What's your "White Whale" bass?

[Vlad5]

Warwick Fortress Masterman

Any color/(cosmetic)condition will do since I'll refinish it and gut/replace the electronics anyway.

I realize these do appear occasionally, but given I have no real budget for another bass, it's my white whale.

 

[M.R. Ogle]

Those two Marleaux basses are astonishingly beautiful.

 

[Duder]

I realize these do appear occasionally, but given I have no real budget for another bass, it's my white whale.

Exactly my problem.

 

[angrychair]

I kind of own all my white whales. I guess I would really like to get a hold of a red and black crackle Charvel 3B bass and a matte black Spector Forte.

 

[Aqualung60]

Strangely enough, I'd really like to have my Washburn B20 back, if only for sentimental reasons.

 

[izpak]

May seem silly but a Fernandes Tony Campos Signature Tremor 5. I can't find one anywhere. That or an Ibanez Fieldy Signature K5. If anyone has leads on these please advise!

Hi,
I just made an account but I know of a website selling the Fieldy Signature K5 I can PM you if you want the info

 

[Achille]

There are many basses I would like to own, this is one of my favorites. Adamovic SuperNova 5-string tremolo. So far away due to its price but so close as well as the Adamovic workplace is just few hundreds meters from my house

 

[The_Phoenician]

A mid-sixties Gibson Thunderbird with a single pickup. I got to play one in a store once, and it sounded exactly how I wanted a bass to sound. But it cost over $5,000, and was gone in a week; I only saw it that one time, and have never even seen another one since.

 

[stevecaronna]

I have been wanting one of these but can't find one anywhere. It is a Zon Legacy Standard. I think they are awesome and no one is selling them and as far as I know Zon has not found another company to make them for him yet.

 

[spanndrew]

Gibson Ripper, ebony.

 

[JackANSI]

Warwick Streamer Stage II from the custom shop with some kind of wild birdseye thing going on and a satin finish.

I won't ever dare to get it because I don't want ruin the dream with reality.

 

[logicman69]

Mine is a Wal 4 String in Claro-Walnut finish. I know I will never own one because I can never see me dropping $5k or more on a bass.

 

[Jeff Scott]

Gibson Ripper, ebony.

I had one of those I bought new in the mid '70s!

 

[DDXdesign]

I've owned a few that some might consider white whales - Fodera Yin/Yang, Warwick Dolphin and Buzzards (including the 8-string), Fbass BNF, etc, but right now there is nothing more wanted-yet-elusive than ye olde sandberg patchwork jazz. I've posted this desire a few times, just hoping the universe will take the hint.

Oh, plus I'll need time to save up what must be an exorbitant amount of money for it.

EDIT finally heard from Sandberg and CME - these are still being made. It's like 5 grand and a year wait though... whoof.

 

[Jeff Scott]

I will always want a vintage white MIJ/CIJ Fender Mustang bass. They just call to me. It's not so much that it's unobtainable, but that nobody wants to sell theirs -OR- I don't have the money to buy it at the time.

I had one of those, too! You could have bought it from me for a very reasonable price a couple years ago (much less than you're thinking ).

 

[Tom Howland]

It would be a 1961 Stack-Knob Jazz bass.

 

[Marial]

Wal Mk 1 fretless, Pedulla Buzz, Upton Bohemian Hybrid upright (might make that happen this year).

 

[EMoneySC2]

I've owned a few that some might consider white whales - Fodera Yin/Yang, Warwick Dolphin and Buzzards (including the 8-string), Fbass BNF, etc, but right now there is nothing more wanted-yet-elusive than ye olde sandberg patchwork jazz. I've posted this desire a few times, just hoping the universe will take the hint.

Oh, plus I'll need time to save up what must be an exorbitant amount of money for it.

TIL that is a real bass, not just something somebody made in Photoshop.

 

[Vlad5]

Gibson Ripper, ebony.

I owned a 73 SN Ripper 4 string.
Sounded really, really good.
Had wicked neck dive.
No, it didn't sit horizontal (like my Thumb does).
Strapped on, the head would drop below my waist.
So annoying.
But.
As a sit down studio bass.
It was kinda awesome.

 

[DDXdesign]

TIL that is a real bass, not just something somebody made in Photoshop.

Oh yeah, sandberg made a few of them - the most famous of which is Sybil, the 5-string that was stolen from Chicago Music Exchange (and recovered, thankfully). They're just so freakin' cool, I can't stop drooling.