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04-19-2011, 11:00 AM
|  | Looking like a born-again. Living like a heretic. Moderator | | Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: California | | | Associating Bass designs with Car designs
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Is it just me or do certain car designs remind you of certain basses and vice-versa?
For example, When I see this: 
I think of 
Or 
and 
You get the idea. How about you?
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04-19-2011, 11:01 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Washington State | | | nice truck!
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04-19-2011, 11:02 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mount Vernon, Illinois | | | Nice comparisons!!! |
04-19-2011, 11:03 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Austin, TX | | | I read somewhere that the bridge and PU covers on early fenders were actually inspired by the design of cars at the time... truth! |
04-19-2011, 12:42 PM
|  | Online | | Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Sunapee, New Hampshire | | | I don't make the correlation at all.
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04-19-2011, 12:45 PM
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04-19-2011, 12:46 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: (M)a$$hole. | | that's funny, because when I see this, 
I immediately get this: 
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04-19-2011, 02:09 PM
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04-19-2011, 02:18 PM
| | Online | | Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Sunapee, New Hampshire | | Would why someone play a bass with that many strings? Really, it's not even a bass anymore. 
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04-19-2011, 02:21 PM
| | that video LIES | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Northern California | | Quote:
Originally Posted by MJ5150 Would why someone play a bass with that many strings? Really, it's not even a bass anymore.
-Mike | If I tried it might look like this: 
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04-19-2011, 02:22 PM
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04-19-2011, 03:56 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Minneapolis (Chicago Native) | | My take on the matter .. Quote: |
Originally Posted by IotaNet in another thread   "The Bongo is like a Saab. Curvy, quirky, and a lot of people don't understand them. People who do, love them."
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04-19-2011, 10:05 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2009 Location: kansas city, mo | | Quote:
Originally Posted by IotaNet My take on the matter .. | Every time I see the Bongo, I can't believe that BMW designed it.
That being said, having played a bongo and driven saabs, I concur wholeheartedly.
Both times were like this:
"this looks weird... and feels kind of strange... oh... oh this is nice..."
Been hooked on Saabs ever since, and I would totally have a bongo as a studio bass.
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04-20-2011, 02:13 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: NET | | Ok, I'll be Captain Obvious here... American Showster vs '57 Chevy Bel Air:  
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04-20-2011, 06:02 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: New York | | | The P Bass to me is like a small block Chevy. Pretty much unchanged since the mid 50's, fits in just about anywhere, is the standard that most are compared to, and both are easily upgradeable with simple bolt on parts. |
04-20-2011, 08:14 PM
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04-20-2011, 08:16 PM
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04-21-2011, 03:13 AM
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