i'd rather play that multi colored toy thing that only needed batteries then that daisy :p


:beer:

[walpurgis]

Originally posted by *Def-Fx*
And the Rex Brown signature spector bass, only $4999,-!


:angry:

http://www.ssdbass.com/images/usrex4bkslrg.jpg

GAY!

[Tattered]

Hehe, look what i just found on ebay, haha, it waves, it has legs and its eyes light up

Its a johnson Gumby bass guitar, pricing at $1,800.00 Number of bids, - 0

find the auction here http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2506972813&category=4713


or ive attached the picture of the silly thing...hehe i want one!!!

[Def]

haha, that's fucking ugly, but funny in a way!

I dunno, I've seen a LOT of ugly basses lately, that rex brown thing is fucking expensive and it's nothing special! (only the EMG DC's are nice..)

the body shape is ugly too, haha and those flower things haha, what the fuck is up with that? maybe they should give on of those to that linkin park bass dude :D

I want one of those BC Rich Widow (?) basses, they look evil, lol

[MetalPoldi]

:sickface: These basses look really ugly.
That's really an abuse of wood and metal. It's better to construct a nice and comfortable chair out of this material.

[Tattered]

yeah def the widows are nice check this one out, green outline very nice!


:p :p :D

[se7enth joker]

Originally posted by *Def-Fx*
maybe they should give on of those to that linkin park bass dude :D



HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHA

you had me laughing a solid 2 minutes on that one

:beer:

[Def]

well it would look great and combine it with their kickass growls

''I'm about to break!''


wooh, scare me :eek:


that widow is pretty kickass, but I can't find them on the bich website anywhere, dunno... they do look kinda cool.

[se7enth joker]

kickass growls!? LOL


you forgot about

"SHUT UP!! SHUT UP!!!" thats another pretty "kickass growl"


:beer:

[Tattered]

i cant beleive you guys actually know specific lyrics from the LP albums..lol

anyway. heres a unique bass, a moonstone flying-v bass, its lush neck-thru and everything active pickups aswell..:p

[Def]

Yuck, I don't like it.

any idea where I can get those widows? those models discontinued? they're not on the bich site anymore :(

[Tattered]

Oh well some people have different tastes i like it..

heres another widow for ya mate

dunno places, just take pictures from random guitar/bass sites

[Tattered]

heres another beast of a picture


:beer:

[Tattered]

Oh i found this its a gothic devastator, it looks a bit like the widow but a bit more improvised check it out.....


:D :) :D

[Def]

Hm devestator is not my kinda guitar, I like that widow though, I would want one just for fucking around lol.

it looks really bad ass, but I probably can't get one like that over here, I don't like the other bc rich models at all...

aw well.

[Tattered]

You dont like any other Bc rich's bass models...yu crazy theres about 5 i like......and i dont like the warlocks too much, but theres the odd ones that are cool, heres the mocking bird bass which is think is quite nice..

[Def]

bah.

I don't like that ^ one either, I only like the widow, because it looks sooo kickass, warlocks and the others don't interest me.

[MetalPoldi]

Thank god for NAMM!!!
Again some interesting bass-models:

http://www.spaltbasses.com
Weird bodies; look at the model "spaltVviper", you can turn the pick-up!!!

http://www.warriorinstruments.com/default2.asp
Look into "private vault"; awesome!!!!!!

http://www.daisyrock.com/index.htm
Really gay instruments; for girls :D ; look for the daisy bass

http://www.stick.com/instruments/
weird "basses", look more like a sitar...

http://www.brubaker.com/
This site doesn't work for me. Perhaps for you.
But the have some nice basses with nice wood-combinations and strange wood-structure.

I really think bass-builders are more creative than boring guitar-builders.

And finally a nice bass-mag-cover:

[Tattered]

http://www.spaltbasses.com
Yeah they are weird dude, there a big ugly tho

http://www.warriorinstruments.com/default2.asp
The 15 string is amazing!

http://www.daisyrock.com/index.htm
Sad, hehe

http://www.stick.com/instruments/

Yeah sticks are amazing, if you go onto the link saying 'show method' it had 2 video demonstrations of the guy like playing it, the second one is amazing, he does like this solo, with bass strings on one side and guitar on the other

http://www.brubaker.com/
didnt work for me either


I want that magazine..they should sell that kinda stuff in my newsagents but instead they sell guitar world, guitar player and guitar magazine *huff puff*

[Tattered]

