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Let's See Your Unique/Rare Production Model Basses
- Thread starter Eon Sky
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Dude that collection is absolutely impressive!!!! Tasteful collection indeed!
They won’t - I would be too heavy for today’s standards. Mine weighs 10.85 lbs. I love every ounce of it, but I’m in the minority when it comes to ideal instrument weights…
They should have used the big body for the CLF models…
I wanted one for years. The only one I ever saw was a 5-string version six or seven years ago.
Finally found this one in June for the ridiculously low price of $425.
When they say mint, this one is what they mean.
The two in the middle are limited runs:
Big Al 4 SSS Sterling Silver with full rosewood neck
Bongo 4 HSp Neptune Blue with mahogany body and roasted maple neck
Big Al 4 SSS Sterling Silver with full rosewood neck
Bongo 4 HSp Neptune Blue with mahogany body and roasted maple neck
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Not an expensive bass, but it was nevertheless a limited run. Squier VM Precision Bass TB.
I see you’re also a man of impeccable amplifier taste.
That ‘Ray looks so good I think I’d just stare at it instead of playing it, too.
I swear half the weight of the L2500 is in that ridiculously chunky neck, though. Years ago I bought one (the neck) secondhand and built a bass around it that weighs in around 12lb. I still play it, but not on long gigs. It’s a BEAST.
And I absolutely hear you on the missed opportunity for the CLF. If G&L ever issued a bass that had the classic plate and the old shape I’d be on it like stink on s***.
I have a couple. In the 'rare finish' category this El Toro is the only Yellow one I've ever seen.
Not a lotta Bugeye Fishes in the sea, either.
Not a lotta Bugeye Fishes in the sea, either.
One of these rare birds recently sold in the TB classifieds. Only 29 or 30 were built. I emailed Bill Conklin about mine long ago, he said production stopped because Bartolini couldn't continue supplying the custom spec'd pickups and preamp, which are unique to the bass. He mentioned they were kinda expensive to have built (Korea), which probably played a part in its demise. Pretty sure all 29 were done in this Orange-Cherry burst finish.
I took this pic on my condo balcony in '79. The infamous Ampeg Devil bass. Don't know how many were built but there can't have been many. This one had the screw-in stand up pole and the huge OHSC.
G&L L5000
As an L5000 it is one of approximately 400. In Lake Placid Blue it is significantly rarer (only one registered on G&L registry and as a later build likely only one made in this color).
As an L5000 it is one of approximately 400. In Lake Placid Blue it is significantly rarer (only one registered on G&L registry and as a later build likely only one made in this color).
When is a Greco not a Greco? When it’s an Atlansia! This Stealth Jr model had some changes to the fretboard radius, frets, paint, pickups, and electronics - but the body and headstock shape are original:
Then there’s my Roland G77:
And then this one sings its own Tune:
Then there’s my Roland G77:
And then this one sings its own Tune:
Here's a rare joint venture between Ibanez and Modulus from the mid 80's. I'm breaking the rules a bit because I don't think this was ever a production model, but more of a prototype. I know that Ibanez ordered 200 total necks from Modulus, but that number included both guitar and bass necks. Not sure how many of which. Also, not all the necks found their way onto instruments. Ibanez scrapped this idea quickly because the necks were too much of a cost hit.
Sorry the first photo is a bit blurry. That's just what happens when you photograph unicorns, sasquatches, ufos and other rare things.
I wasn’t aware Gibson had ever made a bass with an onboard fuzz. There were the Firebird X and HD.6X Pro Digital guitars that had all sorts of electronic weirdness loaded into them back when Henry J was systematically running the company into the ground. But I don’t think that insanity was ever extended to their bass instruments. I could be wrong however.
Were you maybe thinking of Vox? Some of their basses had onboard effects.
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I also have one of those GC Ivory AFB200s, I used to have two. I was going to post it but you beat me to it.
And one of these GC specials, a quintuple black Fender Mustang PJ with an ebony fingerboard and matching headstock. I added the chrome knobs but reinstalled the original black knobs a while after the picture was taken.
I agree.
They should…along with the Ripper and Victory Custom. Each of those three basses had a genuinely different signature sound.
I’d skip the heavy all maple bodies on the Victory and later Rippers however, and suggest using alder instead.
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I agree.
They should…along with the Ripper and Victory Custom. Each of these three basses had a genuinely different signature sound.
I’d skip the heavy all maple bodies on the Victory and later Rippers however, and suggest using alder instead.
I had a maple Ripper for a while but it didn't work out for me. I tried a few of the Victory bass and liked them and the sound but they was just too darn heavy for me. A lighter Victory would be nice.
