Anything short of winning a lottery, my dreams include:
Ritter Jupiter 6
Fodera Monarch 6
Carl Thompson 6 w/ Scroll
Ritter Jupiter 6
Fodera Monarch 6
Carl Thompson 6 w/ Scroll
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What's your "White Whale" bass?
- Thread starter SkinCoffin
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Man, they pop up for around $550 (one used at Sam Ash for $500), but I can't justify spending that kind of cash when I've already bought so much over the last 12 months. I'll have one some day.I had one of those, too! You could have bought it from me for a very reasonable price a couple years ago (much less than you're thinking).
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I'd love to get a bass made by Creston one day - maybe something like this:
I went up to Louisville on leave from ft. Knox to a music store. They had a hand crafted by Tobias double neck bass, fretless and fretted. I couldn't justify the price of it (can't remember if it was 5k or 15k).
Tobias Doubleneck Bass 1979 Natural | Reverb
This is the one.
Tobias Doubleneck Bass 1979 Natural | Reverb
This is the one.
I used to own my white whale: a 1987 Rickenbacker 4003S in the "tuxedo" finish. I believe only 125 were made. If I could change the past, I would never have sold it.
It's the one on the right in this picture.
Also, I used to have an electric Laravee bass that was very playable and had the cleanest, most transparent tone (in my memory, at least).
It's the one on the right in this picture.
Also, I used to have an electric Laravee bass that was very playable and had the cleanest, most transparent tone (in my memory, at least).
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My white whale bass is a left handed Olympic White 60's Fender Mustang with a tort guard...they are so rare! I've seen one once and it went before I had time to get money together. I've also wanted a 1971/2 Fender Musicmaster in Olympic White with black or white pick guard. I can only dream.....
I always wanted a Hayman 4040, or a Shergold Modulator. Big, heavy, British...like me.
However, as I've aged I've realised that I'd really like an old Precision that's worn in, has a good sounding pickup, has a comfortable neck, and isn't too heavy.
One that plays like a dairy spread. That'd do.
However, as I've aged I've realised that I'd really like an old Precision that's worn in, has a good sounding pickup, has a comfortable neck, and isn't too heavy.
One that plays like a dairy spread. That'd do.
No you don't. That sentimentality will be the death of you.
Weak sounding, uncomfortable, and neck heavy. Nice neck shape, though.
I have mine still from 81. It's fretless, and has black knobs, and pickup covers. Sounds good as a fretless.
I even have a Washburn Hardshell Case!
devnulljp
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Shergold Marathon
Bit clunky for sure, but I've wanted one since I saw one in a pawnshop window as a teenager.
They're super hard to find, especially in N. America. Don't think I've ever seen one here.
Bit clunky for sure, but I've wanted one since I saw one in a pawnshop window as a teenager.
They're super hard to find, especially in N. America. Don't think I've ever seen one here.
I idolize a guy named Brian Cook (he played in botch and these arms are snakes, currently in Russian circles) and he's used one on most of those recordings. I really want one to detune to D standard and throw around for the heavier music I play. They just have the Tone I'm after.
In high school, after I'd been playing guitar for a couple of years, a drummer I met demanded that I come and play bass in his new band. To clinch the deal he acquired a bass for me, a Wurlitzer 7771. After a few years its actual owner visited my apartment when I wasn't home and stole it back. It wasn't the best instrument ever, but over many ensuing years I retained a certain attachment to its weirdness. After Ebay changed everything in terms of used gear, I started searching for another one. In over 15 years of daily searches, I saw two and bought the second one a couple of years ago.
Originally marketed in 1969 as a six-string bass and offered for only one year, with its 26" scale it works better as a baritone guitar. I was very happy to find it with both the bridge and tailpiece covers, though I've yet to find the tremolo bar. It features separate rhythm and solo circuits, a roller bridge and cast aluminum tuning keys.
Originally marketed in 1969 as a six-string bass and offered for only one year, with its 26" scale it works better as a baritone guitar. I was very happy to find it with both the bridge and tailpiece covers, though I've yet to find the tremolo bar. It features separate rhythm and solo circuits, a roller bridge and cast aluminum tuning keys.
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It probably would be a let down now, but my white whale is an early '90's Gibson Les Paul in Ebony (w/ the active Bartolini pickups and preamp and the pickup selector switch). This was my first "nice" bass purchase when I turned 21 back in 1993. I traded it in (for a loss) about four years later for an '82 Jazz that was (I later learned) horribly mangled under the pickguard to accommodate active preamp and battery. Anyway, I've found old LPB's out there, but not this exact combination.