Walpurgis introduced this brand to me, and i checked them out and there lush

This is a 4 string carvin bolt-on

http://www.carvin.com/cgi-bin/Isearch.exe?CFG=2&P2=B4&P1=BGTR

And this is a 5 string carvin neck through

http://www.carvin.com/cgi-bin/Isearch.exe?CFG=2&P2=XB75&P1=BGTR

[MetalPoldi]

Originally posted by tatter3d
Walpurgis introduced this brand to me, and i checked them out and there lush

This is a 4 string carvin bolt-on

http://www.carvin.com/cgi-bin/Isearch.exe?CFG=2&P2=B4&P1=BGTR

And this is a 5 string carvin neck through

http://www.carvin.com/cgi-bin/Isearch.exe?CFG=2&P2=XB75&P1=BGTR

These site is great. Never saw so many options with such a clear structure. They look nice, too. Now i have to play on them to see how they sound and if they price is ok for them or not.

[Def]

wow, those carvin basses look pretty neat, have any of you guys seen the jackson basses?

some other great bass brands are MTD, Modulus, Ritter, Lull, Lakland, they're all on www.bassmatters.nl but they're expensive :(

[Buganeer]

look at the bass gallery, i got to play the DN 1000 last month, awesome...
u can also build ur own unique bass..any shape, any hardware etc.
sad part: costs a fortune :bawling:

[MetalPoldi]

Hey German newbie. :beer:
I hate these composite-basses.
I can't imagine, that they sound good. Do the ysound good? Amplified and unamplified?

[Buganeer]

prost :beer:

I have to admit I'm a freak who likes everything not built of wood. Luthite, carbon etc. I play non-wood basses for about 6 years now and sure there are goodies and :sickface:

The sound of these basslab monsters really kicks ass, they have a very crispy sound both amplified and nonamped (they have hollow bodies on some of these things so they can be played accoustic), of course you have to like it...or not :)

[Def]

haha, neat a german n00b! :D

welcome to the bassforum :beer: prost :beer:


I happen to love the sound of wood :) I played one of those Buzzard II basses, but it sounded like plastic to me! ahkay, though I heard Ritter makes nice non-wood basses!

[MetalPoldi]

Originally posted by *Def-Fx*
haha, neat a german n00b! :D

welcome to the bassforum :beer: prost :beer:


I happen to love the sound of wood :) I played one of those Buzzard II basses, but it sounded like plastic to me! ahkay, though I heard Ritter makes nice non-wood basses!

One day we'll have more German users than Durch. We'll conquer your country. :D

Buzzard II? Isn't that this carbon-bass with the "cut-away" that looks like a joystick? That bass is so imense expensive and looks like :sickface: . But you can have it with LEDs, i think and it has the "roman numbers" as inlets in the fretboard. Or do i think of the wrong bass?? :confused:


@ Buganeer
Do you like the Ibanez EDC series? These basses that lookl like rockets?
I'm not brave enough to touch one of those basses. They seem to be adapted from a anime-series, although i like anime, but not for basses.

[Buganeer]

correct poldi, look here ;)joystick bass (http://www.status-graphite.com/ukus/frames/buzzard2.htm)
the entwistle buzzard...man wheres the trigger on that thing? never played it though, can't say anything...it sure looks weird :)

and yes i know the edc series, i actually owned one, but it got ran over by a truck (no kidding i mean it :() what i like(ed) about the edc is, that it has a very flat neck, so the playability is very good. considering sound, on my amp it sounds very good: clean, fat sound. as i checked it in the store on a lil weaker amp, it sounded sorta blurry, so i took it with me and gave it a chance "at home"...i was nowhere near disapointment then :) only flaw (beside the price ;) ): that thing looks light and slim, but i think it's quite heavy. maybe I'm a lil wuss after playing the curbow, which is bot slim and light but 3 hours on stage with the edc wasn't fun at all :)

I'm into anime too, maybe a lil deeper coz i was brave enough to touch it ;) but hell yeah, u could win any anime cosplay event with that one

[Tattered]

Originally posted by Buganeer
[B]
and yes i know the edc series, i actually owned one, but it got ran over by a truck [B]

How the hell did that happen?! did you lay it down and admire it in the road?:D

heres a nice Curbow bass, quite nice!

http://www.angelfire.com/vt/guitars/cortimages/curbow5bass5LG.gif

[Buganeer]

thats exactly the curbow i have...when i bought it there were only two colours, red and blue...and the red went better with the rest of our "outfit" ;)

now for the infamous fucked by a truck story :

we played a gig, packed our stuff back in the truck. we were all tired and drunken like hell and so i forgott (omg i forgott it :bawling: ) to stuff in my edc, which unfortunately was in a softbag only. well we got in and drove off...

the last tone my edc made was a loud "crunch" as we drove over it...

