Morbidly obese Jazz bass

[bholder]

I have the same thing except it's my belly that holds the bass in the preferred position. I feel that works better and is more modular for when I have to play different basses.

Yeah, me too, any more. Perhaps this bass was intended for really skinny bassists with no gut?

 

[Jamvan]

Perhaps this bass was intended for really skinny bassists with no gut?

Yeah, I don't know what's more rare; that or unicorns!

 

[shadowtippy]

Yeah, me too, any more. Perhaps this bass was intended for really skinny bassists with no gut?

That sounds like me. I think I will pass on the bass, though.

 

[Slevage]

It gives the bass a more "round" tone by adding mass to the instrument.

 

[mattattack187]

Made in Texas?

 

[jim777]

I would think that for whatever reason it worked for the previous owner. Maybe it made it easier to play if you were wheelchair bound or something. It definitely strikes me as an alteration that was made for one specific player though, so it is what it is. I wouldn't pay a quarter of the asking price either

 

[MIN]

The owner didn't care for the typical mid-scooped Jazz sound and was trying to compensate.

 

[bholder]

Hmmmm. It'd be the first time the right tools for making a "fixer upper" bass usable would be a big hammer and chisel. Anything obviously wrong with it otherwise? Maybe he should advertise as a stock Fender with a free bonus salad bowl.

 

[Ken J]

I told my kids that’s where baby basses come from.

 

[Herrick]

Grotesque.

 

[Warpeg]

It's the rare Ovation/Fender collaboration Jazz Bass!

 

[CGremlin]

That was available in the 80's. It was their reverse bass resonator so, you could feel the bass in your gut. Didn't do very well for them, was only on the market for a day. So, it's RARE!

Plus, it was owned by Jaco and given to the seller. Are you questioning me?!

 

[stevecaronna]

It's a weapon in disguise. The guy lived in a bad part of town and he keeps that one handy while he is playing the real one in case someone comes in while he is playing. That thing could do some real damage....

 

[bholder]

It's a weapon in disguise. The guy lived in a bad part of town and he keeps that one handy while he is playing the real one in case someone comes in while he is playing. That thing could do some real damage....

Hmmm, fair point, kinda like the Iroquois war club, but a stock T-40 would have been a much more cost-effective solution!

 

[stevecaronna]

Hmmm, fair point, kinda like the Iroquois war club, but a stock T-40 would have been a much more cost-effective solution!

Yeah I had a T40 years ago and it was a beast. Seemed like it weighed about 50 pounds.

 

[Carl Hillman]

Any theories?

I didn't know David Cronenberg made basses.

 

[SanDiegoHarry]

someone glued a salad bowl to this bass. Very strange.

 

[paparoof]

maybe the original owner?

 

[BassFishingInAmerica]

It's a place to keep your weed.

 

[RED J]

There's only one explanation: There's no explanation.