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12-01-2004, 07:32 PM
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after seeing a warrior ad in an old issue of bass player that said, "until rolls royce makes basses". it got me thinking about basses and their equivelent as a car. anybody else have any good ones.
warrior - rolls royce
fender - ford
yamaha - chevy
peavey - dodge
eb music man - honda
spector - jaguar
warwick - mercedes
smith - porshe
pedulla - audi
lakland - bmw
modulus - lincoln
rickenbacker - caddilac
alembec - hummer
carvin - nissan
fodera - ferarri
carl thompson - lamborghini
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12-01-2004, 07:43 PM
|  | Basement Clef | | Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Below Ground, Detroit area | | | The "Marque" you're looking for there is "Rolls Royce".
The New Mustang 2002 MIA P-BAss
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12-01-2004, 08:05 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | | | I drive a Chrysler Cirrus. Should I purchase a Peavey Cirrus? |
12-01-2004, 08:23 PM
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Endorsing Artist: see profile | | Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: toms_river.nj.us | | My Benavente 6 string fretless 51 series.... 1957 Chevy Nomad done up in metallic Midnight Wine & Chrome with saddle brown leather interior with a brushed aluminum & Mahogany dash... 10 speaker stereo with MP3, CD & Sirius.... all mounted on a late 90s Corvette drive train 
My 5 string fretted.....  1969 Boss 429 Mustang |
12-01-2004, 08:32 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Sydney, Australia | | i don't have my own car yet.. you guys are mean!  |
12-01-2004, 08:37 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Big Sound Central | | | My Godin would probably be a PT Cruiser. Solid, retro vibe, kind of a work horse, nothing impressive under the hood, but it gets the job done well.
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12-01-2004, 08:59 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Augusta, GA & Saint Louis, MO | | | My Ibanez Musican would probably be one of those ugly identity crisis cars like an Element, an Aztek or a Subaru Baja. Its ugly as sin, but its versital. |
12-01-2004, 09:04 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: San Luis Obispo, California | | The DeArmond would be this: 
They both have a weird body. |
12-02-2004, 05:08 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Avondale Estates, GA, USA | | I play Reverend basses and drive a Honda Element. Coincidence? 
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12-02-2004, 07:47 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Warrensburg, MO | | | I drive a Thunderbird, but I don't play one.
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12-02-2004, 07:51 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Eastern Townships, Québec | | WishBass = Lada ?
Ibanez SoundGear = Pontiac FireFly ?   |
12-02-2004, 08:07 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: San Luis Obispo, California | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by the ombudsman WishBass = Lada ? | Here is a wishbass, with all its happy users.  |
12-02-2004, 08:50 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Pasadena, MD | | | Coincidence
Two Yammies / Two Chevys
1981 BB300 / 1998 Camaro SS
2004 BB605 / 2002 Silverado
Uncanny ... |
12-02-2004, 09:22 AM
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Endorsing Artist: Lyt Pedalboards Beta tester: Source Audio Moderator | | Join Date: May 2002 Location: Connecticut | | I'd say Warwick was more like Volvo-lots of lower-cost models with some nice high-end ones as well.
I play Elricks, but I don't drive. Does that mean I get a really, really nice bicycle?  |
12-02-2004, 09:24 AM
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Endorsing Artist: Lyt Pedalboards Beta tester: Source Audio Moderator | | Join Date: May 2002 Location: Connecticut | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by the ombudsman WishBass = Lada ?
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Wishbass=Yugo. |
12-02-2004, 09:29 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Eastern Townships, Québec | | | Rogue = Kia ? |
12-02-2004, 09:40 AM
| | TalkBass: Usurping My Practice Time Since 2002
Endorsing Artist: Lyt Pedalboards Beta tester: Source Audio Moderator | | Join Date: May 2002 Location: Connecticut | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by P. Aaron The "Marque" you're looking for there is "Rolls Royce".
The New Mustang 2002 MIA P-BAss |
No, no, no, the P-bass is nothing if not a Ford Ranger pickup. |
12-02-2004, 09:47 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: West Side SA | | Knutson Messenger=Caddie
MIM Jazz with add-ins=Ford tuner car
Warwick/Magnus Krempel=a 97' BMW 318is
cool thread!
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12-02-2004, 10:14 AM
| | stinkholier-than-thou | | Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Beaumont, Texarse | | MTD American = Lotus
And if Peavey = Dodge, my Cirrus is a Viper
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12-02-2004, 10:20 AM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Strensall, York, England | | | If my warwick was a car, it'd have to be a TVR Cerbera Speed 12, cuz it's the beastliest, loudest,it's uber fast(on the neck), the koolest thing ever made! | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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