[Def]

yeah that's the Buzzard I played, I didn't like it, piece of shit for its price.

haha, allways buy a hardshell case!!! I'm happy my bass is in a hardshell case, she's protected by witchcraft too :vampire:

One day we'll have more German users than Durch. We'll conquer your country.


Oh no, not again :rolleyes:

[Tattered]

Originally posted by Buganeer
the last tone my edc made was a loud "crunch" as we drove over it...


Argh!, how long did it take to get over it and move on? lol:bawling:

[Buganeer]

after that..err..incident i stopped eating for a month and bought a flightcase with the money i saved ;) i reinforced it, so it now may be hit by a 18-wheeler and my babies wouldn't be harmed...not that i want THAT to happen ever again ;)

Argh!, how long did it take to get over it and move on?

i was to drunk n tired to notice the horror right when it happened..but i was really fucked up for the next few weeks...up to the moment i got enough money to buy the 5string curbow ;)

[Tattered]

Originally posted by Buganeer

i was to drunk n tired to notice the horror right when it happened..but i was really fucked up for the next few weeks...up to the moment i got enough money to buy the 5string curbow ;)

Ah cool, a pretty good ending then :D

Here is a nice bass, Im not into 6 strings that much, never played one actually, but this is a beast, Its a Ibanez, it would look nicer in a dark blue or green tho :p

[Def]

heheh, but still it sucks :S

I hit our vocalist with my old bass once, on stage, but it was so hard I knocked of a tuning knob, hahah, so I had to play my backup, that sucked!


hehe, I allways knew Germany had some crazy truck drivers :D

[Buganeer]

we could start another thread like " funny things happened before, on stage and after" i could write quite a bunch of stories in there ;)

the ibanez btb series really kick ass, jus look at the hardware, those bartolini pickups are really..well..wooot!:p
the bridge design is also quite cool, i played one of those in a local music store..well i played with the bridge for about half an hour..way cool :)

[Tattered]

Originally posted by Buganeer
we could start another thread like " funny things happened before, on stage and after" i could write quite a bunch of stories in there ;)


Yeah go for it mate, i have a few of my own..i think..if i can remember, hehe


the ibanez btb series really kick ass, jus look at the hardware, those bartolini pickups are really..well..wooot!

Yeah they rule, the tone on them are fit


.yeah that's the Buzzard I played, I didn't like it, piece of shit for its price.

Warwick do them buzzards as one of there models..or did it orginate from the warwick company?

:confused:

[Def]

Originally posted by Buganeer


the ibanez btb series really kick ass, jus look at the hardware, those bartolini pickups are really..well..wooot!:p
the bridge design is also quite cool, i played one of those in a local music store..well i played with the bridge for about half an hour..way cool :)

haha, yeah my ibanez has got a Mono-rail bridge and bartolini pickups too :)

I think the Buzzard isn't a warwick related model, but I'm not sure... it's not made by them is it?

[Buganeer]

Warwick do them buzzards as one of there models..or did it orginate from the warwick company?

sorta, the idea was from John Entwistle, he somehow got in contact with warwick 1985 and they built some 100 Buzzards or so..today there are some labels selling buzzards i think. if u want to know more, there is a good site with all kind of information
Buzzard Info (http://www.buzzardbass.com/Warwick/Warwick.htm)
wowe, now there are some way better looking buuzzards on that page, worth a look

[Tattered]

Yeah the buzzards are cool, I dont like the headstock much though

The pickups on this kick ass, and the numbers on the frets! haha for dumb people!:D

[Tattered]

This may look sick to all of you, but this bass is lush!!!

The artwork, the fretlessness (hehe new word), the colours

:beer:

[Buganeer]

whoa dude that b2 thing is sure mean lookin...what brand is that? and the numbers on the fretboard would be the 1st thing i'd scratch of with a screwdriver :smash:

and for the eagle buzz, i don't think i ever imagined playing on a painting...would look better at home on the wall then on stage ;)

[Buganeer]

whoa now thats it for a no-wood-at-all freak like me...have a look at this

[Tattered]

Originally posted by Buganeer
whoa now thats it for a no-wood-at-all freak like me...have a look at this

Woah!! Thats different, theres no headstock at the head, and the machine heads are near the bridge! and argh! :eek:

Ah well wouldnt mind giving it a few slaps :D


whoa dude that b2 thing is sure mean lookin...what brand is that? and the numbers on the fretboard would be the 1st thing i'd scratch of with a screwdriver

Nahh, i like the numbers, lol, there cool.

