Rich at Tyler Guitars just told me that 4 and 5 string Tyler basses are being offered again. That's all I know about it.
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James Tyler basses are coming back
- Thread starter littlebun
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songwriter21
I have an obsession for wood. The musical kind.
As long as they don't have the god-awful headstock and ridiculous logo repeated a bazillion times.
I always kinda liked the headstock and logo. Unique and a beacon of a high quality unicorn bass! Different strokes! Glad to hear the brand is reviving!
Agree. Jim was a talent, and knew how to provide pros with quality, versatile instruments capable of tremendous tone.
That's the number 1 reason to buy one. I'm pretty sure I love it for other reasons, but it wouldn't be a Tyler with anything less.
Yeah ... Someone please bitch and moan about the g&l headstock again after looking at this monstrosity.
Ppl are funny, will fixate and complain about the silliest things, Ive done it many times, buy it or dont, leave it at that
Wayne Krantz thought the headstock was excessive and grabbed the gaffer tape.
I love all variations of the Tyler headstock, especially the "Made in America by ********" stamp on the back
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It's still better looking than an Alleva Coppolo headstock
Damn, that's one ugly headstock. Total deal breaker for me. I don't care how nicely built/ good playing the instrument is. I would rather gouge out my eyes then have to look at it again. Sheesh. 
Maybe the company is trying to take a monetary loss to get a tax write off? This is the only thing my feeble mind can grasp as to why someone would do such a thing.
At a distance, it looks like a tire track. If it's good enough for David Hungate, it's good enough for me.
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songwriter21
I have an obsession for wood. The musical kind.
Here in Nashville, Corner Music sold them . . . . off a waiting list, and the ones that found homes (usually in studios) NEVER come up for resale, so that tells me a lot.
As a youngster entering the recording scene in LA, an older player took me to Jim's shop and introduced me. This was when he had just developed the prototype of his multi-knob custom Demeter onboard pre. It was mounted on a flat piece of cardboard when he ran through what it does with me. Lastly, he showed me the gain knob and said he designed it to offer extreme output for engineers asking for a ton of output from a bass. Jim was doing anything it took to take care of his clientele.
What don't we like about these? The paddle? The script? I kinda like it.
