The official "Show your basses" thread part 19!

[Jon Clegg]

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@JIO takes the whole 'gold bass' thing to the next level.

 

[MovinTarget]

@JIO takes the whole 'gold bass' thing to the next level.

Great, now Steve Vai will have to get repainted or he's gonna clash!

 

[JIO]

 

[Jon Clegg]

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Now you're just showing off

 

[MovinTarget]

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Nice, it's like an inverse, all the things that are usually straight lines are rounded and vice versa.

 

[Jon Clegg]

That's really elegant in a minimalist way. Nice build. Reminds me of an old Guild but much better.

Thanks. It's inspired by the Hammersmith Model-K which is kinda like somebody left a Guild
B-301 and and RIC 4001 alone together unchaperoned. Credit for the color scheme goes to @Fat Freddy

 

[2saddleslab]

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Amazing how well the early 50's bridge cover looks right at home on your futuristic designed bass.

 

[JIO]

Now you're just showing off

 

[Jon Clegg]

Amazing how well the early 50's bridge cover looks right at home on your futuristic designed bass.

Like an intake scoop for the jet engines.

 

[JIO]

Amazing how well the early 50's bridge cover looks right at home on your futuristic designed bass.

Nice, it's like an inverse, all the things that are usually straight lines are rounded and vice versa.

Thanks, yes - I'm drawn to 'retro-modern' in my designs so something like that cover spoke of the '50s gestalt of post-war modernism; angular, flared, shiny. Here's a '60s Australian bass I love that was part of this tradition:

(not mine - belongs to tb member @Dynacord)

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[2saddleslab]

Thanks, yes - I'm drawn to 'retro-modern' in my designs so something like that cover spoke of the '50s gestalt of post-war modernism; angular, flared, shiny. Here's a '60s Australian bass I love that was part of this tradition:

(not mine - belongs to tb member @Dynacord)

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Oh the irony.....I'm drawn to the early slab basses due to their primitive design compared to the subsequent P bass versions. But in the early 50's, Leo's design must have seemed so futuristic and out of this world.

 

[JIO]

Oh the irony.....I'm drawn to the early slab basses due to their primitive design compared to the subsequent P bass versions. But in the early 50's, Leo's design must have seemed so futuristic and out of this world.

For sure! Primarily due to the fact of it being an electric bass "guitar".

 

[TFunkadelic]

 

[Dynacord]

Oh the irony.....I'm drawn to the early slab basses due to their primitive design compared to the subsequent P bass versions. But in the early 50's, Leo's design must have seemed so futuristic and out of this world.

Totally agree. Hard to imagine just how radical the P-bass (and other Fender designs) must have seemed at the time. Totally unlike anything else and certainly 'space age' for the time.

Gratuitously, since it was brought up, here's another pic of my '64 Maton:

 

[MovinTarget]

Totally agree. Hard to imagine just how radical the P-bass (and other Fender designs) must have seemed at the time. Totally unlike anything else and certainly 'space age' for the time.

Gratuitously, since it was brought up, here's another pic of my '64 Maton:
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Looks like a resin PG and bridge cover

 

[Dynacord]

Looks like a resin PG and bridge cover

I'm not sure what the composition is. They are quite thick and somewhat flexible and semi transparent. Pearlescent and like a lot of period celluloid. They are original to the bass. Really grateful the bridge cover has not gone missing or been broken.
Thread on it here: NVBD 60's rare MOT Oz weirdness - or if Barbarella played bass...

 

[Dynacord]

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Nice lines to that one. I like the design a lot.

 

[MovinTarget]

I'm not sure what the composition is. They are quite thick and somewhat flexible and semi transparent. Pearlescent and like a lot of period celluloid. They are original to the bass. Really grateful the bridge cover has not gone missing or been broken.
Thread on it here: NVBD 60's rare MOT Oz weirdness - or if Barbarella played bass...

I've been playing with epoxy recently and I could totally do something wispy like that pattern.

 

[DrGDP]

What the ****? A tiny bass, cello scale length, bass tuning. Easy transport, fun to play, always a conversation starter! Short video with sound sample. Sapele, maple, ebony.

 

[God's Favorite Bass]

Totally agree. Hard to imagine just how radical the P-bass (and other Fender designs) must have seemed at the time. Totally unlike anything else and certainly 'space age' for the time.

Gratuitously, since it was brought up, here's another pic of my '64 Maton:
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That is the coolest tone switch on the planet. Period. Perhaps in all the recorded history of mankind.