[Buganeer]

yeah sure look crazy...man i have to stop searching google for pics...anyway:

look at this:Infrared PU Bass (http://www.hodshon.com/Bass_Guitar/bass_guitar.html)

i jus recently heard of that optical pu system...any1 heard of it? or even played one of these?

[Tattered]

Yeah, never heard of them mate.

12 string bass!! woah thats a lot of strings for a standard bassist!!

:eek: :eek: :eek:

http://www.12stringbass.com/B12Lpuc.jpg

[Tattered]

Can i be sick now?? *HURLS UP POT NOODLE FROM 5 MINUTES AGO*

[Buganeer]

how do u play these monsters? ok i've seen guys playing it, but i still can't really get it. man and i thought I'm special with my 6 string :drunk:

here, for u wood lovers ;)

[walpurgis]

Those look fucking gigantic from the picture, lol.

[Tattered]

I like it, the body is nice, the neck-thru is lush, the pickups, but then again the headstock ruins it:D

[Buganeer]

yeah i agree...that thing wants you to sit down and play it Fieldy like ;)
the headstock sure looks like it weighs a ton...man some guys are really crazy when it comes to bass design...

[Def]

whaoh I really don't like all these crappy designs... I like the Jackson basses though, have any of you played them?

[Buganeer]

my guitarmen all play jackson. i never played a jackson bass though. if i would, then nothing would make me special anymore ;)

[Tattered]

I have played a jackson bass, its my freinds he has had it for a couple of months its a weird shape, and it has a nice tone to it, here it is the KBX Jackson Bass:-

[Buganeer]

looks like this thunderbird thingie the HIM bassman used to play. not bad, but not my kinda bass...or material ;)

[Tattered]

I havent seen much pictures of hims bassist. :homer:

Ok this is a Warrior 4-String / 12-String Double-Neck Bass, Good or bad?

I personally wouldnt mind trying it out, it looks a bit tricky to play though, with two necks?!?!

[Buganeer]

i already got a chance to play a double neck bass, personally i would worry more about the 12 strings rather than anything else ;)

it doesn't look that bad, though u've seen my personal favorite if it comes to 2 neck basses (remember the Basslab monster?)

the main problem with 2 neck basses, is to find a solution how to strap it to your body. an adjustable strap would be best, coz when you setup the whole thing, to play the upper part, at least i had to really bend over to reach the lower neck ;)
i think that depends on how the thing is build. it's already enough to even carry such a klotz (it sure looks heavy :) ), but when it comes to hold the whole thing in position with your left when you play the 2nd neck...

[Tattered]

Yeah, it does look heavy, i mean you look at that, and your back aches already, hehe:D

[Buganeer]

this is where imho luthite, carbon etc comes in handy...half the weight of wood and if you get the right one, better sound..well as i already said, my humble opionion ;)

ah and heres a pic of the thunderbird m8 :drunk:

[Tattered]

Yeah the thunderbirds are cool, although ive never played one :(

[Buganeer]

ye flippin gods..look at them:

Seal (http://www.edelbass.ch/ritter/seal.jpg)
Jupiter (http://www.edelbass.ch/ritter/jupiter.jpg)
Raptor (http://www.edelbass.ch/ritter/raptor.jpg)
unfortunately the pics are kinda small..but worth a look...

[MetalPoldi]

There were some interesting basses on the "Frankfurter Musikmesse". I have to search for some nice photos of them.

[Buganeer]

hey uve been there? me too, i had the chance to go there officially granted by my boss :) yeah there were lotza shiny blinky and kick ass lookin thingies. though my digi cam didn't work at all :mad:

[Def]

Ritter basses are pretty cool, the ESH thingies are getting more famous here too, I played one, which was pretty nice. but not superb or something....

[Tattered]

Yeah the ritter basses are cool, very weird shapes though, interesting designs, might be a bit difficult to find something that carry's it.

[Def]

hey yeah, you got a point there, hehe, some freaky looking hardshell case :D

[Buganeer]

well ok it looks cool, but u guys seriously like that blinky-shiny gold finish? gaddam think that ruins the whole bass ;)

ah yeah, heres another beuaty ;)

[Tattered]

The Machine heads on that thing look like a warwick machine heads..Warwicks are the best, heres my dream Warwick Bass.

