RARE Tung Bass on the bay!!!

[TimothyGroovy]

Tung Bass!!!!!!!!

http://cgi.ebay.com/Tung-6-String-B...oryZ4713QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[gillento]

Wasn't John Myung playing Tung basses on Dream Theater's "Awake" album?
Massive low end !

 

[UncleBalsamic]

I've never heard of them, looks pretty cool though.

 

[rockstarbassist]

Wasn't John Myung playing Tung basses on Dream Theater's "Awake" album?
Massive low end !

I believe so! And they're in some of his instructional vids you can find on YouTube.

 

[contakt321]

I have always loved the look of Tung basses.

 

[afinalfantasy]

Looks pretty nice, but the price is way out of my range.

 

[spade2you]

Nice, but 'spensive.

 

[Ian Perge]

Oh, I'd sell the proverbial house if we weren't renting. This is a once in a very long time opportunity...

 

[TheXym]

If only I didn't just splurge for the new mountain bike. If I had the cash my wife would actually let me go for it...

 

[Guest043]

$4000 starting bid and it's got EMG pickups. awesome. i wonder why nobody bid on it yet..

 

[Bearded Bugs]

That's like a dream bass, I've JUST spent £2000 (about $4000) on new bass gear..... FFS!!

 

[waseok]

Awesome bass!

 

[Yvon]

I had a lot of trouble selling mine for 1500$.

I don't think it will sel for 4000$.

Very nice bass anyway.

And it's not a midi out on this bass.
It's a preamp output (a la alembic) but it's not plugged.

 

[MoonDoggy]

How's that 5 pin output work? From what I understand, the early Alembics that had this Required using that 5 pin jack for an external power supply. This also has a regular 1/4" jack, so how's that work? Also he claims it has a Bart pre w/ the active EMGs, but that can't be. They shouldn't be able to work together.

Lastly, does anyone know if Tung ever built a bass w/ EMGs? I've only ever seen them w/ Barts.

BTW....Thanks for posting this on TB (sarcasm)! It only had about 100 views before the link was posted on here! I'm really gunning for this if I know I can get some stuff sold in the next couple weeks.

 

[Baryonyx]

Looks like an awesome bass. I've long loved the look of Tung basses. I heard Nicholas had gone into the restaurant business, though part of me wishes he would go back to making basses!

 

[Dr. Cheese]

The irony is that if the starting price were $1,800, the owner just might get $4,000!

 

[knarleybass]

I know they guy that has serial # 001, it's yellow, and a pretty rocken' bass!

 

[Yvon]

I know they guy that has serial # 001, it's yellow, and a pretty rocken' bass!

here's a pictures of the one I used to own:

 

[Yvon]

Looks like an awesome bass. I've long loved the look of Tung basses. I heard Nicholas had gone into the restaurant business, though part of me wishes he would go back to making basses!

He is back in business!!

 

[Yvon]

here's what he wrote on another board:

Howdy Fellow Bassist!!!

Thanks for your very kind words and your interest in my instruments. I regret that I've been in selfish pursuit of my other career and hobbies, and I haven't had much interest in bass building these last few years.

I'm in the process of putting a new shop together, and will be taking some custom commissions soon. The new company will be focused on manufacturing of small volume, high performance instruments.

A "Jazz-type" bass will be introduced later this year, with the new Wing Series debuting in 2008.

I'm working on a "Tung Bass" website, and it will be up and running very soon.

I'm very excited to be returning to the world of bass guitar manufacturing, and I hope you will fine my new designs aesthetically pleasing and functionally cool.

If you have any questions you like to ask, please post them here and I will do my best to answer them. Or you can email me at [email protected]


Sincerely... Nicholas Tung