Looks like it was inspired by the Red Special. Headstock, shape, three pickups with independent switches.
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Just Bought a Mystery Bass (please help ID)!
- Thread starter Quadzilla
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Not to be a "Debbie Downer", as certain aspects of that axe look very interesting, but any info on who did the headstock repair? Looks like a typical "fell off the stand and split" like countless Ricks, but can spell trouble if not soundly reattached.
JMTC.
JMTC.
Really cool and unique. It does look like a homemade instrument. Hope it sounds and feels as good as it looks.
Somebody's fantasy take on a three pick-up,long-scale Hamer Slammer.
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The screws likely adjust the height, like soapbar P90 pickups for guitars. I would vote for Odyssey/Attila Balogh, but OP's bass looks cruder than those. The outline of OP's bass is a bit like a Rickenbacker 325 guitar, and the sunburst and lacquered fretboard are a bit Rick as well. The overall finish, quality of wood working (etc) suggests DIY home build, however.
Odyssey also appear to have used off-the-shelf pickups (look like Dimarzios in the guitars and Bartolini in the basses). The pickups in OP's bass look custom built for the job.
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yeah, as soon as i saw the body, the names hamer, veliette citron, and s.d. curlee came to mind (big body in the back with short horns/cutaways). headstock screams gibson to me. when you get the bass, shoot over pics of the control cavity. maybe clues hidden inside.
None of the pickups are straight and the body top wasn't planed down fully before sanding. Another vote here for a home made or shop class bass. If it was somebody's first project, though, it was an awfully good one.
The set neck makes me wonder whether the builder had recovered it from another bass.
The set neck makes me wonder whether the builder had recovered it from another bass.
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Nice looking bass!
Looks like a Gibson-inspired home build - the headstock is Flying V, the body is very '59 Les Paul Double Cut, pickups look like home made P90s for bass.
How does it play?
Looks like a Gibson-inspired home build - the headstock is Flying V, the body is very '59 Les Paul Double Cut, pickups look like home made P90s for bass.
How does it play?
Another vote for homegrown. Apparently they ran out of sandpaper?
