Basses Named After Car

[Paul Boyer]

On Corvette ships, the name was originally applied to small sailing ships. By WWII, the term was used for small anti-submarine ships such as the "Flower-class" corvettes. That's where Chevy got the name.

And then there is the Mustang. Sure, it is the famous Ford with the galloping pony logo, and there was the famous P-51 Mustang fighter plane; most consider it to be the ultimate in American piston-engined pursuit planes. And before that, mustangs were wild horses!

 

[Pirate Captain]

also: Aspen

 

[Wisebass]

Weren't all the original Fender solid colours copies of automotive colours?

Yes here they are:

may the cars be with you

Wise(b)ass

 

[Hahaha]

I think the animal names have run their course. Time to switch to fruits and vegetables.

Fender Pea Bass
Ford Pinto Bean
Chevy Cucumber XL
Dodge Pumpkin
Toyota Artichoke
Gibson Santana Banana Deluxe (signature model)
Squier Squash

 

[Fender_Bender]

Isn't there also a Cutlass?

Oldsmobile

I'll never forget:
There was a dude we worked with named Doug Olds.
Every time we went with him in his vehicle, we'd call it the Oldsmobile.
It was a Toyota.

Ahh, REO Speedwagon. Ransom E Olds. And that was a real car name and model.

 

[ThuzzleFump]

OH GOOD! we can do Animal Basses now!
I'm SO in!!
ESP Original Series -HALIBUT-

A bass is an animal.

 

[B-line]

Derail:

That is beautiful. It has everything that the Gibson/Epi lacks (imo). Please guide me to more pics drool

Worth a de-rail. ESP Japan is NUTS with the quality & tone. I personally lust over that Viper Bass, It would blow any Gibson out of the atmosphere!
Here's a little Ditty you might like:
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(Hey...I didn't write on that neck!)

And for more browsing enjoyment:

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NIPPON is a bass player's playground. I can't wait to go back!

 

[Holdsg]

if anyone ever makes a sea slug bass, I'm quitting.

 

[higain617]

Ford Fiesta Red Fenders.

G&L Interceptor (sold at police auction with 300k miles and blown head gaskets).

 

[JACink]

Worth a de-rail. ESP Japan is NUTS with the quality & tone. I personally lust over that Viper Bass, It would blow any Gibson out of the atmosphere!
Here's a little Ditty you might like:
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(Hey...I didn't write on that neck!)

And for more browsing enjoyment:

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NIPPON is a bass player's playground. I can't wait to go back!

The Japanese may make amazing basses, but damn their websites suck!!!

 

[B-line]

The Japanese may make amazing basses, but damn their websites suck!!!

I kinda like them, the ESP Japan site reminds me of Tokyo itself- Sorta Disneyland, with sound trucks driving thru town, playing Taylor Swift's latest.

IKEBE is pretty down with good info/pics.specs. The translations can be a little jinky sometimes, better than me trying to speak Japanese when over there- It's an incredibly difficult language for Westerners.

Many of the Japanese builders put their headstock logos etc in English. "Why?" I asked when in Shibuya.
"Because they think it's COOL!" I was told.

 

[JACink]

I kinda like them, the ESP Japan site reminds me of Tokyo itself- Sorta Disneyland, with sound trucks driving thru town, playing Taylor Swift's latest.

IKEBE is pretty down with good info/pics.specs. The translations can be a little jinky sometimes, better than me trying to speak Japanese when over there- It's an incredibly difficult language for Westerners.

Many of the Japanese builders put their headstock logos etc in English. "Why?" I asked when in Shibuya.
"Because they think it's COOL!" I was told.

Maybe if you have a grasp on the way things flow, then the websites may be a little easier.

Unfortunately, Asia is somewhere I haven't had the pleasure of spending any time (I hope to change that soon), but to me they remind me of the websites in the 90's where "if it exists, add it to the website" was the general consensus

 

[Fat Freddy]

Isn't a Fender part of a car?

No....That would be a bumper....

 

[Jim Carr]

I think they were both named after the Stravinsky suite.

Which was named after the ballet, which was named after a mythical bird.

 

[chadds]

P bass.

Wait!
What's the question?

 

[B-line]

Maybe if you have a grasp on the way things flow, then the websites may be a little easier.

Unfortunately, Asia is somewhere I haven't had the pleasure of spending any time (I hope to change that soon), but to me they remind me of the websites in the 90's where "if it exists, add it to the website" was the general consensus

Even with the time I've spent, Japan is a mystery- That's the beauty. And my knowledge is nothing really, I just go there for the Basses!
One story to relate just for kicks:
In any of the amazing Bass-Specific shops, or even the Bass Departments at the big stores, like MusicLand Key-
The selections are breath-taking, nothing like it here in the USA- (We just had a thread about bass availability on TB recently- consensus was-it sucks!)

Anyhoo- In Japan when you wish to play a bass- It's a ritual. The clerk takes it off the wall, polishes it, tunes it w/ headstock tuner, plugs it in to appropriate store-selected amp for testing, re-polishes it, then FINALLY hands it over to you to play. (Unlike GC, where a 12-year old wanker just effed-up an expensive Fender...)
Although I totally respect this, and it is so by nature Japanese, I went to LOTS of Bass shops-Shibuya Ochanomizu, Ebisu, etc.
It got old.
Last rip, final store, the process happened on a magnificent Wood n Tronics I was dying to play, and I couldn't help it...
I just blurted out (In English) "Would you gimme that Bass, already! I know what I'm doing!"
In an earlier Century, that could have got me be-headed!

 

[HolmeBass]

OH GOOD! we can do Animal Basses now!

I'm SO in!!
ESP Original Series -HALIBUT-

That is really cool looking bass. Much cooler looking than your average halibut.

 

[B-line]

That is really cool looking bass. Much cooler looking than your average halibut.

MMMmmmm... Halibut!

 

[pholli00]

It seems to me that initially, the most popular basses have had names that were more descriptive of the bass or its applications (Precision, Jazz) than anything else. Of course, I did play a Stingray for awhile...

Oh man oh man. What I wouldn't give for a '67 Plymouth Precision!

 

[HolmeBass]

MMMmmmm... Halibut!
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Well yes, actual halibut is certainly tastier and more nutritious than the bass is.