Sorry dude… thats uuugly
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LOL. Definitely unique looking. For those of us that like cool and unique instruments, they are amazing. Cult following for these.
But yeah, it’s not exactly a cookie cutter Fender clone for sure.
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Reminds me of the jetbass
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I definitely have a thing for unusual instruments. The cool factor can be really high with them, and they are rare. Things like the SBV’s, the Bongo, the Gretsch Billy-Bo, the ESP Stream, etc - definitely up my alley.
I’ve only ever owned one traditional looking bass, and I sold it pretty quickly. It was a great bass but the vanilla looks just didn’t motivate me to pick it up.
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Billy-bo oozes rockabilly cool
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Totally.
The SBVs ooze indie/punk cool, at least here in Japan. Big cult following, a few high profile artists use them. One (the person behind the signature model above) was in one of the first big Japanese indie bands from the '90s; another is currently the bass player for a DEVO-inspired indie/punkwave band.
Bongos - I just love them but don’t know of many high profile bands using them. Still, it’s the only MM product I could see myself with. Ok except maybe a Stingray shortie, but I would still want the Bongo instead.
ESP Streams are just so retro-Jetsons cool. They look like much better looking Thunderbirds.
And all the Ibanez premiums are just great with their bizarre finishes. Love them.
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Here’s A bass duo band that both use Bongos. The Omnific. Some wild stuff from Downunder.
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Sweet! Purple one, too. I love it.
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Yeah, I don’t think Lt. Worf would want to play something like that . . . 
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What is that? I like the contours on the bass. Reminds me of a Ibanez Terra Firma I once had.
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LOL. Definitely unique looking. For those of us that like cool and unique instruments, they are amazing. Cult following for these. But yeah, it’s not exactly a cookie cutter Fender clone for sure.
I was lusting over one of these babies until I got my gretsch.
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that looked a lot better from the back then the front ( wakka wakka )
another baby whale 
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Can’t say I disagree. 
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I was about to post simply “Pac-Whale!”
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ESP Rumble 4 and 5 (Tsunehito signature bass)
He demos them both here, bass starts at timecode:
Like most ESP in this range, starts around $4500.
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(There’s a J/J 5-er for you, @John_E 
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