terb
November 9, 2020, 6:40pm
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Hey !
I don’t think a similar thread already exists : I would like everyone to show the original / weird / interesting / pretty bass shapes they know. No need to show a Jazz Bass or a Stingray … we’re more seaking for uncommon shapes !
I start with the Gibson RD Bass :
and of course the Yamaha SBV (here a 500 but the 550 and 800 share the same shape) :
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the thunderbird falls in there with this
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You could lump Alembic in with the EBO and the Hofner club and the LP jr tribute
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terb
November 9, 2020, 7:06pm
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also the Gibson Explorer shape is well know for guitars but probably way less for basses :
same for the Flying V :
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Mac
November 9, 2020, 9:58pm
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We’ve had a couple of flying Vs for sale in Oz recently. I was so tempted but had another bass at the time
I love those SBVs @terb . Maybe one day
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Krescht
November 9, 2020, 10:30pm
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Here’s another original one. Sandberg Forty Eight
And then, there’s that weird Yamaha SB-1C Flying banana bass
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This falls into the original / weird / interesting categories.
Pretty… not so much.
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Leo
November 9, 2020, 11:46pm
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Here you have the Le Fay Herr Schwarz RHT
Slightly uncommon form
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howard
November 10, 2020, 12:18am
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Fernandes Zo
(Zo means “elephant” in Japanese)
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howard
November 10, 2020, 12:24am
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ESP F-Series (love the “evil tree” look here)
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terb
November 10, 2020, 12:26am
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oh yeah, I love those F-Series
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howard
November 10, 2020, 12:27am
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Yeah me too, both for looks and features.
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howard
November 10, 2020, 12:29am
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ESP Edwards Stream, a funky retro T-whale-thing
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spidey9
November 10, 2020, 5:31am
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I can’t believe that nobody has mentioned the Danelectro Longhorn.
Trivia: When the original Longhorn came out in 1958 the “Lipstick Tube” pickups were made using actual lipstick tubes sourced surplus from a cosmetics manufacturer.
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howard
November 10, 2020, 5:39am
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Another classic, the Steinberger:
spawning tons of headless spiritual successors like the Strandberg Boden:
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To each their own, but man are there some ugly basses in this thread
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howard
November 10, 2020, 11:41pm
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I would love every one that I posted except the W
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