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Weird body shapes

#41
ryansalmond said:
Jared Lash, those both look awesome!
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Thanks! They are about to start construction so maybe I should post a built thread for them.

Chef said:
Gretsch.
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Yeah, there's something about that body shape. I think my fascination with it is due in part to the fact that (to me at least) it looks like the back end of a late 50's Cadillac.

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Geroi Asfalta said:
Good point....Ric is an odd shape you don't see everyday. We think alike apparently, I was drawing plans for a bass (I want to build one, but I've never done it) and the drawing I made came out identical to your second drawing with a differently shaped pickguard. I was attempting to combine a Jazz bass and a Ric
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Yeah, they are variations on Chris Stambaughs ODB body style and I've always suspected he was trying to marry a jazz and a Ric. My rounder variation then is closer to a Ric/Tele/Precision blend which I like.

I personally love the aesthetics of the Ric as well as the tone. But I've never gotten along with them all that well from and ergonomic standpoint.

Relayer71 said:
I love the Ric body shape, just not a fan of the hardware (knobs, pickguard) and their layout.

That drawing with the Ric body w/Tele-inspired pickguard/knobs - THAT appeals to me.
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Yep, pretty much my thoughts too. I'm hoping for a nice modern/vintage vibe. That being the case, I don't think my body styles are all that "out there".

On the other hand, this Jerzy Drozd is (IMO) both very far from the norm and yet appealing. I'd say it definitely fits what this thread is discussing:

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#44
spade2you said:
For someone highly opinionated, it doesn't sound like you've played a whole lot of basses.
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I'd have to move out of the state to try anything I haven't already.

The shops in my area don't carry things like Foderas, F Basses, Warwicks, Laklands, Sadowskys, Brubakers, MTDs, Alembics, Carvins (I did find a used one once), or Rickenbackers. So I've never really gotten a chance to play most of those.
 
#52
bodmin said:
My 1st bass was a Washburn T14, and although the body shape isn't extreme, it is "different" enough to have solicited comments at gigs etc.
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"Different"? Aren't bass players supposed to be imaginative creative artists too? That bass sure is gorgeous but "different"? I don't think so. Now a Ritter is different. or a Drozd or on a lower plane either one of my two Wishbasses. Yeah, a Wishbass is "different" all right. Now THAT is what I think of as "different" not some "Fender" painted blue and turned upside down.
 
#55
bassbenj said:
"Different"? Aren't bass players supposed to be imaginative creative artists too? That bass sure is gorgeous but "different"? I don't think so. Now a Ritter is different. or a Drozd or on a lower plane either one of my two Wishbasses. Yeah, a Wishbass is "different" all right. Now THAT is what I think of as "different" not some "Fender" painted blue and turned upside down.
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I think the Wash t14 counts as different in a world where everyone seems to want a Fender clone. Seems to me that both Ritter and Drozd are just more extreme takes on the same essential shape concept as that T14 is trying to get at.
 
#60
I recently had this discussion with a friend...
Me: "I'm not really that big a fan of non-traditionally shaped basses/guitars... "

Friend: " you mean like explorers, vees, thunderbirds, jaguars etc? "

Me: "no, I would love to have all of those! "

Friend : "oh, you mean like a Mockingbird? "

Me: "no way! The Mockingbird is awesome! "

Me: "let's forget I brought this up... "
 

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