@Cantstandsya, I have the StingRay version of your PDN, and I agree about the mahogany body giving it a different tone. Cool Bongo!
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What’s The Unicorn in Your Bass Collection?
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For me, that would be between two of my Peach EBMMs. Peach is a very rare colour as it is (only around for a short time in the late '80s) but these are on a different level still.
First up, a 1987 prototype for the SR5. (It's not the only SR5 prototype EBMM made though, so strictly speaking, it isn't unique!).
The other one's a 1988 Sabre. I've only ever seen one other Sabre in this colour - the one Tony Levin is playing in the 1987 Peter Gabriel Live in Athens concert. Apparently that bass was later damaged (or destroyed, not sure) in a fire. There might be others but probably not many! (Guard is aftermarket, by the way.)
First up, a 1987 prototype for the SR5. (It's not the only SR5 prototype EBMM made though, so strictly speaking, it isn't unique!).
The other one's a 1988 Sabre. I've only ever seen one other Sabre in this colour - the one Tony Levin is playing in the 1987 Peter Gabriel Live in Athens concert. Apparently that bass was later damaged (or destroyed, not sure) in a fire. There might be others but probably not many! (Guard is aftermarket, by the way.)
The piezo bridge doesn’t hurt too much either...
I'm pretty fond of my Conklin, which may be unique. Apparently built for NAMM 2004, it has what is referred to as a Dragonwood body. I think it's one piece. I have no idea what dragonwood is.
Wide and flat 3-piece maple neck, cocobolo fret board. Custom dual coil pickups from Kent Armstrong, thru a Bart 3-band. Perfectly balanced, weighs 7lbs, 5oz.
Wide and flat 3-piece maple neck, cocobolo fret board. Custom dual coil pickups from Kent Armstrong, thru a Bart 3-band. Perfectly balanced, weighs 7lbs, 5oz.
I guess my Dingwall. Everything else I have is very common fender stuff.
Not rare, in that Lakland makes a lot of 44-64s , but this is the only buckeye burl I've personally seen.
Somehow, I'm not the least surprised to see a rhino head in that picture. But I am surprised at how much sunlight drenches the room.
Oh baby, I just got super jealous. Love the Gretsch look, and also left handed, so constantly lamenting that they make lefty guitars but not basses. It's beautiful.View attachment 3756137
My "unicorn" bass? That would have to be this one. A 1994, straight-from-the-Terada-factory, left handed Gretsch Broadkaster. Except for a couple of very old, '50s customs, and a conversion or two, this is the only lefty Gretsch bass I've ever seen. And I've been looking for them a long, long time, too...
This Lowe Chromasonic is pretty special, too. Without going into all the unique details, there's very little on this bass that is standard stuff. One thing for sure, the Lollar T-bird pickups sound FAT! 
What are we looking for as a "Unicorn"? Will this do? Ebony neck through.
It took 15 years of daily Ebay searches to find a good one, and in that time I only saw one other. The Wurlitzer 7771 sixer was built in Italy for Wurlitzer under license from Welson, '69 only. The 27" scale makes it better as a baritone guitar, which is how I have it strung now, but in '73 another like it was the first bass I ever gigged. If you've even seen one of these in the wild, I'd like to know about it. This one even came with the bridge cover, and there's a sprung tailpiece for the whammy bar. I've since replaced the missing fretboard block.
This was destined to be a NAMM bass, I got my name put on it before the top had be done so I asked for it to be chambered (first Yin Yang they'd done that way).
Then on the bench
Now about 8 years and 500+ gigs later
Then on the bench
Now about 8 years and 500+ gigs later
This one is somewhat rare. It is a Jack Bruce Thumb Bass from the limited run of 100 commemorating his 50th birthday. Forgive the towels. I had just given the bass an oil polishing.
Aria CSB Deluxe. Only made for two years, 1984-85. Don't pop up too often (ironically I think there's at least one currently selling on reverb).. Though when they do, 90% of the time they're always in black.
Modified Fender acoustic/electric Bass with EMG pickup in soundhole.
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That is a beauty. Is it an authentic Fender Custom Shop?
Wait... you have the actually Mothman? Very cool in a totally not cool kind of way.
