I can't find a cool looking bass!! Help

Joe, there is a thread called exotic basses that has some great websites listed of bass builders who do some pretty "out there" bass graphics.


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Treena

 

Brian Barrett has a great gallery of basses at his site

http://www.thelowend.net/gallery/index.php?c=6

Any builder could hook you up with a custom body or paint job

Check out:

Benavente
Ritter
Alembic
etc
etc
etc

 

If your looking for "cool"...for something with an original look, think Eshenbaugh!

 

My Ibanez EDA900 is for sale... It looks REALLY weird. Like a silver spaceship, but like.... a squid too...

http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=102342

check that link for more info.

If you wanted a wooden bass, google "atlansia". I've been thinking of using their pickups on a warmothy thing....

 

Yeah, that was (is?) a cool thread and those Tunes were cool; I was going to mention that but you saw it first...

Or: if you want some other kind of cool inlays&graphics, chek out Warrior (but I think it will be for eyes only, I dont think you would spend that much on them...)

 

hmm... sorry, but the Warrior page has been "updated" and the Private Vault or King's Closet collection is no longer accesable...
Anyway their site is here:
Warrior

 

Don't know what is 'cool' to you, but Warmoth will do this sort of thing:

 

so, umm...which one? lotsa basses on that page, bro

 

You can have a bass made like this guitar!





Treena

 

Argghh - that is the antithesis of 'cool'!!

 

Well..at least we both agree on something.

However, since I have no idea what kingbrutis considers 'cool', I added to the choices available.

 

ROTFLMAO!

 

yeah, but $2000.... you can have a bass that is so much nicer than that for $2000.

you can have a bass that in 30 years you can look back on and be proud of, not a "fad" instrument. something well built that stands the test of time in design and aesthetical relevance.

 

this

 

From the sound of the initial post, I get the sense that kingbrutis considers as "cool" the kind of basses that one would expect to find onstage with a heavy metal or hair band. The BC Rich basses, such as the Mockingbird, certainly fill the bill. Ibanez also seems to cater to this crowd. Even certain models from Gibson and Fender are designed primarily to look "cool" in this sense. (The Gibson Thunderbird, especially the Nikki Six model, and the Fender Aerodyne, come to mind.)

I would also direct people over to the "Fender historians, help me ID this bass" thread, where Mock Turtle Regulator has come up with a photo of a bass that looks like a big Stratocaster guitar. Outrageously cool. I'm also intrigued with the "Shark bass" marketed by the folks at Thomastic-Infield strings. Don't have a photo, but you can find it in the back pages of any recent issue of Bass Player. Also, everybody should check out the huge photo archive at Bunny Bass. Supposed to be a collection of "ugly basses," but some are actually quite beautiful. All are rather unusual. Unfortunately, I can't seem to find the web page listed in my "Favorites" menu. Don't know what happened to it. I'm also surprised that nobody has said anything about Wishevski basses. To my mind, this is the quintessential example of a bass that is either a "piece of art" or a "horrible waste of wood," depending on whom you ask. Again, look for the ad in the back of BP.

For what it's worth, here is a bass that I've run across that I think looks really "cool." Different strokes for different folks, of course. YMMV

 

Here's another.