Whackiest mass-produced basses?

[SDC1-ClickClack]

Pretty surprised nobody has named the Torzal.

 

[flojob]

Some very cool basses there.

Gotta say that I've never seen a pickguard cover the entire face of a guitar before: View attachment 5416844 Kinda cool how the pickguard fits against the f hole though

That was the first bass I ever bought myself! A small shop in Omaha Nebraska carried them. I even have an album we recorded with that bass. Good memories

 

[flojob]

This is the SB-202 (same bass as the B-301/2). I also had an X-701, but can't find a picture of it. It had a real "Metal" body shape, but same pickups, pickup placement, and hardware.
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Dude I bet everyone in this thread is hoping you'll talk about that cool wall of masks in the background.

 

[Malak the Mad]

I thought about it but suddenly got a torticolis !

I really hate to be nit-picky like this, but it slams right into my thirty years of professional bodywork, so here it goes...

One "gets torticollis" (double "LL" for this word), not "gets a torticollis", just like someone may "get/is born with scoliosis".

(I understand the reply is probably a joke, but my training, as well as my deeply ingrained "grammar snobbery", screams at me to offer a friendly correction, just in case someone might take away the wrong usage and/or spelling. In other words, it's probably fair to say neither of us can help ourselves, ja? )

 

[MARVIN MECKLER]

I really hate to be nit-picky like this, but it slams right into my thirty years of professional bodywork, so here it goes...

One "gets torticollis" (double "LL" for this word), not "gets a torticollis", just like someone may "get/is born with scoliosis".

(I understand the reply is probably a joke, but my training, as well as my deeply ingrained "grammar snobbery", screams at me to offer a friendly correction, just in case someone might take away the wrong usage and/or spelling. In other words, it's probably fair to say neither of us can help ourselves, ja? )

 

[Malak the Mad]

Yeah...in this case, I'll own that.

 

[SJLee]

 

[Gervais Cote]

I really hate to be nit-picky like this, but it slams right into my thirty years of professional bodywork, so here it goes...

One "gets torticollis" (double "LL" for this word), not "gets a torticollis", just like someone may "get/is born with scoliosis".

(I understand the reply is probably a joke, but my training, as well as my deeply ingrained "grammar snobbery", screams at me to offer a friendly correction, just in case someone might take away the wrong usage and/or spelling. In other words, it's probably fair to say neither of us can help ourselves, ja? )

I’m a French Canadian so my English is "functional" but far from being perfect !

 

[Diminishedfilth]

Brute bass.

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Looks like the Tetris piece you need after the game sends the P-bass pickup shaped pieces.

 

[Doctor Roberts]

I've always thought that basses with a handle cut into/through the body looked kinda dopey. I know this is a guitar, but it's the quickest example I could find.View attachment 5416296

Look what I found!:

It belonged to Dusty Hill Invalid Link Removed

I would want too, so that make two of us for a possible mass-production.

 

[Watchootognbout]

Would this bass be appropriate for dynamic pelvic thrusts?

 

[BassKees]

I'd say this is pretty weird

 

[cataract]

Remember when Peavey decided to put 4 strings on a boat anchor and market it as a “bass guitar?”

 

[SDC1-ClickClack]

Would this bass be appropriate for dynamic pelvic thrusts?
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That thing should have one of those TV censors' black rectangles over the.... er, um, protruding horn.

 

[GTHintz]

https://reverb.com/item/78100378-dusty-hill-of-zz-top-s-electric-washtub-bass this one takes the cake.

 

[hooky_marr]

Washburn B80 with Stephen's Extended Cutaway:

Btw...who the heII is Stephen???

It’s Stephen Davies, Seattle-area luthier who patented and licensed it to Washburn. He produced several guitars under his own brand (1996 website here). Apparently he stopped building guitars around that year, too.