Odd Ball bass roundup

[Maxdusty]

I have a Burns Scorpion.
But still my favorite is my Ibanez Ergodyne EDA900 (with matching lighter!)

 

[David Cardoza]

42 strings, there's GOTTA be a bass in there somewhere.

 

[David Cardoza]

and here's my favorite... makes my heart hurt just to look at it.

 

[bassplace]

Do Wal basses send that Fathers Day cards? If not, they should...

My thoughts exactly

 

[Spectrum]

and here's my favorite... makes my heart hurt just to look at it.
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Hurts my head, reminds me of this:

 

[wintremute]

Someone needs to post their AXB1000 (and then sell it to me).

 

[SteveV74]

That Hayman Is shaped a little like Geddy Lees black Wal

 

[MVE]

1971 Hayman 40/40. Made by Dallas Arbiter in England for a few years.
Some cool features- Zero fret, Perspex bridge, 1940s style stove controls
Great P-Bass like tone.
Came with original case and smoked plexiglass covers.

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I have a White one too.
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HOLY CRAP!!!

1971 Hayman 40/40. Made by Dallas Arbiter in England for a few years.
Some cool features- Zero fret, Perspex bridge, 1940s style stove controls
Great P-Bass like tone.
Came with original case and smoked plexiglass covers.

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I have a White one too.
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HOLY CRAP!!!
I have one of these, but the metal plate and that clear piece of plastic in the headstock was long gone so I never knew what the %&$@ it was!!!!
HAYMAN 40/40!!!!
It has a neck plate with a SN and a graphic that was half scratched off so I couldn't read it.
I paid $100 for it 20 years ago and just assumed it was some poorly assembled frankenbass from the 80's.
This is the first time I have ever seen another one.

What else can you tell me about them?

Mine is a fretless but still has a zero fret, interestingly.
Mine also has a BA bridge on it, but that original bridge looks pretty awesome.

 

[mikefromchurch]

I don't know what it was, but a saw an interesting one last weekend. I was at the local shop just day dreaming, and the owner showed me one he had on consignment. It was an 80's 4 string, the headstock was odd looking. It had a 0th fret, and the nut only held the ADG strings. Then it had a -1 and -2 fret below only the "E" string(tuned to D) on the headstock(not on the neck). It had an arm that held the string down to E for normal play, but the arm could be moved for drop D with the -1 and -2 frets for E and Eb. Maybe if It's still there I'll get a pic. Would be an interesting piece for an oddball collector, but it didn't sound all that great.

 

[spectorfreak]

Someone needs to post their AXB1000 (and then sell it to me).

I had an Axestar like 23 years ago, bought it used at a music store, had EMGs stuck in it, probably the weirdest bass I've had in 30 years of playing and collecting. Had it for a couple of months and somebody stole it

 

[MVE]

I don't know what it was, but a saw an interesting one last weekend. I was at the local shop just day dreaming, and the owner showed me one he had on consignment. It was an 80's 4 string, the headstock was odd looking. It had a 0th fret, and the nut only held the ADG strings. Then it had a -1 and -2 fret below only the "E" string(tuned to D) on the headstock(not on the neck). It had an arm that held the string down to E for normal play, but the arm could be moved for drop D with the -1 and -2 frets for E and Eb. Maybe if It's still there I'll get a pic. Would be an interesting piece for an oddball collector, but it didn't sound all that great.

It sound like you are describing a Kubicki... Not really an oddball; its actually a famous and popular bass of the 1980's along the same line as a Steinberger.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Kubicki_Factor_Bass

 

[mikefromchurch]

It sound like you are describing a Kubicki... Not really an oddball; its actually a famous and popular bass of the 1980's along the same line as a Steinberger.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Kubicki_Factor_Bass

That's the one. To me, a bass that has notes played on the headstock and not the neck is pretty oddball

 

[spectorfreak]

That's the one. To me, a bass that has notes played on the headstock and not the neck is pretty oddball

Not at all, they were fantastic until they started producing them in the Fender Custom shop and ruined them, the ones made in Phil Kubicki's shop were brutally good. Dual mode active/passive electronics, 31 piece laminate necks, and probably the most comfortable thing I ever played. I only regret selling 2 basses in 30+ years of bass, one was my Kubicki Ex-Factor 4 and the other was a trans trem Steinberger XL2-T.

 

[pnchad]

Basslines Worp Acoustic 5 - sorry for the crappy pic

 

[mikeswals]

That's the one. To me, a bass that has notes played on the headstock and not the neck is pretty oddball

You can easly find a few really famous players of those Kubiki's: John Taylor, Vail Johnson, Stu Hamm.

Which shop had it on consignment?

 

[hsech]

 

[Bassmanmike1]

Peavey t-40's aren't really rare or oddball. Had one when they first came out back in '82. Sunburst with a rosewood board. It weighed a ton so I sold it after a couple years. If IIRC, I think I paid about $350-$400 new with the plastic molded case. You can find them on e-bay now pretty regularly for $200-$600 depending on condition.

 

[mcarp555]

Left-handed Hofner 187 Shorty bass from the '80's. Only a handful were made.

 

[squirefan]

This thread is making me miss my Ovation Magnum, and my Gibson Victory

 

[Muttleybass]

What was the input jack used for?

You know... where you plug the cord into the bass! I was on stage, last song of the night, when the cord fell out of the bass. I plugged it back in and it wouldn't stay. There was nothing to hold it in. The jack itself had just fell apart inside. The crowd started chanting for an encore, I didn't have a spare bass, so we had to think fast. The soundman had another jack in his tool box, but it wouldn't fit inside the bass. The jack that broke was a wimpy piece of chinese junk so the hole was too small for the new jack. We quickly soldered the new jack to the wires and gaffer taped the jack to the outside of the bass. It wasn't pretty but it got us thru the encore.

Got home and traded it in on another bass. It also taught me to have a spare bass with me.