[Tattered]

Heres the other one, The 5 string version of the Corvette standard (sounds like a car hehe) i just guess i love these basses because of the machine heads, the jazz pickups and the beautiful body woodstain.

[MetalPoldi]

Originally posted by Buganeer
ah yeah, heres another beuaty ;)

What'S that on the headstock? Why do they lead the strings onto the neck with this ramp!?!?!?:confused:

[Tattered]

Heres a nice 5 string i came across, pickups, machine head, body, finish - all nice! :D

A shecter - http://www.defi.itgo.com/images/shecter.jpg

[SoulSlayer]

Hopefully my future bass, as played by steve digiorgio:

http://www.espguitars.com/html/f-205.html

Mmmmm...

[Def]

a Jackson CMG concert bass.... neat headstock and inlays

http://www.netzmarkt.de/thomann/artikel-160316.html

shame about the HZ's though.

[Tattered]

Originally posted by SoulSlayer
Hopefully my future bass, as played by steve digiorgio:

http://www.espguitars.com/html/f-205.html

Mmmmm...

That is a hell of a sweet bass, thankyou for introducing me too ESP's

:beer: :D :beer:

[Def]

you didn't know ESP?
check out the Tom Araya model :D

[Tattered]

I have mate, i checked the whole bass range, they have some amazing basses ther, especially the tom araya

[Def]

Yeah, I like them. but the LTD's aren't that happening.. they have EMG'hz pickups, which suck compared the the EMG DC sets....

and the LTD's arent' american either. but they ARE expensive.... the TA models are neat yeah... the ESP one has good pickups, the marcello diaz bass has sweet ass seymour duncan basslines...

[EntropyBassist]

watcha think?

[Tattered]

I dont like it, the body is ok i guess, but the pickup is too close to the bridge.

:smash:

[MetalPoldi]

Originally posted by EntropyBassist
watcha think?

That's the "Batman" og Hoyer, isn't it? There's also a guitar with that shape.
I don't like it, too.

[Def]

I like it, the body and neck look neat to me but the headstock is fucked and its needs an EMG -dc set :D

[SoulSlayer]

Originally posted by tatter3d
I have mate, i checked the whole bass range, they have some amazing basses ther, especially the tom araya

Yeah, they all fucking rule. Tom Araya one is expensive although there are stripped down versions available which are a bit more affordable. Same with F-xxx ones.

ESP Basses :beer:

[Tattered]

Most of the signature basses are nice, especially the dope's bassist's bass (woah what a mouth tickler!:P) is fit

[EntropyBassist]

is there a pic of that bass?

[Tattered]

Yeah its on the esp guitars site, oh and here is a bass my fellow freind tom suggested to me..

http://epiphone.com/default.asp?ProductID=111

its ok, but it looks a bit like an acoustic, and the fretboard is funny.

[pure_0xygen]

Strange Vintages ...

http://www.xstrange.com/vintage4250.jpg

They are strange I thinks.

[Tattered]

argh!! the headstocks in the vintages!!

Although, the body would be a great sex toy for Anna nicole smith ;)

[pure_0xygen]

Hmmm fretless ... dodgey ....


http://users.aol.com/bluemuse/aub2-007.jpg

Love it or hate it ... it's not my bra.

[Tattered]

argh i hate the little F's in the side of it!:sickface:

[pure_0xygen]

http://www.xstrange.com/bassbanjo.htm

Dogey .... its a tambourine with a bass on it .... nice dick duster ...

[pure_0xygen]

http://www.bigfishtackle.com/images/bassclub/bass-main_03.jpg

Oh wait ... this place isnt for fishers ... I like mye bass .... dang! hah ... what a bad joke....


http://www.gigwise.com/inter_re_views/04_June2002/images/11_hildastrange_02.jpg

http://www.bassinside.com/2002/august/basslabbl.jpg

Ko.

[Tattered]

hehe funny banjo bass, earlier.:D

[Buganeer]

http://www.bassinside.com/2002/august/basslabbl.jpg
yay for Basslab...i suggest we all buy two or three of them, so they get cheaper...man i want one of these...how much u get for kidney or lungs on blackmarket these days? ;)

[pure_0xygen]

Is the basslab one real? it looks kind of virtual in that pic i posted. it looks quite apetising. damn i suck at spelling ... i think. Yeh ... Basslab

[MetalPoldi]

Originally posted by pure_0xygen
http://www.xstrange.com/bassbanjo.htm

Dogey .... its a tambourine with a bass on it .... nice dick duster ...

