For "Crackle" Fans...

Yakob · #1 05-31-2010, 09:19 PM

I'm not that big on "crackle" finishes (I prefer the elusive "swirl"), but for those of you who are, this guy has the popular "Series 10" Crackle bass (well, not popular, but at least heard of) and a Squier Jazz with a neato pickguard.

I'm not associated with the seller in any way:

Yakob · #2 06-01-2010, 12:49 AM

Forgot to mention, click the picture for a link to the ad...

Sorry

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amimbari · #3 06-01-2010, 05:11 AM

hey YAKOB, your right!!! not popular at all, in fact I can tell you that is a 1991 Bently Series 10 Eclipse bass....

how would I know all that?, cause I already have one...lol

it only came in white crackle BTW....

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Soma666 · #4 06-01-2010, 05:19 AM

looks dreadfully similar to an onyx bass i have in black. dreadfully so

amimbari · #5 06-01-2010, 05:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Soma666

looks dreadfully similar to an onyx bass i have in black. dreadfully so

yours is black, or black crackle?

Soma666 · #6 06-01-2010, 05:47 AM

just black, pitch black

Ian Perge · #7 06-01-2010, 06:17 AM

I remember when I was starting out "Series 10" was the big "Beginner Bass" company (this was not long after Fender had just been purchased from by their Employees from CBS, was still reorganizing and the Squire brand-name wasn't nearly as dominate in its pricepoint as it had been and would be) and recall ads for this bass "in the back" of the magazines of the day... the 1/4th-1/8th-page area for cheaper B&W ads and Classifieds.

...I'm just glad I didn't end up with one as my First Bass - thank goodness for a Father who's a guitar player and knows a decent starter instrument from cr*p!

amimbari · #8 06-01-2010, 08:24 AM

maybe we should start a thread called "Who still has their Bently basses"

However, when the company was selling a lot of units towards the end of their life they came out with the "PRO" line which was NOT made out of plywood, a lot lighter and a lot nicer electronics put in them which is why I still have my Eclipse, plus I only paid 75.00 for it and it does not hum, it has a straight neck, and I enjoy bringing it out to let people laugh at it since crackle finishes are not too popular anymore to the masses.

Let's put it this way, I have owned 4-5 Series-10 plywood guitars in the day, all nothing but cheap junk to set on fire if necessary or as backup guitars....

here's one of the other late 80's Bently "pro's" I still have made out of alder wood which gave you a 24 fret finned neck, and a licensed by floyd trem, which I would consider playable. I think I liked them because they used finned inlays like my Jacksons. It is NO Jackson, but always stayed in tune