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11-12-2012, 01:15 PM
| | | | What Bass is This???
Another round of Name That Bass!
I bought this from a guy who said he got it in a German music store.
It has no markings what so ever. NOt even the pots have markings!
It plays and sounds like a boutique bass, BUT, The neck is a one piece maple with what I think is a cheesy (but done correctly, just not boutique standards by any means) laminate to extend the length of the wood stock.
Passive pickups.
Painted on F-holes and the over-all paint job is as good as any I've seen (i.e., not homemade).
Under the blue is what looks like a quilted maple top. But the bass is not that heavy.
So what the hell is this thing?
Any idea? |
11-12-2012, 01:18 PM
| | | | A couple of more pics. And the laminate can be seen clearly in pic #1. |
11-12-2012, 01:18 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Casper Wyoming USA | | | The body shape and headstock has a Washburn type feel to it (my best guess) but to be honest I have NO IDEA! |
11-12-2012, 01:24 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Sellersburg, IN | | | Well, since we ain't namin' it at least tell us: play nice, sound nice?
It looks delightfully quirky. I wouldn't turn it down, as long as it sounds halfway good. Actually looks kind of Warwick-ish with that really straight upper horn, but not so much the rest, though I am no Warwick expert. Maybe one of those knockoff kit basses or something?
At any rate, aside from the quirkish looks, clue us in! Is it a good thumper, does it have a fast neck? |
11-12-2012, 02:23 PM
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Originally Posted by maxgrant  Well, since we ain't namin' it at least tell us: play nice, sound nice?
It looks delightfully quirky. I wouldn't turn it down, as long as it sounds halfway good. Actually looks kind of Warwick-ish with that really straight upper horn, but not so much the rest, though I am no Warwick expert. Maybe one of those knockoff kit basses or something?
At any rate, aside from the quirkish looks, clue us in! Is it a good thumper, does it have a fast neck? | The thing is a real trip. It has good balance even though it's small bodied.
I agree with the Warwickish horn. Kind of like their Dolphin in the body. The sound too is German... if that makes sense. Punchy mid, throaty sound.
I just saw an Ibanez BTB that reminds me a lot of the hardware. Except their necks have a nice laminate going. Maybe this is some kind of evil one-off prototype thing? |
11-13-2012, 10:29 AM
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Originally Posted by robbotbass The body shape and headstock has a Washburn type feel to it (my best guess) but to be honest I have NO IDEA! | I looked at some of the T series Washburns and yes, it does seem similar. Very, similar. Maybe a one off prototype... |
11-13-2012, 10:53 AM
|  | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Nanaimo, BC, Canada | | | Wait...are those F-holes painted on!?
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11-13-2012, 11:03 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Queens NY | | Quote:
Originally Posted by awilkie84 Wait...are those F-holes painted on!? | Yup, if you enlarge the pic you can see the reflection going from the blue paint to the black paint. |
11-13-2012, 11:11 AM
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11-14-2012, 04:28 AM
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Originally Posted by awilkie84 Wait...are those F-holes painted on!? | Yes indeedy! Strange bird indeed. the weirdest is that it is factory done.... somewhere. If it were cheesy paint then I would guess that the bass is a garage done project, but it's not. |
11-14-2012, 04:33 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Los Angeles | | | Nice bass but the painted on F holes make me lol hard.
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11-14-2012, 04:45 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2011 Location: brisbane,qld,australia | | | Headstock looks very similar to some cort's out there... |
11-14-2012, 04:48 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2010 Location: Seattle, WA | | | looks like a cross between a warwick infinity and thumb. or dolphin. god only knows where stuff like this comes from!
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11-14-2012, 05:36 AM
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Endorsing Artist: Spector basses | | Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Oslo, Norway | | Looks like a bastard child of an Infinity and a Thumb, with some freaky neck going on. Custom project I'm guessing 
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11-14-2012, 02:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Profania_bass Looks like a bastard child of an Infinity and a Thumb, with some freaky neck going on. Custom project I'm guessing | I wish it was German. But I'm leaning towards some Korean factory (ibanez/Samik/Washburn,etc) prototype. It's the neck that is most suspect.
Does anyone know how often protos are made and then let out of the floor? I wouldn't think that the asian builds would bother selling one offs. |
12-08-2012, 08:15 AM
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