I like the guy with the beard. :D :D :D

[MetalPoldi]

Originally posted by Buganeer
yay for Basslab...i suggest we all buy two or three of them, so they get cheaper...man i want one of these...how much u get for kidney or lungs on blackmarket these days? ;)

If all of us in this bass-forum (let's say 5 people) buy two or three Basslabs, we'll have the majority of all the sold basses of Basslab.
Who'll buy one of those Playmobil-spaceships out of his free will, except some guys who live south of the white-sausage-equator. :p :D :p

[Mofoism]

here is my bass

[Tattered]

Nice, are you selling it? :D

[Tattered]

Found this beauty on fender.com what is a metaller looking at a punk guitar make you say, well im half punk, *hides* yes thats right, but this is a Stu Hamm Urge Bass II check it out

Pickups...mmmmmmmm

[Buganeer]

hmm think they wasted room there...could've placed another two or three pickups there ;)

Who'll buy one of those Playmobil-spaceships out of his free will
err..i would..definetly..yes, yeah me! ME! :)
except some guys who live south of the white-sausage-equator
if i do? then I'll get one of these? :)

[Tattered]

Originally posted by Buganeer
hmm think they wasted room there...could've placed another two or three pickups there ;)


Yeh love the sarcasm ;) but literally there is room for one more pickup just at the end of the fretboard, but that wud be no good for slapping style because theres no room too Pop.

[Buganeer]

and i would prefer one humbucka or a crystal soapbar instead of a quadrizillion of those :)...man i wouldn't even be able to decide where to put my thumb..

ah yeah heres another one, got one of them in store today...Rickenbacher...yay for Lemmy ;)

[Def]

gaw, thats an ugly rick, lol I like the normal one's they sound cool... and there's a beer bottle opener hidden in the headstock :)

[Buganeer]

hehe yeah but if u can afford a rickenbacher, i think u are able to buy at least a hundred golden can openers with it ;)

this is kinda new design of rickenbacher, i think it looks nice. more for the modern bass player, coz i think the "normal" ricks are a bit old fashioned...

they sound great..all i've played so far..spent the last two hours playing on that one, and it sounds really good...

[Buganeer]

ye gods..i jus surfed a lil and found this on "Masterplan" hp...what kinda thing is that?...never seen anything like that in 15 years..weird thing :)

[Tattered]

Originally posted by Buganeer

ah yeah heres another one, got one of them in store today...Rickenbacher...yay for Lemmy ;)

Thats a nice rickenbacker, except the machineheads i dont like the cream coloured finish.

ye gods..i jus surfed a lil and found this on "Masterplan" hp...what kinda thing is that?...never

well theres something fishy about that bass.. hehe :D

[Buganeer]

nother boring day in store here, so i surfed a lil and found some interesting basses...

1st one is a Talbo Metal Bass...and yes it's completly made of Aluminium...I'd give a lot to play one of these :)..strange pickup design...overall it looks weird, even to me :)

[Buganeer]

and here we have a onepiece wood Veillet Bass...great electronics on this one...though price is about 3500$..yipie :rolleyes:

[Tattered]

Originally posted by Buganeer
and here we have a onepiece wood Veillet Bass...great electronics on this one...though price is about 3500$..yipie :rolleyes:

The bridge on that is huge!

...and yes it's completly made of Aluminium...

That thing is fucking amazing:D

[EntropyBassist]

Talbo Metal Bass...and yes it's completly made of Aluminium

personally it looks really ugly

[EntropyBassist]

6 string (http://www.kensmithbasses.com/models/neckthru/bsr6gnbubinga.htm)

5 string fretless (http://www.kensmithbasses.com/models/neckthru/bsr5gn_fretlessbubinga.htm)

7 String (http://www.kensmithbasses.com/models/neckthru/7string/7eg-quilted%20maple/bsr7eg_AAAAA_quiltedmaple.htm)

[MetalPoldi]

Nice basses, but Smith-basses are extreme expensive.

[Buganeer]

Agreed, nice thingies, but if u want a similar bass for two fortunes less o money i'll go for the Cort Artisan A series. They come with similar electronic and general setup. And compared to the most expensive smith electronics, the bartolini used here aren't that bad.

Also speaking tech now, i don't like Bubinga wood (ok, ok i don't like wood at all), but Bubinga is, imho, a wood that sounds too lush, not punchy enough for me, and the electronics have too much of a work there, if u want that punchin sound. The hard maple used with the A series is, imho, very well enough for the "normal" bass player, and much more easier to handle.

