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I wanna see some unique basses

#102
This is a Warmoth, but the combination is all mine and I've not seen anything else like it.

Mahogany Dinky P with 4A carved Quilt top
Macassar Ebony neck and fingerboard
Fralin P, Duncan Custom Shop Alnico MM - this was one of the first offered way before they went into full production
Aguilar OBP-3
Schaller hardware

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#103
Roger Sadowsky made a run of 14 (or so) four string J-style basses with MM-style pickup. I believe I own the only Sadowsky five string P-style bass with MM-style pickup. :p

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FWIW: alder body, ebony board, Sadowsky 2-band preamp. Because of the preamp it doesn't clone the MM tone, but I can get it close enough!
 
#104
I'd hoped to see more unique basses in a thread titled "I wanna see some unique basses".

Unique, as in "only one of its kind". A Fender P with a custom paint job isn't "unique", not in my denotative interpretation of the word. A limited run of basses, isn't "unique" either, IMO. I'd go so far as to say any Warmoth standard body shape isn't quite "unique" no matter what crazy combination of pickups/preamps/knobs made their way onto/into the build.

While there are many undeniably cool basses in this thread, few are unique. Still, sifting through the chaff has yielded some unique specimens.

Thanks to those of you who posted their one-offs.
 
#105
Feral Feline said:
I'd hoped to see more unique basses in a thread titled "I wanna see some unique basses".

Unique, as in "only one of its kind". A Fender P with a custom paint job isn't "unique", not in my denotative interpretation of the word. A limited run of basses, isn't "unique" either, IMO. I'd go so far as to say any Warmoth standard body shape isn't quite "unique" no matter what crazy combination of pickups/preamps/knobs made their way onto/into the build.

While there are many undeniably cool basses in this thread, few are unique. Still, sifting through the chaff has yielded some unique specimens.

Thanks to those of you who posted their one-offs.
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Mine is. :)
 
#106
Feral Feline said:
I'd hoped to see more unique basses in a thread titled "I wanna see some unique basses".

Unique, as in "only one of its kind". A Fender P with a custom paint job isn't "unique", not in my denotative interpretation of the word. A limited run of basses, isn't "unique" either, IMO. I'd go so far as to say any Warmoth standard body shape isn't quite "unique" no matter what crazy combination of pickups/preamps/knobs made their way onto/into the build.

While there are many undeniably cool basses in this thread, few are unique. Still, sifting through the chaff has yielded some unique specimens.

Thanks to those of you who posted their one-offs.
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+1, and glad to say I think I made the cut on that. :)
 
#107
Hand-made by a builder in Memphis, TN. 5-piece maple and bloodwood veneer neck, bloodwood fretboard. The body is swamp ash with tiger maple top. Bartolini pups and Bas Mods preamp. Handmade brass nut and Schaller brass bridge.
 

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#108
Feral Feline said:
I'd hoped to see more unique basses in a thread titled "I wanna see some unique basses".

Unique, as in "only one of its kind". A Fender P with a custom paint job isn't "unique", not in my denotative interpretation of the word. A limited run of basses, isn't "unique" either, IMO. I'd go so far as to say any Warmoth standard body shape isn't quite "unique" no matter what crazy combination of pickups/preamps/knobs made their way onto/into the build.

While there are many undeniably cool basses in this thread, few are unique. Still, sifting through the chaff has yielded some unique specimens.

Thanks to those of you who posted their one-offs.
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i agree. i mean ive seen enough p-basses. i was hoping for more unique than this. however a few of the ones ive seen on this thread truly are
 
#109
Feral Feline said:
I'd hoped to see more unique basses in a thread titled "I wanna see some unique basses".

Unique, as in "only one of its kind". A Fender P with a custom paint job isn't "unique", not in my denotative interpretation of the word. A limited run of basses, isn't "unique" either, IMO. I'd go so far as to say any Warmoth standard body shape isn't quite "unique" no matter what crazy combination of pickups/preamps/knobs made their way onto/into the build.

While there are many undeniably cool basses in this thread, few are unique. Still, sifting through the chaff has yielded some unique specimens.

Thanks to those of you who posted their one-offs.
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Well, every single bass, instrument or group of atoms formed into molecules that conform into human-perceivable structure or body could have been considered as unique by their current guardians/owners, who have been generous enough to share what they consider their precious possessions.... I, in contrast, celebrate their eagerness to share.

Also, until posted, these basses were unique to you too, as the definition of "unique" is personal to each one of us. If you have never seen a bass and this is your first time in TB... Well....all the basses you'll see would be unique for you and would consider this thread a great success...
 
#119
Hey

From what I understand ESP LTD produced 6 B-336 basses for NAMM a few years back - two red, two brown and two black. The line was never developed, and these 6 prototype basses are the only 6 stringed basses of this series ever produced (there are some variations between each of them). Here's my B-336SR, one of two B-336SR's in the world:

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#120
Cello fingerboard grafted onto a '76 P neck. Full extended range onto the body. Can be bowed (with some difficulty, the body gets in the way). Custom mahogany saddles and shim, strung through body. A bartolini MM in bridge, '78 P pups on neck, wired passive with weird phase controls for tone shaping. Knobs are from a Quad Eight Coronado recording console. Warmoth body from the 80's painted in acrylic by an old friend of mine with the motif as a bunch of jazz musicians arranged in such a way as to look like a dog's face from a distance. The back of the body has a great martini glass painting and the words "Doggy Bar". Neck is thick as a baseball bat, love it.
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And here's what it sounds like:
 
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