What shape is this bass guitar.

[JockBassGuitar]

I was watching some Primus videos and I saw a bonnaroo video. I thought the bass les was playing looked cool. I found out which bass he was playing and I wondered “What shape is that bass?” I don’t think it’s an actual shape but I wanted to make sure.

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[jd56hawk]

Elephantine.
I wonder if it has elephantone.

 

[Cygnus0820]

It’s the Carl Thompson shape with that little loopy end part but it has a different headstock than Carl Thompson’s.
There’s really no other way to describe that thing. Also, am I the only person not of fan of Carl Thompson style basses or this style?

 

[Gluvhand]

It’s the Carl Thompson shape with that little loopy end part but it has a different headstock than Carl Thompson’s.
There’s really no other way to describe that thing. Also, am I the only person not of fan of Carl Thompson style basses or this style?

You are not alone.

 

[mmbongo]

Man I'd love to sit down with Les and play a bunch of his basses!

 

[Wisebass]

Hi JockBassGuitar

“What shape is that bass?”

Elephantine.
I wonder if it has elephantone.

That' s irrelephant!!!!


may the bass be with you

Wise(b)ass

 

[J_Bass]

It’s the Carl Thompson shape with that little loopy end part but it has a different headstock than Carl Thompson’s.
There’s really no other way to describe that thing. Also, am I the only person not of fan of Carl Thompson style basses or this style?

You are not alone.

 

[Warpeg]

It’s polygon-shaped.

 

[Jeff Scott]

I was watching some Primus videos and I saw a bonnaroo video. I thought the bass les was playing looked cool. I found out which bass he was playing and I wondered “What shape is that bass?” I don’t think it’s an actual shape...

How can it NOT have an actual shape?

 

[LBS-bass]

I'd go with "amoeba shaped." It's the Carl Thompson thing, often referred to around here as a "scroll bass."

 

[edencab]

Seuss-ish shaped ................(say that 5x fast)

 

[Nev375]

Claypoolian

 

[rashrader]

Just like Les, it is something not completely fashioned from a cookie cutter shaped like a P Bass. We need more artists like Les.

 

[songwriter21]

It’s the Carl Thompson shape with that little loopy end part but it has a different headstock than Carl Thompson’s.
There’s really no other way to describe that thing. Also, am I the only person not of fan of Carl Thompson style basses or this style?

I am another non-fan of CT. Considering the absolutely INSANE prices, I think his basses look like something a high-school kid made for shop class.

 

[Smooth_bass88]

abstract

 

[skygzr]

With a whammy bar no less. What will the neighbors think?

 

[Father Gino]

Fender isn’t going to sue for this shape.

 

[scuzzy]

Not sure, but I dig it.

 

[Keger Jupit]

Also, am I the only person not of fan of Carl Thompson style basses or this style?

No, no you're not...I love Les & have seen him live at least four times, but...yeachfvthtbbtttt...or some other approximate spelling of the noise I just made...

 

[Keger Jupit]

Seuss-ish shaped ................(say that 5x fast)

I tried...I failed