And they sure look alike: Cort A6 (http://www.cort.com/basses/artisan/index.html#a6)

[Def]

Artisans are nice, especially for their money. Cort's electronics suck in general though, but I heard the later models have that problem fixed.

I dunno, I prefer the SR body style though.

[i3m]

No one has mentioned this site yet, so here it is.

Lots and lots of strange basses:

http://bunnybass.com/amusing/amusingbass.shtml

[Buganeer]

now here we have a gr8 site...nice airbrush designs and some neat lookin basses
what i think is the damn best thing on that page is the following:
Now here's something that caught my attention at ebay. Whenever I do a search for 'bass', I have to browse through listings for both kinds of bass - bass (the instrument) and bass (the fish). Usually I find myself wishing that there was a way to ignore all the fish-stuff.
amen brother...that is SO true ;)

gr8 site...have a look or two

[jesus christ]

heres mine and i will never part with it!!!!

[Def]

cool fucking alembic you've got there.

[artofnothing6]

what the hell happend to jesus? just as i'm starting to dig him, he goes and leaves.

[HopeAndChaos]

[COLOR=Red]My bass is the pic attached, I know it isn't much but my new one is attached next to it, anyways its a BC RICH, they rock they have the perfect sound if ur a metal man lol. I love it sounds incredibly low and very good with my boss overdrive pedal. Anyways adios, I hate that Rogue VB-100 Violin bass its ugly as hell... so isn't the Rickenbacker 4003, no offense to Rickenbacker fans, they do make other good guitars but this one was just an ugly mistake.

:beer: to the Violin bass all we have to do with it now is :flame: burn the damn thing.

[Tattered]

hey not to be mean dude, but rogue rip off tanglewood a hell of a lot.

especially the Tanglewood rebel 4k/5k models

[HopeAndChaos]

Its alright, no hard feelings, my Rogue was just my starter bass, which doesn't suck to bad, at least its not some piece of shit you get from retailer stores... haha, by the way OMF is good, just so you know, our band sadly hasn't have a website yet.. have to start one up soon.

[rehabbass]

:beer: If you want to see an interesting bass, check out the double neck monster I'm building now. See the "DragonSlayer (http://www.rehabband.com)" at my web site. Let me know what you think...

[Rattlehead]

:beer: If you want to see an interesting bass, check out the double neck monster I'm building now.
I don't like double necked guitars. It seems stupid. I guess that's because I'm not too fond of octave strings. It's kind of like cheating to get a better sound imo. Damn that must be heavy.

[DethDemonBass]

If hte dragon slayer is bass why does it have such a crap cutaway in the bottom of body that bass would never sound right ever heard of reputable makes like pedulla spector and fender

[DethDemonBass]

American made bass cost more which is what the ns seris is they have better hardware electronics and body woods (which is where a bass gets its sound) as opposed to cheap chineese shit like hte performers

[Tattered]

Ive been recently ..well for 2 years.. fascinated with Warwick basses, there sound and there looks.. but now.. ive sorta discovered a new bass manufacture, a more decent sounding, better looking, and better bass . thanks to the sikth bassist..

http://www.seibass.com

there lush. so check them out. they also have a bass that has pickups in the bridge infra red sound.. pretty weird, but its all good..

[Buganeer]

Good grief, been ages I've been around these forums :)
For my comeback pic of my newest tool:
http://www.thebassgallery.com/skc.html
Damn hard to find pics of these babies, got meself the bogart basic 6 string in dark blue. Too bad my digicam is out of action, maybe I'll resubmit some pics later ;)
One hell of a bass, I gladly gave up my curbows for this baby.

[Tattered]

hey buganeer ur back.. not bad basses. but not too keen on the headstock..

[Buganeer]

yep, back. Had one hell of a ride with jobs the last year. Store I worked for had to close, so I jumped jobs and didn't have a lot of time. :bawling:

Well basically the Bogarts could be headless, but it's an interesting solution they took with their headstock design. You have to get used to it I admit, but the graphite neck definetly kicks major ass :D

[Sodomaniac]

yep, back. Had one hell of a ride with jobs the last year. Store I worked for had to close, so I jumped jobs and didn't have a lot of time. :bawling:

Well basically the Bogarts could be headless, but it's an interesting solution they took with their headstock design. You have to get used to it I admit, but the graphite neck definetly kicks major ass :D

graphite neck ... wow 0_o .... that really kicks ass ! :scatter:

[Rattlehead]

Graphite neck.
Pencil neck ha.

ok that was stupid, anyways why is it that Bogarts could be headless? I don't really know anything about headless guitars, though I suppose it's essentially the same thing except you tune on the bridge. What are the advantages/disadvantages of a headless bass? Does it cost more? I think I saw a Death video in which Chuck Sculdiner played a headless guitar. Please feel free to ramble all sorts of info about headless basses.

[Buganeer]

What are the advantages/disadvantages of a headless bass? Does it cost more?
Ok from my experience.
Advantages:
- more comfortable handling. since the mechanics and headstock are basically built in at the bridge, the neck becomes lighter. Not much maybe, but your back will feel even a few hundred gramms less over the time

- the above point negates all top heavy basses. Of course you can run into a tail heavy bass then, but almost all headless basses I found were perfectly balanced w/o any customization

- I found them to be more precise when it comes to tuning and they kept tuning longer. Given good enough hardware it doesn't matter what built is used on the bass, but in general headless is heavy duty and even under
difficult circumstances they keep tuning

Disadvantages:
- expensive, yes. Since headless basses are not mainstream, most of them are rare and therefor expensive (famous example the Steinbergs)

- matter of taste, most ppl don't like the look. From what I've heard from customers they look "unfinished", "broken" etc

Out of that list ppl argue over the sound headless vs. normal for years already. There are ppl who claim headless lost tone and balance by ripping the head off, other ppl say the neck gets more sustain that way. Endless fight ;)

Since I'm a fan of them, I can't really think of more disadvantages. Other ppl might continue this list :)

[Vomitblast]

LoL! Look at this one! (http://www.stevesmusiccenter.com/DaisyRockHBBPPBig.jpg) (probably the gayest bass guitar on Earth ;) )

[Sodomaniac]

holy shit ! This is the gayest bass I have ever seen !
(Daisy Rock, that sounds gay, too !)
I can't imagine a girl want to play on this "girl guitar" !
:(

[Overmind]

It would be pretty funny to see a guy use it in a death metal band, though.

[Sodomaniac]

It would be pretty funny to see a guy use it in a death metal band, though.

yeah ! Imagine Alex Webster is playing a solo on it ! :eek:

[Vomitblast]

Now it's just a matter of time 'till the Anal Cunt bass player gets one ;)

[Cankfurticus]

this guy is crazy good with the bass making go to his site http://www.spaltbasses.com/hybridshome.html

[MetalPoldi]

But he's really bad in creating websites.

[Sodomaniac]

this guy is crazy good with the bass making go to his site http://www.spaltbasses.com/hybridshome.html

This Basses look very fragile !

[Tattered]

they dont take my fancy...

[Cankfurticus]

This Basses look very fragile !

yeah Micheal Spalt's basses are fragile looking but they sound increadable, espcially the magma because of its optical pick-ups. He made another line of bassed the vViper line and they are some of the most versitile instements i have heard because of the movable pickup. the hybrid line is also very ergonomical because all of the peices are moveable

[Tattered]

Mmmm bubinga wood, warwick thumb bass.. nicest thing in the world.. :D

[Dissection]

This Basses look very fragile !

They look like they'd break if you tried anything strenuous to the intrument, say oh, PLAYING IT?!

[Sodomaniac]

Mmmm bubinga wood, warwick thumb bass.. nicest thing in the world.. :D

yes ... it's looking good !

[Tattered]

Yeah it is...ohhh i want one so badly...

mmmm neck through..

[Rattlehead]

Through necks are sexy. But Warwicks are really expensive. I find they are even overpriced. Since they have such a good reputation they make you pay a few extra hundred dollars for the name. Oh well ...

And yes those looks like they would break just from playing them.

[Tattered]

yeah they are expensive... but worth it..

[Cankfurticus]

i had to build a bass for a school project it turned out really cool but i have no pictures of it :( .it is cool looking and plays well but it is over 10 pounds

[Disincarnate]

digiorgios bass

[Disincarnate]

Esp Df series http://www.espguitars.com/images/basses/DF404_blk.jpg

[Sodomaniac]

Esp Df series http://www.espguitars.com/images/basses/DF404_blk.jpg

wow, this bass is looking very nice ! :eek:

[Tattered]

Looks pretty much like tom araya's bass.. but with a few more details on the fretboard..

[Disincarnate]

nope this is wat tom arayas bass looks like......fuking mindblowing......BTW check out the inlays

[Disincarnate]

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http://images.misupply.com/products/full/ESP/98220.jpg